Drake Nearly Quit 'Degrassi' Over His Character's Wheelchair Storyline, Writer-Producer Alleges

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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.

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

The A.V. Club on Thursday, former “Degrassi” writer James Hurst recalled that the rapper — whose real name is Aubrey Graham — worried the wheelchair made him look “soft” and even threatened legal action against the show.“There was a letter from a law firm in Toronto, and it was from Aubrey,” Hurst said.

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

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