Drake praises Arya Stark for 'putting in that work' on Game of Thrones while accepting Billboard Music Award for his album
There will be SPOILERS for Sunday night's Game of Thrones below so read on at your own risk.
Drake took to the stage on Wednesday at the Billboard Music Awards to accept the Top Billboard 200 Album for Scorpion, when he gave an surprise shout-out.
At the end of his speech, the 32-year-old Canadian singer, and longtime Game of Thrones fan gave a shout-out to Maisie Williams' character Arya Stark.
'Shout out to Arya Stark for putting in that work last week,' Drake said, before laughing and heading off the stage.
Big fan: Drake gave a shout-out to Game of Thrones' Arya Stark after winning Top Billboard 200 Album at the Billboard Music Awards on Wednesday
Love for Arya: The shout-out referred to Sunday night's Game of Thrones episode, The Long Night, where Arya Stark shockingly killed The Night King
Drake's shout-out was in reference to Sunday night's Game of Thrones episode, The Long Night, where Arya Stark shockingly killed The Night King.
Arya's surprise attack not only killed The Night King, but every other white walker under his command, bringing the Battle of Winterfell to an end.
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There was also another Game of Thrones connection to the Billboard Music Awards, with Sophie Turner, who plays Arya's sister Sansa Stark, presenting with her X-Men: Dark Phoenix star Tye Sheridan.
Drake even used the long-held theory that he 'curses' sports teams whose jersey he wears, and gave it a Game of Thrones twist.
The Toronto-born rapper was seen at a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game, with a Maple Leafs jersey that had an image of The Night King on the front, instead of the Maple Leafs emblem.
As it turned out, using that 'curse' to his advantage worked, as Arya killed the Night King with her valyrian steel blade during The Long Night.
Drake's shout-out: Arya's surprise attack not only killed The Night King, but every other white walker under his command, bringing the Battle of Winterfell to an end
On his 2015 mixtape If You Are Reading This It's Too Late, he made a Game of Thrones reference on the song You & the 6.
The song, which is directed at his mother who raised him on her own in Toronto after divorcing his father, referenced the bloody Red Wedding in Season 3 of Game of Thrones.
'I pull the knife out my back and cut they throat with it, momma/I'm Game of Thrones with it, momma,' Drake sings in one lyric.
Thrones fan: On his 2015 mixtape If You Are Reading This It's Too Late, he made a Game of Thrones reference on the song You & the 6
Drake also won Top Male Artist, beating out Post Malone, Travis Scott, Ed Sheeran and the late XXXTentacion.
The Canadian rapper (real name Aubrey Drake Graham) is up for 17 Billboard Music Awards this year, including Top Artist, Top Rap Male Artist and the Billboard Chart Achievement Award.
Drake recently wrapped up his Assassination Vacation tour, where he revealed he's currently working on a new album.
2019 Billboard Awards Winners
ARTIST AWARDS
TOP ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Drake was a big winner at the awards
BILLBOARD CHART ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dan + Shay
Drake
Ariana Grande - WINNER
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Dua Lipa
TOP FEMALE ARTIST
Cardi B
Ariana Grande - WINNER
Halsey
Ella Mai
Taylor Swift
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ARTIST
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
Travis Scott
XXXTentacion
TOP STREAMING SONGS ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Post Malone
XXXTentacion
Though Swift didn't have an album this year, she competed for two honors
TOP RADIO SONGS ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Maroon 5
Post Malone
TOP TOURING ARTIST
Beyoncé & JAY-Z
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran - WINNER
Taylor Swift
Justin Timberlake
TOP R&B MALE ARTIST
Khalid
The Weeknd - WINNER
XXXTentacion
Top R&B Female Artist
H.E.R.
Ella Mai - WINNER
Queen Naija
TOP RAP MALE ARTIST
Drake - WINNER
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Travis Scott has nominations this evening
TOP RAP TOUR
Beyoncé & JAY-Z - WINNER
Drake
Travis Scott
TOP COUNTRY ARTIST
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs - WINNER
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
TOP COUNTRY DUO/GROUP
Dan + Shay - WINNER
Florida Georgia Line
Old Dominion
TOP ROCK ARTIST
Imagine Dragons - WINNER
Lovelytheband
Panic! At The Disco
Queen
Twenty One Pilots
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ARTIST
Calvin Harris
Kygo
Marshmello
Odesza
The Chainsmokers - WINNER
TOP GOSPEL ARTIST
Kirk Franklin
Koryn Hawthorne
Tori Kelly
Tasha Cobbs Leonard - WINNER
Marvin Sapp
ALBUM AWARDS
TOP BILLBOARD 200 ALBUM
Cardi B 'Invasion of Privacy'
Drake 'Scorpion' - WINNER
Post Malone 'beerbongs & bentleys'
Travis Scott 'ASTROWORLD'
XXXTentacion '?'
