According to one of the show’s former writers, the actor himself wasn’t into it.
In an oral history for the series that was published byThe A.V.
I said, ‘Get him down here.'"

Cast members of ‘Degrassi: The Next Generation’.CATV/Courtesy Everett Collection
And I said, ‘Well, tell your friends in the rap game that you got shot.
How much harder can you get?
You got shot, and you’re in a wheelchair.’
He was like, ‘Yeah, yeah,'" Hurst recounted.
“He was so nice and apologetic about everything.
He instantly backed down,” the writer continued.
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