{"id":763233,"date":"2026-06-26T21:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763233\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:01:16","slug":"is-your-name-janice-drake-would-like-to-apologize-for-his-song-janice-stfu-with-a-very-exclusive-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/763233\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your name Janice? Drake would like to apologize for his song Janice STFU with a very exclusive party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 2 minutes<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p>If your name is Janice and you feel personally victimized by Drake\u2019s song Janice STFU, you&#8217;re in luck (provided you can show government-issued ID).<\/p>\n<p>Rumour has it, the Toronto-born rapper is ready to make amends with all Janices by\u00a0 throwing them an exclusive Janices-only apology party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All my Janice\u2019s in NY, LA, MIA, TO, HOU, look out for my invitation for Sunday,&#8221; he wrote on his Instagram story, referring to New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Toronto and Houston.<\/p>\n<p>Under the text on the video is a stack of letters, seemingly all addressed to people named Janice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A screenshot of an instragram story filled with letters.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782507676_424_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Drake has seemingly used an Instagram post to announce the event. &#8216;All my Janice\u2019s in NY, LA, MIA, TO, HOU, look out for my invitation for Sunday,&#8217; he wrote. (Instagram\/@champagnepapi)<\/p>\n<p>Your path to entry? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/treyalston\/drake-janice-apology-party-toronto-new-york-la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.billboard.com\/music\/music-news\/drake-janice-party-toronto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">outlets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaBEVRkFc1d\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">are reporting<\/a> that you need to have ID to prove that your first name is, in fact, Janice. And that&#8217;s reportedly first names only \u2014 no nicknames, middle names or last names. <\/p>\n<p>It all stems from Drake\u2019s hit single, Janice STFU, from his album ICEMAN. <\/p>\n<p>The song debuted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/lists\/drake-janice-stfu-hot-100-number-one-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 1 on<\/a> both the Billboard Global 200 and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The track, his 14th chart-topper, officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/music\/drake-michael-jackson-billboard-record-9.7212498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">broke Drake&#8217;s tie<\/a> with Michael Jackson, giving him the record for the most No. 1 hits by a male solo artist.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was part of a massive, surprise triple-album drop that included ICEMAN, Habibti, and Maid of Honour. In total, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-news\/drake-dominates-charts-iceman-habibti-maid-of-honour-1236605906\/#:~:text=As%20Billboard%20revealed%20Tuesday%2C%20with,the%20top%2010%20slots%20overall.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">42 songs from the release<\/a> charted on the Hot 100, with Maid of Honour and Habibti also debuting at the top of the Billboard Global 200.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/nowtoronto.com\/culture\/drake-janice-apology-party-toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">media outlets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/treyalston\/drake-janice-apology-party-toronto-new-york-la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">have reported<\/a> that the Toronto party will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, June 28, at the Cactus Club.<\/p>\n<p>CBC News has reached out to a representative for Drake, but has not heard back. A Cactus Club representative declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-763233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}