Drake not only publicly supported The Weeknd after his announcement for the Grammy Awards 2021, but at the same time also opposed the academy, which gives the awards considered the most prestigious in the music industry.
Through an Instagram post, Drake wrote: “I think we should stop being surprised every year for this influential music break and these awards and accept that what was once the highest form of recognition, does not matter to artists that exist now and those that will come later. "It's more or less like a relative you expect to change, but he is not adjusted."
Drake also tagged some artists who he said were ignored by the Grammy, such as Lil Baby, PartyNextDoor, Popcaan and the late Pop Smoke. Nicki Minaj was one of the artists who reposted Drake's statement. Recall that she has previously ironized the academy.
"I never forget that the Grammy did not give me the Best New Artist award when I had 7 songs listed simultaneously on the Billboard, more than any other female rapper in the last decade. "They gave it to a white man, Bon Iver," she wrote on Twitter.