TOP R&B ALBUM
H.E.R. 'H.E.R.'
Ella Mai 'Ella Mai'
Khalid 'American Teen'
The Weeknd 'My Dear Melancholy,'
XXXTentacion '17' - WINNER
Drake's nominated for hit Billboard Top 200 album Scorpion and 16 other honors
TOP COUNTRY ALBUM
Jason Aldean 'Rearview Town'
Kane Brown 'Kane Brown'
Luke Combs 'This One's For You' - WINNER
Dan + Shay 'Dan + Shay'
Carrie Underwood 'Cry Pretty'
TOP LATIN ALBUM
Anuel AA 'Real Hasta la Muerte'
Bad Bunny 'X 100PRE'
J Balvin 'Vibras'
Maluma 'F.A.M.E.'
Ozuna 'Aura' - WINNER
TOP CHRISTIAN ALBUM
Cory Asbury 'Reckless Love'
Lauren Daigle 'Look Up Child'- WINNER
For King & Country 'Burn The Ships'
Hillsong Worship 'There Is More'
Zach Williams 'Chain Breaker'
Tori Kelly is nominated for in the three top Gospel categories: song, artist and album
SONG AWARDS
TOP HOT 100 SONG
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It'
Juice Wrld 'Lucid Dreams'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You' - WINNER
Post Malone 'Better Now'
Travis Scott 'SICKO MODE'
TOP STREAMING SONG (Video)
Drake 'In My Feelings' - WINNER
Juice Wrld 'Lucid Dreams'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You'
Travis Scott 'SICKO MODE'
XXXTentacion 'SAD!'
TOP RADIO SONG
Khalid & Normani 'Love Lies'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You' - WINNER
Post Malone 'Better Now'
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 'Meant to Be'
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey 'The Middle'
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa's One Kiss is up for Top Dance song
TOP R&B SONG
DJ Khaled ft. Justin Bieber, Chance The Rapper & Quavo 'No Brainer'
Ella Mai 'Boo'd Up' - WINNER
Ella Mai 'Trip'
Khalid 'Better'
Lil Dicky ft. Chris Brown 'Freaky Friday'
TOP COUNTRY SONG
Kane Brown 'Heaven'
Luke Combs 'She Got the Best of Me'
Dan + Shay 'Speechless'
Dan + Shay 'Tequila'
Bebe Rexha & Florida Georgia Line 'Meant to Be' - WINNER
Maren Morris is up for Top Country Artist as well as top Dance/Electronic Song and Top Radio song for her collab with Zedd and Grey
TOP LATIN SONG
Bad Bunny ft. Drake 'Mia'
Daddy Yankee 'Dura'
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B 'Taki Taki'
Nicky Jam & J Balvin 'X'
Casper Magico, Nio Garcia, Darell, Nicky Jam, Bad Bunny & Ozuna 'Te Bote' - WINNER
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC SONG
DJ Snake ft. Selena Gomez, Ozuna & Cardi B 'Taki Taki'
Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa 'One Kiss'
Marshmello & Bastille 'Happier'
Tiësto & Dzeko ft. Preme & Post Malone 'Jackie Chan'
Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey 'The Middle' - WINNER
TOP NEW ARTIST
Bazzi
Juice Wrld - WINNER
Lil Baby
Dua Lipa
Ella Mai
TOP MALE ARTIST
Drake - WINNER
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Ed Sheeran
XXXTentacion
TOP DUO/GROUP
BTS - WINNER
Dan + Shay
Imagine Dragons
Maroon 5
Panic! At The Disco
TOP HOT 100 ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
K-pop favorites BTS performed
TOP SONG SALES ARTIST
Drake - WINNER
Ariana Grande
Imagine Dragons
Lady Gaga
Post Malone
TOP SOCIAL ARTIST
BTS - WINNER
EXO
GOT7
Ariana Grande
Louis Tomlinson
TOP R&B ARTIST
H.E.R.
