Drake Won’t Submit Any of His Three Albums to the 2027 Grammys: Report — SkimNews
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- Drake is not submitting his three 2025 solo albums — Iceman, Habibti, and Maid of Honour — for 2026 Grammy consideration, according to Billboard.
- Iceman broke Drake's own record for longest run atop Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, surpassing Take Care's 12-week run.
- Drake embedded the decision on Iceman's closing track "Make Them Know," rapping: "This album, I'm never submittin' it."
- UMG is defending against Drake's appeal of a dismissed lawsuit alleging the label promoted Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" despite allegedly defamatory lyrics; oral arguments are set for December.
- "Not Like Us" by Kendrick Lamar won five Grammys in 2025.
- Drake has a documented history of Grammy disengagement, declining to submit More Life (2018) and withdrawing Certified Lover Boy (2022) and Honestly, Nevermind from consideration.
Why it matters: Drake's three-album holdout extends a years-long snub streak — More Life (2018), Certified Lover Boy (2022), Honestly, Nevermind — while his UMG appeal over 'Not Like Us' heads to December oral arguments. Iceman's record-breaking R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart run makes this his most commercially successful set of releases to go un-submitted, deepening his public rift with the industry's biggest award body.
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