{"id":356803,"date":"2026-03-31T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/356803\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:55:14","slug":"drake-cant-help-but-air-decade-old-awards-show-grievance-while-honouring-nelly-furtado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/356803\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Can’t Help But Air Decade-Old Awards Show Grievance While Honouring Nelly Furtado"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drake<\/a> inducted his \u201cdear friend\u201d Nelly Furtado<\/a> into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at last night\u2019s Juno Awards (March 29), delivering a kind, thoughtful, and poignant tribute that, nevertheless, in classic Drake fashion, still contained a few of the rapper\u2019s own age-old grievances (and a plug for his next album<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In a video message, Drake spoke sincerely about how much Furtado had inspired him. At one point, he said to the singer-songwriter: \u201cYou were our North Star. The proof that it was possible. The Portuguese princess who could go from spitting 16s with Swollen Members to dropping \u2018Maneater\u2019 and \u2018Promiscuous\u2019 with Timbaland. There were no ceilings, there were no walls, there were no boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

To his credit, the vast majority of Drake\u2019s speech struck this tone. He spoke about looking in awe at Furtado\u2019s myriad plaques on the wall of her manager\u2019s office as he was plotting how to make the jump from teen soap actor to rap star. He referenced their performance together at a 2022 OVO show<\/a>. And he praised Furtado\u2019s resilience in a male-dominated industry, and the respect she engendered among her male peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cRappers that I idolised, guys like K-os and Saukrates, would tell me not only how good your bars were, and how gifted you were in the studio. But they would always rave about how strong and solid your character was,\u201d Drake said, as the camera cut to Furtado, wiping a tear from her eye.<\/p>\n

And yet \u2026 as Drake finished his speech, he couldn\u2019t help but extend a few snarky words to the Junos (who exist under the same organisational umbrellas as the Canadian Music Hall of Fame) over an awards show snub that happened all the way back in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the Junos, because you are honouring one of my dear friends tonight, I will spare you,\u201d Drake said, before proceeding to not spare them. \u201cEven though I know you\u2019re still thinking about those six awards you gave to Shad when you snubbed Take Care when I hosted the 40th anniversary of your award show. This is about Nelly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond the fact that he did this in an otherwise extremely endearing tribute to Furtado, or the fact that it\u2019s pretty clear who\u2019s actually \u201cstill thinking about those six awards\u201d 15 years later, the funniest part of Drake\u2019s complaint is the way his grievances have apparently clouded his memory. Yes, he did host the 2011 Junos<\/a>. Yes, he did not win any of the six awards he was nominated for. And yes, Shad\u2019s TSOL did beat him in the Rap Recording of the Year.<\/p>\n

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But Drake wasn\u2019t even nominated for Take Care<\/a> in 2011. He was up for Thank Me Later<\/a>. And in 2012, Drake did win the Juno for Rap Recording of the Year \u2026 for Take Care. (Also, Shad only beat Drake in that one category in 2011; in the others, he lost to Arcade Fire, Neil Young, Justin Bieber, and Young Artists for Haiti.)<\/p>\n

After unburdening himself of that gripe in classic I\u2019m-not-mad<\/a>-please-don\u2019t-put-in-the-newspaper-that-I-got-mad fashion, Drake resumed his praise for Furtado, telling his friend: \u201cEnjoy your Hall of Fame status, it\u2019s long overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rather than end his speech there, Drake \u2014 ostensibly not willing, or able, to let his last word be on someone else\u2019s behalf \u2014 signed off by saying, \u201cIceman<\/a> coming soon<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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