Drake nearly quit Degrassi: The Next Generation over a certain storyline. In The A.V. Club’s oral history of “Degrassi,” show writer-producer James Hurst claimed that the 34-year-old rapper almost left the Canadian teen drama because his character was confined to a wheelchair. Click inside to read more… As Degrassi fans might recall, Drake‘s character Jimmy became paralyzed in season four after being shot in the back during a school shooting and had to use a wheelchair from then on.
According to the James, Drake – who went back then by his given name Aubrey Graham – almost left the show before season six because his character was still in the wheelchair, claiming that Drake‘s lawyers even threatened legal actions over the storyline. “There
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