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Drake: Degrassi Writer Says Drake Threatened Legal Action When His Character Ended Up In A Wheelchair

submitted by Nick Oct 15th 2021 07:00 pm (stereogum.com)

Before Drake was Drake, the biggest rap star in the world, he was Aubrey Graham, the guy who played basketball star Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian teen soap Degrassi: The Next Generation. Jimmy ended up spending several seasons confined to a wheelchair after being paralyzed in a school shooting, and Drake’s performance as “Wheelchair Jimmy” became a meme that haunted Drake throughout his early rap career. In the A.V. Club‘s new oral history celebrating Degrassi‘s 20th anniversary, writer James Hurst reveals that Drake actually almost quit the show over the whole wheelchair storyline:

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Drake: Donald Glover Says “This Is America” Was Originally A Drake Diss Track

submitted by Nick Apr 5th 2023 05:00 pm (www.stereogum.com)

Donald Glover has opened up about the origins of his visceral Childish Gambino song “This Is America,” which apparently started off as a joke — and a Drake diss track. “I had the idea three years before,” he says in a video interview with GQ. “I told [director] Hiro [Murai] the idea, and he&...

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Drake: Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ started off as a Drake diss song

submitted by Nick Apr 5th 2023 03:00 am (www.nme.com)

“Time is the oven that makes something special,” Donald Glover said of his biggest hitThe post Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ started off as a Drake diss song appeared first on NME.

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Avril Lavigne: Watch Drake rock out to Avril Lavigne in a Miami club

submitted by Nick Mar 31st 2023 01:00 pm (www.nme.com)

He was manning the DJ booth at a recent club appearanceThe post Watch Drake rock out to Avril Lavigne in a Miami club appeared first on NME.

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Drake: Lollapalooza Brazil offer refunds after Drake replaced with Skrillex

submitted by Nick Mar 27th 2023 12:00 pm (www.nme.com)

The rapper was set to close out the festival this weekendThe post Lollapalooza Brazil offer refunds after Drake replaced with Skrillex appeared first on NME.

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Drake: Lollapalooza Brazil Offering Refunds As Tonight’s Drake Headline Set Replaced With Skrillex

submitted by Nick Mar 27th 2023 05:00 am (www.stereogum.com)

Drake was scheduled to close out Lollapalooza Brazil this weekend with a Sunday night headlining set, but the rapper canceled the morning he was supposed to perform, leading the festival to offer refunds to ticket holders if they chose not to attend the final day of the event. He was replaced by Skrillex, who was not previously on the lineup.

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