Drake Executive Producing A High School Show
Wheelchair Jimmy Lives! Drake, you know, the rapper? Yeah, well, he also used to be an actor, if you didn’t know. Starring on the TV Show ‘Degrassi,’ Drake knows what it’s like…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 08: Recording artist Drake speaks about Apple Music during the Apple WWDC on June 8, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Apple annouced a new OS X, El Capitan, iOS 9 and Apple Music during the keynote at the annual developers conference that runs through June 12. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Wheelchair Jimmy Lives!
Drake, you know, the rapper? Yeah, well, he also used to be an actor, if you didn't know. Starring on the TV Show 'Degrassi,' Drake knows what it's like to grow up on screen. So what better than to have him executive produce a TV show that is a high school drama?
According to XXL, it's loosely based on an Israeli TV show of the same name, called Euphoria, and it's described as "'Kids' meets 'Trainspotting,' and what might exist when parents don't exist," according to HBO executive Francesca Orsi.
Zendaya will star in the lead role of Rue - not that she is any stranger to acting. Her most recent huge role was in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' and on top of all her TV work, she's also played a love interest for Bruno Mars in a music video.
