Far From Over: The Life and Music of Drake

Drake, in the wheelchair, and the cast of Degrassi: The Next Generation

       In the first section of "Far From Over: The Music and Life of Drake" by Dalton Higgins, Aubrey Graham, known better as his stage name Drake, and his friends and family recollect on his early years, where he had trouble fitting in with the other kids at school because of his race. Drake, being one of the only black kids in a largely Jewish dominant area of Toronto, Canada, had a tough time making friends. When he was a little bit older, however, he helped to start a band called Renaissance, which performed mostly hip hop and R&B. Higgins explains Drake felt at home when performing and was completely devastated when he got the call that he was out of the group, only a few weeks after their first gig. At the same time, a peer's father at Forest Hill Public was looking for a fresh, young actor, as Drake recalls, and he saw Drake as the new actor he was searching for. Drake then auditioned for the Canadian hit TV show Degrassi: The Next Generation and got the role. This became a second home for Aubrey where he tells us how he quickly began to make friends with the other actors on set like he had never done before. Dalton Higgins explains in this section the change that Aubrey Graham made, from not being able to fit in, to being the star of one of the most popular teen dramas in Canada.


Higgins, Dalton. Far from Over: The Music and Life of Drake, the Unofficial Story. Toronto: ECW, 2012. Print.