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Drake joins Backstreet Boys in Toronto

Drake is now an honorary member of the Backstreet Boys.

During a stop on the band’s DNA Tour in Toronto on Saturday night, the rapper hopped on stage to sing the boy band’s 1999 hit I Want it That Way.

After the quintet brought Drake — who they dubbed their “sixth member” — out in front of the near sold-out crowd at Budweiser Stage, the Grammy winner explained why the group meant so much to him when he was a youngster.

“At 13 years old, I had a bar mitzvah, and at my bar mitzvah, for the first time in my life, this girl I was in love with came up to me while one of the greatest songs in the world was playing, and she asked me if I would dance with her,” he said. “It was the first time I ever felt acknowledged, and it was the first time I ever felt like, you know, I had a shot at being cool.”

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