Um...he's Drake?

Degrassi's astir palmy alum, Aubrey Graham is amended known arsenic Drake, the rapper who has sold implicit 170 cardinal records worldwide, won 4 Grammys, released respective large chart-topping records, won Artist of the Decade astatine the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, served arsenic the "global ambassador" for his hometown Toronto Raptors and is fundamentally 1 of the astir celebrated radical successful the world.

But for fans of the long-running series, he'll ever beryllium Jimmy Brooks, the hoops prima who was paralyzed successful Degrassi's infamous shooting episode, "Time Stands Still." Later connected successful the series, Graham's philharmonic skills were enactment to bully use, arsenic Jimmy pursued a vocation arsenic a rapper (Never forget: "Shut up miss and marque my lunch!"), earlier deciding to acquisition a stem compartment surgery. Last seen successful play eight, Jimmy planned connected proposing to his woman Trina.

Drake staged the eventual reunion successful 2018 for his "I'm Upset" euphony video, which has over 95 cardinal views connected YouTube. The powerfulness of the people of 2007! 

Sharing son Adonis with ex Sophia Brussaux, the superstar revealed the archetypal photograph of his present 4-year-old child successful March 2020.

Her character Mia Jones, a teen mom-turned-model, was little than well-received—she was fundamentally the origin of instrumentality favourite J.T.'s tragic death! But erstwhile she near the bid successful play nine, it was due to the fact that she landed the pb relation connected the CW smash deed The Vampire Diaries, which she starred connected for six seasons earlier announcing her exit successful 2015. 

In summation to appearing successful films specified arsenic The Perks of Being a Wallflower, XXX: The Return of Xander Cage and Flatliners, Dobrev returned to TV successful 2019 to prima successful the CBS sitcom Fam, which won her the 2019 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress Comedy.

After romances with her TVD co-star Ian Somerhalder and Grant Mellon, Dobrev began dating Olympian Shaun White successful March 2020.

"They are genuinely truthful successful emotion and are truthful cute together. It's precise sweet," a root told E! News of the mates successful December 2021. "They openly speech astir their aboriginal together. They're conscionable ace happy, and things are going truly good with them."

Mature and somewhat uptight Emma Nelson was the reboot's pistillate pb arsenic she was the kid of the archetypal series' instrumentality favorite, Spike. On the series, Emma went done it each (anorexia, gonorrhea, marijuana use, to sanction but a few), earlier exiting the amusement successful play 9 pursuing her wedding to Spinner. (We inactive haven't gotten implicit that random coupling. Emma and Sean FTW!)

After taking a interruption from acting, McDonald appeared connected Lost Girl and Orphan Black (which was a who's who of Degrassi alumni), and has worked arsenic a existent property cause and yoga instructor.

One of TV's champion mean girls, Collins' Paige had 1 of the show's astir iconic catchphrases: "Hun." That 1 connection said truthful much.

She besides tackled immoderate of the series' boldest storylines, dealing with subjects of rape, bisexuality (Oh hey, Alex!) and becoming the archetypal quality to pain down her dorm room. Last we heard of Paige, she was moving successful Hollywood and had yet reconciled with Marco aft their falling retired successful the movie. 

Following Degrassi, Collins served arsenic the big of MTV's 1 Girl 5 Gays, and has appeared connected The Kroll Show, The Strain, Impulse, The Hot Zone and What We Do successful the Shadows.

After marrying actor Jonathan Malen successful October 2018, Collins welcomed their hun lad Charlie successful March 2020, and the mates announced successful January 2023 that they are expecting their 2nd child.

The series' archetypal atrocious boy, Epstein played Craig Manning, the bipolar musically-inclined Degrassi stud, who dated Ashley, got Manny pregnant, trashed a edifice room, became a celebrated vocalist and developed a coke occupation during his tenure connected the series. But we inactive person 1 unanswered lingering question astir Craig: Did helium and Ellie extremity up together?! We request closure.

As of late, Epstein has taken to the stage, starring successful Broadway productions specified arsenic Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. He besides starred successful the archetypal National circuit of American Idiot and has played the romanticist pb successful respective Lifetime Christmas movies. Next, Epstein joins The Umbrella Academy for the Netflix series' 3rd season.

In 2018, Epstein joined Vanessa Smythe.

One of the show' astir beloved characters, Steele's Manny was Emma's trusty sidekick-turned-school hottie and the absorption of 1 of the series' astir arguable episodes ever erstwhile she got an termination successful play three. Manny, who romanced Spinner, Craig and Jay during her nine-season run, ended the bid arsenic a palmy histrion successful Hollywood. (And we're beauteous definite her infamous topless video ne'er leaked onto TMZ. Phew.)

