
The 25-year-old finally gained his diploma on Wednesday, ten years after leaving school at just 15 in search of stardom. He tweeted to fans:
At
the age of 15 Drake prematurely ended his education when he won a role
as a disabled former basketball star on the Canadian TV show Degrassi:
The Next Generation.In an early interview with Complex Music he described how he took the role to support his family.
‘My mother was very sick,’ he explained. ‘We were very poor, like broke.
‘The only money I had coming in was off of Canadian TV, which isn’t that much money when you break it down.
‘A season of Canadian television is under a teacher’s salary, I’ll tell you that much. It’s definitely not something to go f***ing get.’
-Daily Mail
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