Canadian rapper Drake had quite the night at yesterday’s (April 18) Juno Awards in St. John’s, Newfoundland. The actor turned rapper, who received four Juno Awards nominations, took home one of the night’s most sought after awards, Best New Artist.
Drake also performed with fellow Canadian and Best New Artist nominee Justin Bieber. Together the two artists performed a remix to Bieber’s immensely-popular song “Baby.”
“Me and my boy drake @drakkardnoir (canuck swag) are sitting beside each other at the Juno’s tomorrow night. Make #Canuckswag trending,” Bieber Tweeted before the awards show.
Other notable winners included Somali rapper K’Naan who took home the award for Artist of the Year and Michael Buble who took home both the Fan Choice Award and Pop Album of the year.
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“I came here to Canada when I was 15-years-old from Somalia and I didn’t know what I was going to do to deal with my emotions and my past and my life,” said K’Naan while accepting his award. “Writing songs was just what I did to try and survive my own internal issues.”
At the Juno Awards, K’naan performed “Wavin’ Flag” alongside Drake, Justin Bieber, and Nikki Yanofsky.
