Drake was reportedly worried about being taken seriously as a rapper while starring as Jimmy Brooks on 'Degrassi: The Next Generation' -- learn more here.
, on which he starred as Jimmy Brooks for seven seasons.
that there was pushback from Drake's camp -- back when he was still known as Aubrey Graham -- about his return to the show if his character remained in a wheelchair."It was an odd letter that said, 'Aubrey Graham will not return to season 6 as Jimmy Brooks unless his injury is healed, and he’s out of the wheelchair.' I said, 'Get him down here.' He came in and was like, 'What letter? I don’t know about that.' And I said, 'All right, I understand.
After their conversation, Hurst and Drake came to terms with the storyline."He was so nice and apologetic about everything. He instantly backed down," Hurst added."I was very passionate about it, and I said, 'Aubrey, there’s some kid somewhere in a wheelchair, who’s completely ignored, who’s never on television, never gets represented. I need you to represent this person. You’re the coolest kid on the show, and you can say there’s nothing wrong with being in a wheelchair.
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