What the what?

Jimmy Brooks (Aubrey "Drake" Graham) is a rap star now??? What the what?! Guess life after Degrassi is the high life. He joins fellow co-stars Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries- A show I am hoping will fill the still hemorrhaging Buffy void.) and Shenae Grimes (90210) in the life after the soapy world of Canadian teen TV. His debut hip-hop album drops (Yea, I said drops.) late this year, but he's already worked with the likes of Jay-Z and Lil' Wayne. The boy keeps good company. Check out his rhymes on his Myspace .

His beats reak of Lil' Wayne-esque robo-flow, but it doesn't leave a metallic taste in my mouth. My personal fav tidbit is when he raps "don't let your girl up out the house or there'll be shots on TMZ of me givin' her mouth to mouth" on Uptown. Judging by his swagger here, all that Degrassi street cred must be getting him some serious boyband ass. On the flip side track Say what's Real is actually quite introspective.

Who knew a continuation spin off of an angst lush 80's show would turn out to be a breeding ground for poppy new teen stars? I guess Viacon did as they morphed tween haven The Noggin channel into The-N and, come September, the soon to be TeenNick. I remember when this channel used to show music videos instead of commercials. Yes! this really happened. It was bliss until it got popular. (Like most things in the Hollywood.) Can Viacom just please take over the world and be done with it?

BC Out!