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Drake · S1 E6
Jimmy Brooks
A wheelchair, a shooting storyline, and the role that made Drake the most famous teenager in Canada
Season 4, Episode 7 of Degrassi: The Next Generation. A gun goes off in the hallway, Jimmy Brooks crumples to the floor, and a generation of Canadian teenagers will never forget this moment.
The "I'm Upset" video is a full Degrassi reunion. Drake brings back the original cast, walks through the school hallways, and turns the show that defined his teenage years into a celebration. Nina Dobrev, Shane Kippel, Lauren Collins: they all show up.
I'm Upset (2018)
The song itself is Drake venting about loyalty, trust, and people who underestimate him. But the video is the real story. Directed by Karena Evans, it recreates the Degrassi hallways, lockers, and cafeteria, filling them with the actual cast from the show. The beat by No I.D. is deliberately understated, letting the visuals carry the weight. Drake spent years running from the Degrassi label. This video is him finally turning around and embracing it.
Time Stands Still
In the show, a bullied student named Rick Murray brings a gun to school and shoots Jimmy, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. The two-part episode aired in 2004 and drew the highest ratings in Degrassi history. Drake, just 17 years old, had to spend the next four seasons performing every scene from a wheelchair.
“That shooting episode changed everything for me. Before that, I was just a kid on a show. After that, people recognized me everywhere. They'd come up to me emotional. It was the first time I understood what it meant to really affect people.”
— Drake, interview with Rolling Stone, October 2011
TAP TO REVEAL: What was Drake secretly building during his Degrassi years?
Tuscan Leather
From Nothing Was the Same (2013). The six-minute opening track where Drake traces his entire trajectory from nobody to the biggest name in rap. Over three beat switches, he builds and builds, proving that the kid from Degrassi had more ambition than anyone gave him credit for.
Tuscan Leather, Drake (2013)
Read the lyrics while you listen. Six minutes, three beat switches, and Drake traces his entire trajectory from nobody to the biggest name in rap. The kid from Degrassi had more ambition than anyone gave him credit for.
What was Drake's character name on Degrassi?
Between takes on the Degrassi set, Drake opens a laptop and uploads his first tracks to MySpace. Next season: the mixtapes nobody asked for, the buzz that refuses to die, and a phone call from Lil Wayne that rewrites the future of rap.
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