Aubrey 'Drake' Graham as Jimmy Brooks before (left) and after the shooting episode. Drake's time on Degrassi: The Next Generation is so much more than a footnote in a storied career. As the ...

Once upon a time, music icon Drake was known as Jimmy Brooks, also known as Wheelchair Jimmy, a fictional high school baller navigating life in, yes, a wheelchair, on the iconic teen drama Degrassi: ...

Recently, writer James Hurst spoke to the A.V. Club for Degrassi‘s 20th anniversary about how Drake’s team was unhappy with Jimmy being in a wheelchair. “There was a letter from a law firm in Toronto, ...

It seems not everyone was psyched about Jimmy Brooks’ wheelchair storyline on “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” which gave Drake his breakout TV role — namely, Drake himself. In an oral history for the ...

A wheelchair organization is saluting rap star Drake for his role as Jimmy in “Degrassi,” after it was revealed the rapper questioned the acting job. Drake, the chart-topping bi-racial Jewish rapper ...

Born Aubrey Drake Graham on October 24, 1986, Drake grew up in Toronto, Canada, with his mother, Sandra Graham, and father, Dennis Graham. When the “God’s Plan” artist turned 5, his parents divorced.

Before Euphoria, Degrassi: The Next Generation was the teen drama that wasn't afraid to really go there. While its envelope-pushing storylines were out-and-out ballsy for their time, the show became ...

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” ...

It’s the return of Jimmy Brooks! Drake warmed his fans’ little millennial hearts when he posted a screenshot from an old Degrassi: The Next Generation episode on Instagram. The May 14 throwback shows ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drake's time on Degrassi: The Next Generation is so much more than a footnote in a storied career. As the actor-turned-rapper, ...