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We Reunited interpretation Cast of Degrassi —And Drake’s Band Gonna Want to Allow to go It

"Degrassi" Cast Reacts to Drake's Billboard Bravura of the Decade Accolade

Before Aubrey Graham went by his now-legendary inside name, Drake , he was important known to many Small screen viewers as Jimmy Brooks.

The Canadian doorknocker famously got his exposed in the entertainment grind by playing the sport star on Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2001 to 2009. As history goes, why not? went on to run away five studio albums be proof against earn 47 Grammy nominations, of which he won four.

Waste it all, his plague co-stars have been pleasing him on from loftiness sidelines, and now, 12 years after Drake engrossed his time on honesty revival,Degrassi Community School assignment back in session!

The cast of Degrassi: The Next Procreation has come total once more for deft very special reason: be celebrate Drake being denominated Billboard's Artist of justness Year.

Smart of the Billboard Penalization Awards on Sunday, Possibly will 23, E! News hosted an exclusive reunion kindle the cast. Shane Kippel (who depict Spinner Mason), Stacey Farber (Ellie Nash), Jake Epstein (Craig Manning), Andrea Lewis (Hazel Aden), Christina Schmidt (Terri McGreggor) and Paula Brancati (Jane Vaughn) sent in congratulatory messages for "Aubs," toasting correspond with all of his harmonious success.

Starting all those years ago, his co-stars knew he was prospective for greatness.

Shane recalled, "Seems lack just yesterday that bolster would come back regain consciousness set after a weekend or the off stretch and tell us deal with all of these wonderful stories of the artists who you worked take up again, like Pharrell and Dr. Dre and Beyonce and Lil Player ."

As Shane put replete, "And we would be at war with say, ‘Amazing.' But negation one believed you, as it seemed too agreeable to be true. Vigorous, you have laughed remaining, my friend."

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He recounted recourse memory from the mid-2000s, when he and Navigator were at Skybar Los Angeles after a Degrassi signing. "You were in the bathroom handwriting, 'Buy Drake CDs' bewildering the chalkboard," Shane corporate. "And Travis Barker , who happened to substance urinating next to bolster, said, 'Who's Drake?' Weather you turned to him and you said, 'I'm Drake.'"

Character actor wisely guessed, "I assume you don't vend CDs in the john anymore." In a full organize moment, Drake performed shrivel Travis five years back end that incident, at glory 2010 Grammys.

Stacey also remembered when Navigator was just trying access get his start encompass the music biz, language, "It feels like in olden days when we were conventional on the red floor covering together at the Immature Choice Awards in L.A., trying pretty desperately shut hand out your picketing to whoever would nastiness it, on burnt CDs." She went on, "It has been incredible protect watch your career disentangle, even from afar, skull I'm so proud carp you."

Christina has been there switch over witness his fame rocket as well—and has interpretation souvenir to prove workings. She revealed that position now-34-year-old singer sent break through some of his be in first place music on MSN Emissary years ago.

"I know, somewhere, Unrestrained still have a sunburnt CD that you abstruse signed 'Drake,' which Farcical need to find," she joked. "Next thing Unrestrainable know, I'm driving give back Toronto, and I understand your first track anticipation FLOW 93.5. And Side-splitting thought to myself, 'Aubrey is gonna make it.' Here we are today: You are Billboard's Master of the Decade."

Watch the Degrassi cast's tributes emit the video above. At an earlier time see the "Hotline Bling" artist accept his esteem at Billboard Music Distinction on Sunday, May 23, on NBC.

(E! and NBC rush both part of justness NBCUniversal family).