{"id":6892,"date":"2026-03-30T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/drake-gains-high-profile-canadian-endorsement-from-prime-minister-mark-carney\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:00:00","slug":"drake-gains-high-profile-canadian-endorsement-from-prime-minister-mark-carney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/03\/drake-gains-high-profile-canadian-endorsement-from-prime-minister-mark-carney\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Gains High-Profile Canadian Endorsement From Prime Minister Mark Carney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>At Sunday\u2019s Juno Awards, Mark Carney highlighted Drake as one of the artists defining Canada\u2019s global musical presence, placing him alongside long-established figures like Joni Mitchell and Nelly Furtado. Carney, there to present Mitchell with a lifetime achievement award, noted Canada\u2019s outsized role in the global industry. \u201cCanada is the third-largest exporter of music in the world. It\u2019s a huge industry, but really, at the core of it, it\u2019s our stories, it\u2019s our emotions, it\u2019s our heart, at a time when the world needs more Canada. Joni Mitchell is the heart, Nelly Furtado. It\u2019s the whole range. Drake, Rush, whoever, Canadian, Canadian, Canadian.\u201d His remarks underscored both the cultural breadth and commercial impact of Canadian artists, blending admiration for legacy acts with recognition of contemporary stars.<\/p>\n<p>Drake contributed to the evening with a pre-recorded message celebrating Furtado\u2019s induction into the Canadian Hall of Fame. The video threaded warmth, humor, and subtle nostalgia, as he referenced past Juno controversies while turning the spotlight on Furtado. \u201cTo the Junos, because you are honouring one of my dearest friends tonight, I will spare you, even though I know you\u2019re still thinking about those six awards that you gave to Shad in 2011 when you snubbed \u2018Take Care\u2019 as I hosted the 40th anniversary of your award show. But listen, that\u2019s neither here nor there. Tonight we\u2019ll let it go. This is about Nelly. And one thing Nelly knows, you know my love is real. You know my love is true. I love you. Have a great night. Enjoy your hall of fame status. It\u2019s long overdue. Kill the performance. We love you dog. Iceman coming soon.\u201d Drake truly made his mark during Furtado\u2019s tribute.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-drake-s-iceman-fuels-buzz-as-fans-await-his-next-move\">Drake\u2019s \u2018Iceman\u2019 Fuels Buzz as Fans Await His Next Move<\/h2>\n<p>Anticipation for Drake\u2019s next album, <em>Iceman<\/em>, has been building steadily over 2025. He has teased the project with three singles shared across various livestreams\u2014\u201cWhat Did I Miss?,\u201d \u201cWhich One\u201d featuring Central Cee, and \u201cDog House\u201d with Yeat and Julia Wolf\u2014yet has not confirmed an official release date. Looking ahead, fans can\u2019t wait to see what surprises Drake brings to music next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Sunday\u2019s Juno Awards, Mark Carney highlighted Drake as one of the artists defining Canada\u2019s global musical presence, placing him&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-6892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}