Drake, the rapper formerly known as Degrassi star Aubrey Graham, chatted about his acting past in a recent interview with W magazine. At 14, he starred as Jimmy Brooks on the Canadian teen soap — but in the interview, he revealed that he was eventually kicked off the show for focusing too much on his music career. Hit the jump to see exactly what happened.
Drake explains the struggles of balancing rapping and acting.
Back then, I’d spend a full day on set and then go to the studio to make music until 4 or 5 a.m. I’d sleep in my dressing room and then be in front of the cameras again by 9 a.m. Eventually, they realized I was juggling two professions and told me I had to choose. I chose this life.
His two worlds did collide from time to time; Drake occasionally rapped on the show. True Degrassi fans may also remember watching a behind-the-scenes mini-documentary about Drake’s life when he was on the series, in which he talked about his love of music and rapped a couple of bars he was working on.
