Billboard reports that Drake has not submitted Iceman, Maid of Honour or Habibti, nor any of their songs for consideration at the upcoming 2027 Grammy Awards. Drake has not submitted any of his solo albums since withdrawing his Certified Lover Boy nods in 2021.
As Drake continues his massive year, it looks like the Grammy Awards won't be part of the celebration.
Sources tell Billboard that Drake did not submit his trio of albums Iceman, Maid of Honour or Habibti, nor any of their songs, for consideration for the upcoming 2027 awards. It continues a longstanding boycott by the rapper, who last attended the Grammys in 2019, during which he won best rap song for "God's Plan" and was nominated for album of the year with Scorpion.
Drake alludes to skipping the Grammys on the Iceman closer "Make Them Know," where he raps, "This album, I'm never submittin' it / 'Cause I know that they'll never consider it / This might be the one year I won / 'Cause I know how they like to position it." Iceman is Drake's first solo album since his highly-publicized beef with Kendrick Lamar, which spawned the viral Drake diss "Not Like Us" which swept the 2025 Grammy Awards with five wins including song and record of the year.
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Drake has had his share of gripes with the ceremony over the years, having been inadvertently cut off mid-speech while accepting his trophy for "God's Plan" in 2019. He challenged the Recording Academy within the speech, calling music an "opinion-based sport" and encouraging artists to seek validation beyond the voting body, whether it be through ticket sales, being a hometown hero or having fans sing along to your music.
In 2020, he spoke out in solidarity with The Weeknd, who called the institution "corrupt" after his highly successful album After Hours was shut out from all nominations. On Instagram, Drake voiced his belief that artists should stop being "shocked every year by the disconnect between impactful music and these awards and just accept that what once was the highest form of recognition may no longer matter to the artists that exist now and the ones that come after."
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Ahead of the 2022 ceremony, Drake withdrew his nominations for Certified Lover Boy, and he hasn't submitted a solo album since, having only received nominations for his collaborative works such as Her Loss with 21 Savage and $ome $exy $ongs 4 U with PartyNextDoor.
Drake isn't the only high-profile artist skipping the upcoming Grammys. In July, K-pop superstars BTS announced they would not be submitting their No. 1 albumArirang to the ceremony, protesting the newly-introduced best Asian pop music performance category "being divided by region or language." Fellow Korean boy band Stray Kids recently joined BTS in withholding their music as their label JYP Entertainment confirmed that the group did not submit to this year's awards.
The move follows the Recording Academy's announcement last Thursday (Oct. 1) that it would be proceeding with the category following discussions with artists, executives and stakeholders from the Asian pop music industry. "We understand this conclusion will not satisfy everyone, and that never feels good," said Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. "But at the same time, we are confident it’s the right conclusion for the music community overall."
