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It's entirely possible that a majority of Drake's fans were introduced to him as a rapper rather than as Aubrey Graham, child actor behind the character of Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation. In the teen drama's fourth season, Jimmy is paralyzed after a school shooting and becomes a wheelchair user, one of the show's most iconic character arcs thanks in no small part to Drake's subsequent superstardom.

Before he was the ‘Champagne Papi,’ Drake was just neighborhood teenage heartthrob Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian hit television series Degrassi: the Next Generation. Even though the “Flip the Switch” rapper was part of the cast for seven seasons, Drake almost left the show after his character was shot and confined to a wheelchair toward the end of his time on the show. That’s according to a new oral history, Degrassi’s creator and head writer James Hurst revealed to the A.V. Club on Friday, October 15.

Degrassi: The Next Generation has revealed that Drake threatened legal action against the show, in which he co-starred, over a wheelchair storyline.The rapper appeared as Jimmy Brooks in the Canadian drama from 2001 over seven seasons.However in a recent oral history of the show to mark its 20th anniversary, writer James Hurst explained that the then actor pursued legal action after his character wound up in a wheelchair.“There was a letter from a law firm in Toronto, and it was from Aubrey [Graham, aka Drake],” Hurst told AV Club.“It was an odd letter that said, “Aubrey Graham will not return to Degrassi season six as Jimmy Brooks unless his injury is healed, and he’s out of the wheelchair.”The writer called Drake in to get to the root of

If Drake got his way, Jimmy Brooks would’ve had a very different ending on Degrassi. According to a writer on the teen drama, the rapper, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, threatened to quit the series if his character remained in a wheelchair after season 5.

Drake nearly quit Degrassi: The Next Generation over a certain storyline.

Before he became one of the biggest musical artists of his generation, Drake started his showbiz career as Jimmy Brooks in the Canadian TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation... though he almost left the show early.The 34-year-old Toronto native played Jimmy Brooks from the start of the show in 2001 before leaving halfway through the eighth season.Degrassi: The Next Generation writer-producer James Hurst revealed in a wide-ranging AV Cluboral history of the show for its 20th anniversary that the singer (real name Aubrey Graham) almost left when Jimmy became paralyzed and was bound to a wheelchair.

Drake allegedly almost left “Degrassi: The Next Generation” because of his character’s storyline.

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was knifed in the heart by his pal James Hurst in Heywood in January 2017. Hurst was convicted of murder and possession of a bladed article - and jailed for life with a minimum sentence of 26 years in July 2017.He was released from prison 18 months before the fatal attack after being sentenced for an unrelated offence.Manchester Crown Court heard Mr McKenzie's body was discovered by a dog walker in an alleyway off Promenade Street in Heywood.

coronavirus walked free from court today. James Hurst, 28, flew into a rage in the garden of his lover’s home in Glasgow ’s Drumchapel in April this year.