Since leaving Degrassi, Steele starred successful the CW's outrageously short-lived series The L.A. Complex (Rest successful peace!) and launched a vocation arsenic a musician. Steele precocious voiced Tammy Gueterman successful Rick & Morty.

Ruggiero joined the formed of Degrassi arsenic fan-favorite Marco Del Rossi successful 2002 aft initially auditioning for Craig ("When successful uncertainty buss Craig?!"), becoming the show's archetypal cheery quality and taking portion successful 1 of the archetypal LGBTQ+ kisses connected Canadian tv 2 years later.

After graduating from Degrassi, Ruggiero remained connected the amusement for 1 play erstwhile they tried to travel immoderate of the characters to college, and helium returned successful aboriginal seasons arsenic a teacher. Full circle.

In 2008, Ruggiero came out, explaining Marco's struggles to travel to presumption with his sexuality connected the amusement often mirrored his ain successful real-life, with immoderate of Marco's scenes taken from his existent conversations with household members. "Maybe it's beingness imitating art, oregon possibly that's what 'Degrassi' intended to do. I consciousness similar I'm surviving impervious of what the amusement wanted to accomplish," Ruggiero, who is an LGBTQ+ activist, told eTalk Canada astatine the time. 

From 2008 until 2012, Ruggiero hosted the Canadian world contention bid The Next, and hosted his ain web series, Straight Talk with Adamo Ruggiero, where helium interviewed his erstwhile co-stars.

Kippel starred arsenic Spinner successful implicit 180 episodes of the show, surviving a fallout with his full radical of pals aft helium inadvertently caused Jimmy to get shot, on with a crab battle, ending his tally connected the amusement joined to Emma and managing The Dot. He was 1 of the fewer archetypal formed members to appear in Netflix's Degrassi: Next Class.

Following his tally connected the show, Kippel remained adjacent with galore of his erstwhile co-stars, including Drake, and is inactive acting portion moving as a instrumentalist and producer.

"It could not person been much natural," Kippel told E! News of the cast's interactions successful Drake's "I'm Upset" video. "The vigor that was caught connected camera, thing of that was played up for effect. That was however we were truly feeling being successful each other's presence, truthful I'm blessed it translated. How it looked on-camera is precisely however it felt erstwhile the cameras stopped rolling."

Farber's quality Ellie Nash (coolest sanction ever) was 1 of the series' best, successful our humble opinion, acknowledgment to her awesome consciousness of benignant and journalism aspirations.

After leaving Degrassi successful play eight, Farber starred connected the shortlived bid 18 to Life, and has made appearances connected deed shows like unREAL and Schitt's Creek, which was created by her champion person Daniel Levy. 

"I auditioned for Alexis and screen-tested for Stevie," she wrote successful an Instagram caption, "but Rachel was MINE goddamnit (named for my Mom- duh) and besides, I overmuch similar the relation I've had, watching him thrive disconnected camera."

Farber is presently appearing connected Superman & Lois and joined the formed of the Netflix deed bid Virgin River in its 3rd season. Oh, and she's inactive adjacent with Drake, the rapper once dubbing her his "Penny Lane." NBD.

Sean Cameron made being atrocious look truthful good. Come on, the achromatic tank, the drag-racing, the eyebrows. No wonderment some Emma and Ellie fell caput implicit heels for Sean, who yet enlisted successful the Canadian army.

Aside from a tiny supporting relation successful Juno other Elliot Page, Clark near the acting satellite behind. After graduating from New York University, Clark went connected to enactment arsenic a news newsman connected FusionTV's America with Jorge Ramos and arsenic a shaper astatine ABC News. 

Degrassi fans were upset erstwhile Clark was near out of the "I'm Upset" reunion, with Clark commenting connected Drake's Instagram, penning to his erstwhile co-star, "really bittersweet I missed this. Brought backmost immoderate astonishing memories -- miss and emotion you brother." 

Degrassi's archetypal prima to marque the determination to Hollywood, Grimes landed the juicy relation of Annie Wilson (a.k.a. the caller Brenda Walsh) successful the CW's 90210 reboot. But fans of the bid retrieve her arsenic Darcy, the ace spiritual cheerleader, who was raped successful play seven. In 1 of the series' astir memorable sendoffs, purely due to the fact that of however random it was, Darcy near Degrassi (and fellow Peter) for Kenya.

Since 90210 ended, Grimes joined British exemplary Josh Beech. The couple welcomed a daughter, Bowie Scarlett, successful September 2018 and announced successful February that they were expecting their 2nd child, who she gave commencement to successful August 2021.

The 32-year-old besides blogs astir fashion, motherhood and more on Lost successful LaLa and has starred successful projects specified arsenic Scream 4 and The Detail. Last year, she launched her ain podcast, Unzipped, with her 90210 co-star AnnaLynne McCord.

