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.

I'm happy to say that the day has come where I no longer associate Drake with Jimmy Brooks, his Degrassi character. Back when the show debuted on The N (which became Teen Nick) in 2001, the superstar ...

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: ...

On Sunday night, Dobrev and her best friend Julianne Hough presented Drake with his first ever American Music Award. After receiving the award, Drake took a moment to remember his Degrassi roots, ...

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, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X “I was very passionate about it, and I said, ‘Aubrey, there’s some kid somewhere in a wheelchair, ...

I may not have watched Degrassi in years, but when I do, I always want to watch the Drake era over and over again — the years when I, too, was in high school. To me, those episodes are classic ...

Among those featured are Lauren Collins (Paige Brooks), Nina Dobrev (Mia Jones), Jake Epstein (Craig Manning), Stacey Farber (Ellie Nash), Lauren Collins (Paige Michalchuk) and many, many more. But ...

Before being known as Drake, Aubrey Graham made a name for himself as a Canadian actor starring on the Noggin series "Degrassi: The Next Generation." The rapper played Jimmy Brooks on the series, a ...

When Drake burst onto the scene with his 2010 LP Thank Me Later, a lot of people mused, “Wait … I know that guy. His face is so familiar, and somehow reminds me of after-school specials.” That was ...