Friday, March 29, 2024

Drake Wins his 1st American Music Award; Jams to Taylor Swift in New Apple Music Ad (Watch)

Rapper Drake accepts Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist onstage during the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.
Rapper Drake accepts Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist onstage during the 2016 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 20, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

*It was a big night for Drake on Sunday at the American Music Awards.

The Canadian rapper had already made history for receiving the most nominations in AMA history with 13, beating Michael Jackson’s previous high of 11 in 1984.

By night’s end, Drizzy reached a personal milestone of winning the first AMA of his career. The trophy was for favorite rap/hip-hop album for “Views.” Later in the telecast, he won favorite rap/hip-hop artist, favorite rap/hip-hop song for “Hotline Bling.”

Over the years, Drake has been nominated a total of 22 times by the fan-voted show, twice in 2015, twice in 2014, three times in 2012 and twice in 2010, but it wasn’t until this year that his fans finally got him the win.

Drake in Apple Music Ad "Distractingly Good"
Drake in Apple Music Ad “Distractingly Good”

Also on Sunday, Apple Music premiered its new ad featuring Drake working out and jamming to Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” – a fitting answer to Swift’s Apple ad in which she runs on a treadmill to Drake’s “Jumpman” and gets so into it that she ends up falling on her face.

Drake’s punchline was switching his workout music from his own song to “Bad Blood” after his spotter left the room, and getting so into it that he collapses under the weight of a barbell while trying to bench press.

Watch below: [The ad shows him turning off Frank Ocean’s “Blonde” before switching to “Bad Blood,” an apparent wink toward the song’s verse from Andre 3000 that supposedly takes a shot a Drake.]

 

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