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Key Takeaways

• Latto gave Drake a shoutout for uplifting her journey to the Turks and Caicos Islands by way of Instagram.
• Drake has referenced the island in a number of songs, together with “Desires” and “Jumbotron S**t Poppin.”
• The two artists not too long ago carried out collectively at Wireless Festival 2025.

Latto is aware of concerning the Turks and Caicos Islands, all due to Drake.

On Thursday (July 17), the “Big Mama” rapper posted an Instagram Story of a customs type she was filling out forward of her journey to the British abroad territory. Instead of choosing an choice like “Travel Agent” or “TV” for a way she realized 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 depend. On 2020’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes, he referenced the tropical hotspot twice — first on his Future collababoration “Desires” (“I see you back in Turks / Remember who took you there first”), and once more on the Playboi Carti-assisted “Pain 1993.”

Other tracks by which Drake has talked about the islands embrace “Jumbotron S**t Poppin,” DJ Khaled’s “GREECE” and “POPSTAR,” and “Omertà,” simply to call a number of.

Latto has been racking up the stamps in her passport, presumably means earlier than summer time even began. Her “Big Mama Takes Europe Tour” took her throughout the pond with stops in London, Berlin and Amsterdam, the place she definitely made certain to lean into her current collaboration with U.Okay. rapper Nemzzz, “ART.” Then, in July, she popped again up onstage with Drake throughout his headlining run at Wireless Festival.

Plus, let’s not overlook she jetted off to Jamaica earlier within the yr to movie the video for her May single “Somebody.” It marked Brooklyn Nikole’s directorial debut, with the music itself interpolating Aaliyah’s “Are You That Somebody?”

Last yr, Drake and Latto teamed up for his or her first-ever collaboration, “Housekeeping Knows.” They gave the track its live debut throughout the Toronto cease of her “Sugar Honey Iced Tea Tour.” Before launching right into a rendition of the music, the Canadian star mentioned, “Before you get started, ‘cause I know you’re ‘bout to take ‘em on a journey, but please make some noise for this girl. She’s killing s**t right now.”