Drake opens up about his early performing days and first on-screen kiss within the upcoming “Degrassi: Whatever It Takes” documentary.

Drake revisited his teenage years and early performing days in a brand new trailer for Degrassi: Whatever It Takes, reflecting on how the Canadian teen drama modified his life and launched his path to superstardom.

The rapper and former actor seems within the upcoming documentary, which can premiere September 13, 2025, on the Toronto International Film Festival.

The movie marks the fortieth anniversary of the Degrassi franchise and dives into its cultural legacy, emotional storytelling and affect on generations of younger viewers.

Drake performed Jimmy Brooks on Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2001 to 2009.

“I didn’t have a great time in high school, I just didn’t really fit in,” Drake says within the trailer. “And then one day my mom called me and told me, ‘You got the role.’ And I just grabbed my bag and left. What a wild journey that started.”

In the movie, he displays on a scene the place his character kisses Paige Michalchuk, performed by Lauren Collins, and realizes it was a private milestone.

“She had to be one of my first kisses for sure,” he says. “Damn, I never thought about it like that.”

Directed by Lisa Rideout, the documentary presents a behind-the-scenes have a look at the beloved sequence, that includes interviews with solid members equivalent to Dayo Ade, Jake Epstein, Shane Kippel, Stefan Brogren, Shenae Grimes-Beech, and others.

The movie showcases the present’s daring method to tackling real-life points, together with teen being pregnant, psychological well being, and identification.

The movie explores how Degrassi stood other than different teen dramas by confronting complicated matters with out sugarcoating.

The sequence started with The Kids of Degrassi Street in 1979 and advanced by means of a number of iterations, culminating in Degrassi: The Next Generation, which ran till 2015.

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