Drake’s former castmates from “Degrassi: The Next Generation” had a blast reuniting for his latest video, “I’m Upset,” shot this past weekend in downtown Toronto from the Air Canada Centre, where the rap star’s beloved Raptors play basketball, in addition to the Degrassi set in north Toronto, where the long-running teen drama still films.
He released the video Wednesday night and it already has more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
From 2001 to 2009, Drake, then known by his birth name Aubrey Graham, played Jimmy Brooks in the series, a rich kid who ends up in a wheelchair after getting shot.
He appeared in over 100 episodes, and again in “Degrassi: Minis” (2005-2007). He also released his first mixtape, “Room For Improvement,” in 2007.
For the video, directed by recent Prism Prize winner Karena Evans, Drake — inexplicably sleeping on a bed at the Raptors’ centre court at the Acc — gets a...
He released the video Wednesday night and it already has more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
From 2001 to 2009, Drake, then known by his birth name Aubrey Graham, played Jimmy Brooks in the series, a rich kid who ends up in a wheelchair after getting shot.
He appeared in over 100 episodes, and again in “Degrassi: Minis” (2005-2007). He also released his first mixtape, “Room For Improvement,” in 2007.
For the video, directed by recent Prism Prize winner Karena Evans, Drake — inexplicably sleeping on a bed at the Raptors’ centre court at the Acc — gets a...
- 6/14/2018
- by Karen Bliss
- Variety Film + TV
No matter how famous ~Mr. Champagne Papi~ gets, he always finds ways of paying homage to where he came from. No, we’re not talking about Canada — we’re talking about Degrassi. Drake just loves referencing his faux alma mater and Tbh, we can’t get enough! The rapper’s latest sign of Degrassi affection was organizing the most epic cast reunion we’ve ever seen! For Drake’s “I’m Upset” music video, the 31-year-old brought the ol’ gang back together in all of their former teenage glory — with the exception of two major characters. Where the heck were Jt Yorke and Sean Cameron?! Well, for starters, some fans are speculating that the reason Jt wasn’t in the music video is because, as we all sadly know, his character was killed off the series. That said, Drake’s character, Jimmy Brooks, was confined to a wheelchair. So...they...
- 6/14/2018
- by Melissa Copelton
- Life and Style
Apparently, Jimmy Brooks learned to walk again. Drake—a.k.a. Aubrey Graham—staged a Degrassi reunion for the class of 2007 in his music video for "I'm Upset," released overnight. The rap superstar recruited many of his former co-stars—including Dalmar Abuzeid (Danny Van Zandt), Sarah Barrable-Tishauer (Liberty Van Zant), Paula Brancati (Jane Vaughn), Stefan Brogen (Archie "Snake" Simpson), Lauren Collins (Paige Michalchuk), Nina Dobrev (Mia Jones), Marc Donato (Derek Haig), Ephram Ellis (Rick Murray), Jake Epstein (Craig Manning), Stacey Farber (Ellie Nash), Jake Goldsbie (Toby Isaacs), Shane Kippel (Spinner Mason), Andrea Lewis (Hazel Aden), Linlyn Lue (Laura Kwan), Miriam MacDonald...
- 6/14/2018
- E! Online
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