On June 26th, the very first National Basketball Association Awards took place at Basketball City on Pier 36 in New York and Drake was the host of the show.

Drizzy showed off his comedy side by sharing jokes all night and appearing in sketches with Will Ferrell, DeMar DeRozen, and even took part in one where he played Steph Curry.

There was also a moment when Kenny Smith asked the question did Drizzy Drake write his jokes himself, as well as a part when Shaquille O’Neal showed off his disc jockey skills as DJ Diesel.

You can watch the 6 God‘s opening monologue and skits at this year’s NBA Awards after the jump below. Click here to see Nicki Minaj perform live at the awards show with 2 Chainz!

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The first-ever NBA Awards took place last night from Pier 36’s Basketball City in New York.

While Drake hosted the awards show, his Young Money label-mate Nicki Minaj performed live at the event.

Nicki performed “Realize” with 2 Chainz, “No Frauds“, and “Swish Swish” for everyone in attendance. You can watch her full live performance below!

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As we know, Drake will be hosting the very first-ever NBA Awards show on TNT next month.

It has now been confirmed that his Young Money label-mate Nicki Minaj will be performing live at the awards show.

The 1st annual NBA Awards will air from 9PM EST at Pier 36’s Basketball City in New York on June 26th!

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Back in January, Drake revealed in an interview that he will be hosting the 1st annual NBA Awards.

Today, Drizzy has confirmed the news by announcing the first-ever NBA Awards show on TNT.

The awards show will air on June 26th from 9PM EST at Basketball City on Pier 36 in New York!

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A couple of days ago, Drake was the special guest on University Of Kentucky basketball coach’s John Calipari‘s podcast, Cal Cast, which you can listen to below.

During their 45-minute conversation, Drizzy spoke on acting, getting high for his audition to play Jimmy Brooks in “Degrassi”, why Coach Calipari is a role model to him, NBA, the longest amount of time he has been in the studio without sleeping, the biggest fear in his life, and more.

The 6 God also discussed how he would love to work with Sade, not going to have the chance to work with Bob Marley and Aaliyah even though he would love to, his upcoming More Life playlist, hosting the 1st annual NBA Awards, why athletes want to be rappers and vice versa, YOLO, and his parents!

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