It isn\u2019t the first time the rapper has declined to submit for awards consideration<\/p>\n
\n\tDrake<\/a>\u2019s trio of albums \u2014 Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour<\/a> \u2014 won\u2019t be submitted for consideration in the 2026 Grammys<\/a>, according to a report from Billboard<\/a>. The projects, Drake\u2019s first solo releases in the wake of the great 2024 rap feud<\/a> between him and Kendrick Lamar, held steady on the charts all summer. Iceman in particular stood out, breaking Drake\u2019s previous record for longest run at the top of Billboard\u2019s Top R&B\/Hip-Hop Albums chart, surpassing Take Care\u2019s 12-week run.<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tDrake himself alludes to the decision not to submit the albums on Iceman, rapping \u201cThis album, I\u2019m never submittin\u2019 it,\u201d on the album\u2019s closing track \u2018Make Them Know.\u201d The move comes amidst Drake\u2019s return to the public eye after his beef with Lamar as well as his ongoing litigation<\/a> with his record label UMG, which alleges the label promoted the diss track \u201cNot Like Us\u201d despite allegedly defamatory lyrics. A federal judge dismissed his lawsuit<\/a> last year and Drake\u2019s team filed an appeal, with oral arguments set to start in December. \u201cNot Like Us\u201d was famously awarded five Grammys in 2025.<\/p>\n \n\tEven before any rap beef, Drake has made his ambivalence towards the Grammys well known, declining to submit More Life in 2018 and withdrawing the submission of Certified Lover Boy in 2022, and Honestly, Nevermind the following year. His joint album with 21 Savage, Her Loss, was indeed submitted for the 2024 ceremonies, though it lost Best Rap Album to Killer Mike\u2019s Michael.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It isn\u2019t the first time the rapper has declined to submit for awards consideration Drake\u2019s trio of albums…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,2905,134,62695,439403,136],"class_list":["post-917605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-drake","tag-entertainment","tag-grammys","tag-grammys-2027","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}