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Key Takeaways
- Latto gave Drake a shoutout for uplifting her journey to the Turks and Caicos Islands through Instagram.
- Drake has referenced the island in a number of songs, together with “Needs” and “Jumbotron S**t Poppin.”
- The 2 artists just lately carried out collectively at Wi-fi Competition 2025.
Latto is aware of concerning the Turks and Caicos Islands, all because of Drake.
On Thursday (July 17), the “Huge Mama” rapper posted an Instagram Story of a customs kind she was filling out forward of her journey to the British abroad territory. As an alternative of choosing an possibility like “Journey Agent” or “TV” for a way she discovered of the islands, Latto merely wrote, “Drake.”
To be truthful, the Toronto artist has name-dropped Turks and Caicos extra occasions than we are able to rely. On 2020’s Darkish Lane Demo Tapes, he referenced the tropical hotspot twice — first on his Future collababoration “Needs” (“I see you again in Turks / Bear in mind who took you there first”), and once more on the Playboi Carti-assisted “Ache 1993.”
Different tracks wherein Drake has talked about the islands embrace “Jumbotron S**t Poppin,” DJ Khaled’s “GREECE” and “POPSTAR,” and “Omertà,” simply to call just a few.
Latto has been racking up the stamps in her passport, presumably method earlier than summer season even began. Her “Huge Mama Takes Europe Tour” took her throughout the pond with stops in London, Berlin and Amsterdam, the place she actually made certain to lean into her latest collaboration with U.Ok. rapper Nemzzz, “ART.” Then, in July, she popped again up onstage with Drake throughout his headlining run at Wi-fi Competition.
Plus, let’s not neglect she jetted off to Jamaica earlier within the yr to movie the video for her Could single “Any person.” It marked Brooklyn Nikole’s directorial debut, with the tune itself interpolating Aaliyah’s “Are You That Any person?”
Final yr, Drake and Latto teamed up for his or her first-ever collaboration, “Housekeeping Is aware of.” They gave the monitor its stay debut through the Toronto cease of her “Sugar Honey Iced Tea Tour.” Earlier than launching right into a rendition of the tune, the Canadian star stated, “Earlier than you get began, ‘trigger I do know you’re ‘bout to take ‘em on a journey, however please make some noise for this woman. She’s killing s**t proper now.”