In different mentation of beingness imitating art, Barrable-Tishauer graduated arsenic valedictorian from Concordia University, a fewer years aft her quality Liberty Van Zandt was named the valedictorian of Degrassi. We emotion that for some of them.

Since graduating from university, Barrable-Tishauer, who uses the signifier name Me Time, works arsenic a DJ and advocator "who engages creation euphony arsenic a catalyst for societal change," according to her website. She besides worked arsenic an relationship manager astatine a selling institution and talked astir balancing her 2 careers successful an interrogation with Refinery29 successful 2017.

"You tin astir apt ideate having a 9 to 5 occupation and besides DJing until 3 a.m. is benignant of a hard happening to balance, truthful I've conscionable tried to support my gigs connected weekends and conscionable a mates times of period due to the fact that I conscionable don't person a batch of time," she said. "So, it's benignant of similar I unrecorded this dual beingness Marketing by day, bass by night, but I'm truly loving it."

In May 2020, she got engaged to her fellow Ryan, with the mates getting joined successful November 2021.

No, we can't look astatine Cooley without crying implicit his fan-favorite character J.T. Yorke's decease successful play six!

OK, present that we've got that retired of the way: After his heartbreaking exit from the show, Cooley made an quality connected Lost Girl and starred in Oh No! It's an Alien Invasion earlier leaving the acting satellite behind. He's present the vice president of Konrad Group, a planetary integer agency, which Snake, his erstwhile media teacher, would astir apt instrumentality recognition for. 

Cooley got engaged to his woman Stefanie successful February 2019. 

As for wherefore Cooley was MIA successful the "I'm Upset" euphony video, Drake responded to disappointed fans connected Instagram, penning that Cooley "thought it was a scam" erstwhile helium received a telephone telephone astir the reunion.

Justice for Hazel! Lewis has the chiseled grant of starring connected Degrassi and co-starring in Cadet Kelly with Hilary Duff, an iconic Disney Channel Original Movie. 

After Hazel received her diploma from Degrassi, Lewis started her ain company, Jungle Wild Productions, creating the web bid Black Actress and Beyond Complicated. And connected her YouTube channel, Lewis opens up astir her clip connected Degrassi and posts manner videos. Up next, she'll prima to prima successful the Hallmark Channel rom-com A Nashville Legacy. 

Super superior astir her euphony career, McIntyre's quality Ashley Kerwin near the bid aft play four, returning aboriginal for seasons six and seven. 

McIntyre appeared to person near the acting satellite aft her 2nd goodbye connected Degrassi and has a scarce beingness connected societal media. 

If lone Terri could spot herself now! A bid regular connected the archetypal 3 seasons, Schmidt exited the bid aft her quality was enactment into a coma by her abusive fellow Rick. 

After leaving the Canadian teen drama, Schmidt continued to person a palmy modeling career, and landed the screen of Fashion Magazine successful Canada. 

"Growing up, I ne'er thought I was an inspiration to anybody successful immoderate way," she told the publication. "I ne'er realized that immoderate of these young girls truly needed idiosyncratic to look up to. There wasn't Instagram oregon Facebook, and the bulk of tv stars were decidedly not arsenic divers arsenic those you spot today, truthful having idiosyncratic similar them connected a TV amusement was huge. This each conscionable started making consciousness to maine years later, though, erstwhile they would explicit however I made specified an interaction connected their lives."

Now a originative director, Schmidt has a lad named Orlando and is dating Landen Wakil.

Oh, Toby!

After appearing successful 8 seasons arsenic Ashley's step-brother/J.T.'s sidekick turned homecoming king, Golsbie went connected to postgraduate from Concordia University. He presently works arsenic a shaper and hosts respective podcasts, Columbia House Party and Less Than Jays. 

In October 2019, Goldsbie announced helium was engaged to his woman Cassie and the brace wed successful November 2020. 

It's hard to judge Lobel managed to marque troublemaking bully Jay Hogart truthful likable by the extremity of his six-season Degrassi tally aft helium gave Emma gonorrhea astatine the ravine and was expelled for his relation successful Jimmy's shooting. And yet helium managed to bash it!

After his clip connected Degrassi, Lobel starred connected the Canadian teen drama Really Me and appeared successful the TV movie The Music successful Me. The actor-musician presently recurs connected the CBC's Detention Adventure, which helium besides directs, and was successful the set Future Peers until it broke up successful December 2019.

One of the fewer co-stars that didn't get a telephone from Drake for the "I'm Upset" video, Lobel simply responded by tweeting, "I'm a small upset." Well played. 

Lobel joined histrion and writer Mika Collins successful September 2022.