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Tate McRae Covers Drake’s ‘Shot For Me’ During Toronto Soundcheck

On TikTok, the Canadian pop star said she “had to do a cover” of the Take Care track.

Tate McRae at Rogers Arena in Toronto on August 19, 2025.
Tate McRae at Rogers Arena in Toronto on August 19, 2025.
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It’s official: Tate McRae is a Drake fan.

Yesterday (August 20), during a soundcheck for her second night in Toronto on the Miss Possessive World Tour, McRae showed love for the 6ix god, performing his track “Shot For Me."


The song, from 2011’s Take Care, is a downtempo moment on the rapper’s album, which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart after its release.

“Had to do a cover of shot for me by drake in Toronto,” McRae shared on TikTok. Swapping out the beat for an acoustic guitar, her rendition is even more sombre than Drake’s original.

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Hsd to do a cover of shot for me by drake in Toronto

Fans were quick to praise McRae’s cover in the comments. “Drake/Tate collab would be iconic,” one shared. “Didn’t know i needed this..i love it,” wrote another. One fan couldn’t contain their excitement: “MY TWO WORLDS COLLIDED,” they wrote in all-caps. Another commented: “That’s the perfect song for Toronto vibes! You nailed it!”

Drake reciprocated the love, sharing the clip to his Instagram story, with two emojis: "😮💨 🤩"

Earlier this year, he shouted out the Calgary native on "Small Town Fame," off his collaborative album with PartyNextDoor, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U . "B---h, I feel like Tate McRae/Vanilla ice and white h--s, straight cake, uh," he rapped.

This week, McRae continues a string of Canadian shows, including Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre on August 22 and Montreal’s Bell Centre on August 23.

Drake isn’t the first Canadian artist McRae has covered during soundcheck. Earlier this month, she performed two tracks from Justin Bieber’s Swag in Vancouver — “Yukon” on night one, and “Walking Away” on night two.

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Billboard France Announces the Launch of Billboard Paris
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Billboard France Announces the Launch of Billboard Paris

The French edition of the world's leading music media outlet is creating a local vertical to cover music news in the Greater Paris region.

Billboard France, the French edition of the world’s leading music media outlet, today announced the official launch of Billboard Paris.

This new vertical, which has already reached 10 million views on social media, will focus exclusively on music news from across the Paris region, covering local events — from small-scale concerts and club nights to music exhibitions — as well as major celebrations such as Fête de la Musique, Nuit Blanche, Techno Parade, and Pride Month.

Billboard Paris will be operated by Billboard France under the leadership of Nicolas Baudoin and Ulysse Hennessy. Yanis Si Youcef has been appointed editor-in-chief, with support from Julien Zeidan.

“In the space of a year, Billboard France has established itself as both a leading outlet for French and international music news and a reference point for industry professionals," Nicolas Baudoin and Ulysse Hennessy, president and managing Director of Billboard France and Billboard Paris, said in a joint statement. "This new Paris-focused event vertical allows us to build a highly localized audience while simultaneously expanding both our editorial and commercial offering. We are pleased to entrust it to Yanis Si Youcef, whose expertise closely aligns with our editorial ambitions.”

“Paris deserved its own benchmark music platform. Billboard Paris will tell the story of the city through its music, its scenes, and its nightlife, with the standards that have defined the Billboard brand for more than a century," added Yanis Si Youcef, editor-in-chief of Billboard Paris.

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