Drake inducted Nelly Furtado into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 2026 Junos, the annual awards show hosted by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). “You were our north star,” the rapper said in a pre-recorded video, “the Portuguese princess who could go from spitting sixteens with Swollen Members to dropping ‘Maneater’ and ‘Promiscuous’ with Timbaland.” Watch his full message below, alongside Furtado’s acceptance speech and a tribute performance featuring Lido Pimienta, Tanya Tagaq, and Alessia Cara.
“I’m so happy that you came out at that show a couple years ago,” Drake added, ostensibly referring the 2022 concert where Furtado joined him onstage to perform “Promiscuous” and “I’m Like a Bird.” He also took the opportunity to fire shots at the Junos: “I know you’re still thinking about those six awards that you gave to Shad in 2011 when you snubbed Take Care as I hosted the 40th anniversary of your awards show.” Drake ended the video, in typical Drake fashion, with a promise of “Iceman coming soon.”
Shad, who won Rap Recording of the Year for his album TSOL at the 2011 Junos, has since taken to Instagram to fact-check Drake. “[Just] for the record: I won 1 Juno–not 6,” the Canadian rapper wrote in an Instagram story viewed by Pitchfork. “And his nominated album was Thank Me Later (Take Care won the Juno the next year).” He also posted a video of himself lip-syncing to his verse on Homeboy Sandman’s 2023 loosie “Ignoring Sh*t.”
Tate McRae won big last night, taking home Album of the Year, for So Close to What, Single of the Year, for “Sports Car,” and Artist of the Year. Joni Mitchell was also presented with the Junos’ annual Lifetime Achievement Award, and sang “Big Yellow Taxi” accompanied by Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell.
Revisit the review of Nelly Furtado’s 2017 album The Ride.
