Toronto’s Drake (Aubrey Drake Graham) will host and be the
musical guest on Saturday Night Live this Degrassi: The Next
Generation acting roots… Yes, we Canadians will remember that before Drake
was on the scene rapping he was put through the perils of life at Degrassi from around 2001 to 2009, he
was in 138 episodes as Jimmy Brooks.
weekend. As a huge SNL fan I am always
apprehensive when acts double up, but this little video of Drake takes us
Canadians back to his
Sometimes I forget about Drake’s time on Degrassi, to be honest with you I do it
willfully. I was not allowed to watch the original groundbreaking series when
it was in its rerun phase on CBC, meaning I tried to watch it whenever I could
just to defy authority; no one could tell Young Kate what to do with her
preteen pre-evening time. We only had two channels and it would always be
between CBC’s old reruns and whatever was on Oprah that day; both were equally
as scarring some days to my young psyche (but, I liked it). I never really did
get into the revamp of Degrassi, but my roommate in university forced me into
watching them… she loved the old and the new. So, let’s just say I have had my
fill of Degrassi.
Back to the point, this is what happens when I write blogs
late in the day at my desk. Drake will be hosting Saturday Night Live this
Saturday Night (January 18th)!
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