Drake has been snubbed by the Junos prior to now.
Drake has been identified prior to now to fully skip out on the Awards present course of. In 2017, the rapper refused to submit Extra Life to The Grammys for any awards concerns, though this 12 months, he modified his tune and ended up submitting Scorpion which is up for a number of awards. Whereas Drake might be headed for The Grammys, it seems as if he has determined to skip out on his dwelling nation’s model the music awards present, which is known as the Junos.
In line with Variety, Drake’s camp did not submit the album in any respect, although it might most undoubtedly have been nominated for quite a lot of awards. Maybe it may be chalked as much as the truth that Drake was truly snubbed in 2011 and 2016 the place he was nominated for six and 5 awards respectively, not successful a single one.
Allan Reid, the CEO the Canadian Academy Recording Arts & Sciences (CARAS), spoke to Selection about Drake not submitting for the awards, saying “In the end, it is a query for his camp. Whereas he opted to not submit this 12 months, we’re feeling optimistic that he submitted to the Grammys and we stay up for seeing him on the Junos once more sooner or later.”
The Juno Awards will happen on March 16th and 17th in London, Ontario.