Khalid
Ella Mai - WINNER
The Weeknd
XXXTentacion
TOP RAP ARTIST
Cardi B
Drake
Juice Wrld
Post Malone
Travis Scott
Post Malone is runner up for top nominations with 17 nods
TOP R&B TOUR
Beyoncé & JAY-Z - WINNER
Childish Gambino
Bruno Mars
TOP RAP FEMALE ARTIST
Cardi B - WINNER
City Girls
Nicki Minaj
TOP COUNTRY MALE ARTIST
Jason Aldean
Kane Brown
Luke Combs - WINNER
TOP COUNTRY FEMALE ARTIST
Maren Morris
Kacey Musgraves
Carrie Underwood - WINNER
TOP COUNTRY TOUR
Luke Bryan
Kenny Chesney - WINNER
Shania Twain
TOP ROCK TOUR
Elton John - WINNER
The Rolling Stones
U2
Carrie Underwood is up for two honors
TOP LATIN ARTIST
Anuel AA
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Ozuna - WINNER
Romeo Santos
TOP CHRISTIAN ARTIST
Cory Asbury
Lauren Daigle - WINNER
For King & Country
Hillsong Worship
MercyMe
TOP SOUNDTRACK
The 'A Star is Born' soundtrack by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper is up for an award
'13 Reasons Why: Season 2'
'A Star is Born' by Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen
'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'
'The Greatest Showman' - WINNER
TOP RAP ALBUM
Cardi B 'Invasion of Privacy'
Drake 'Scorpion' - WINNER
Post Malone 'beerbongs & bentleys'
Travis Scott 'ASTROWORLD'
XXXTentacion '?'
TOP ROCK ALBUM
Dave Matthews Band 'Come Tomorrow'
Imagine Dragons 'Origins'
Mumford & Sons 'Delta'
Panic! At This Disco 'Pray For The Wicked' - WINNER
Twenty One Pilots 'Trench'
The late XXXTetacion is up for ten awards
TOP DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM
Clean Bandit 'What Is Love?'
David Guetta '7'
Kygo 'Kids in Love'
Major Lazer 'Major Lazer Essentials'
The Chainsmokers 'Sick Boy' - WINNER
TOP GOSPEL ALBUM
Snoop Dogg & Various Artists 'Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love'
Aretha Franklin 'Gospel Greats'
Koryn Hawthorne 'Unstoppable'
Tori Kelly 'Hiding Place' - WINNER
Jonathan McReynolds 'Make Room'
TOPS STREAMING SONG (Audio)
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It'
Juice Wrld 'Lucid Dreams'
Post Malone 'Better Now'
Travis Scott 'SICKO MODE' - WINNER
XXXTentacion 'SAD!'
Halsey is a performaer and nominee
TOP SELLING SONG
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It'
Drake 'In My Feelings'
Halsey 'Without Me'
Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper 'Shallow'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You'- WINNER
TOP COLLABORATION
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It'
Khalid & Normani 'Love Lies'
Maroon 5 ft. Cardi B 'Girls Like You'
Marshmello & Bastille 'Happier'
Post Malone ft. Ty Dolla $ign 'Psycho'
TOP RAP SONG
Cardi B, Bad Bunny & J Balvin 'I Like It' - WINNER
Drake 'In My Feelings'
Juice Wrld 'Lucid Dreams'
Post Malone 'Better Now'
Travis Scott 'SICKO MODE'
Imagine Dragons will compete with itself in the Top Rock Song category
TOP ROCK SONG
Foster The People 'Sit Next to Me'
Imagine Dragons 'Natural'
Imagine Dragons 'Whatever It Takes'
Lovelytheband 'broken'
Panic! At The Disco 'High Hopes' - WINNER
TOP CHRISTIAN SONG
Cory Asbury 'Reckless Love'
Lauren Daigle 'You Say' - WINNER
For King & Country 'joy.'
Hillsong Worship 'Who You Say I Am'
Tauren Wells 'Known'
Dan + Shay are up for six awards at the event
TOP GOSPEL SONG
Todd Dulaney 'Your Great Name'
Koryn Hawthorne 'Won't He Do It' - WINNER
Tori Kelly ft. Kirk Franklin 'Never Alone'
Jason Nelson 'Forever'
Brian Courtney Wilson 'A Great Work'
Marshmello is up for Top Dance/Electronic Artist as well as two song awards
