Grammys
Featuring Future
This track is widely read as Drake's flex about industry validation and the trappings of being a perennial nominee and winner. Produced by Noah "40" Shebib, Southside, Cardo and Yung Exclusive and featuring Future, its brash, bouncing beat and the Future pairing connect it directly to the trap-leaning chemistry the two built on What a Time to Be Alive the prior year. It reads as a celebration of arrival — the Grammy used as shorthand for being undeniable and as a status assertion against critics who debate Drake's standing. Within Views it functions as one of the album's pure swagger cuts, keeping the record's confident momentum.
Sources & verification
Citations below were matched specifically to "Grammys" and Views. Drake Universe catalogs songs by album placement, verified collaborators, producers, samples, and themes, and avoids unsupported lyric-level claims.
- GRAMMY.com: 'Back to Back' Best Rap Performance nominationRecording Academy · 2016-02-15 — Official ceremony page covering the 58th Grammys where 'Back to Back' was nominated.
- GRAMMY.com: 'Not Like Us' Record and Song of the YearRecording Academy · 2025-02-02 — Official ceremony page covering the 67th Grammys 'Not Like Us' sweep.
- Pitchfork: Drake 'Views' album reviewPitchfork · 2016-05-05 — Dated album review noting the absence of Kanye features.
- Billboard: Drake's Views first album to surpass 1 billion Apple Music streamsBillboard · 2016-07-12 — Dated report on Views passing 1B streams on Apple Music in roughly three months.
- Billboard: Views debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200Billboard · 2016-05-08 — Dated chart report for Views' Billboard 200 No. 1 debut and its 13 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1.
- Beats 1: Drake on Views with Zane Lowe (2016)Apple Music / YouTube · 2016-04-29 — YouTube upload of Drake's Views release-day Beats 1 interview.
- Complex: Drake — Views from the 6 coverComplex · 2016-04-15 — Complex cover story tied to Views.
- Apple Music 1 curator pageApple Music — Apple Music 1 station surface used to verify Drake Zane Lowe interviews.
- Wikipedia: Views (Drake album)Wikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for Views release facts, Toronto-weather concept, dancehall/Afrobeats/UK funky palette, track-by-track production and sample credits, mixed critical reception, and chart/certification data.
- Wikipedia: Feel No WaysWikipedia · 2026-05-18 — Reference for Feel No Ways production (Jordan Ullman, 40, Kanye West), Malcolm McLaren 'World's Famous' 80s synth-pop sample, and Views all-20-tracks Hot 100 record context.
- Drake — Can I (Genius)Genius · 2026-05-18 — Confirms 2015 leak, intended-for-Views status, The Smiths 'The Draize Train' sample and Beyonce additional vocals (reportedly an 'XO' outtake).
