Drake joins the Backstreet Boys for a surprise performance of "I Want It That Way" in Toronto

The Backstreet Boys welcomed Drake as their sixth honorary member at the band's concert at Budweiser Stage in Toronto on Saturday night.

Just as the boy band closed their set, the quintet introduced Drake as the crowd launched into rapturous applause. Before the band launched into their 1999 hit "I Want It That Way," Drake went over to explain what the song meant to him as a 13-year-old kid.

"At my bar mitzvah, for the first time in my life, this girl I was in love with walked up to me while one of the greatest songs in the world was playing, and she asked me if I wanted to dance with her," the rapper told the sea of ​​Toronto fans. "It was the first time I felt recognized and it was the first time I felt like I had a chance. to be cool."

"And by the way, if she could see me now!" he shouted, going on to say that the song was "one of the greatest songs in music history", as the opening notes of the track began. Eyes closed, Drake happily hopped on the classic tune before joining the band for the performance. The boy band members also honored Drake by adding parts of "Hold On, We're Going Home" to their performance.

The rapper posted a clip of himself singing the last lines of "I Want It That Way" on his Instagram with the caption "When she says she's above the men of this generation and asks why I live alone..."

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Drake joins the Backstreet Boys for a surprise performance of "I Want It That Way" in Toronto

The Backstreet Boys welcomed Drake as their sixth honorary member at the band's concert at Budweiser Stage in Toronto on Saturday night.

Just as the boy band closed their set, the quintet introduced Drake as the crowd launched into rapturous applause. Before the band launched into their 1999 hit "I Want It That Way," Drake went over to explain what the song meant to him as a 13-year-old kid.

"At my bar mitzvah, for the first time in my life, this girl I was in love with walked up to me while one of the greatest songs in the world was playing, and she asked me if I wanted to dance with her," the rapper told the sea of ​​Toronto fans. "It was the first time I felt recognized and it was the first time I felt like I had a chance. to be cool."

"And by the way, if she could see me now!" he shouted, going on to say that the song was "one of the greatest songs in music history", as the opening notes of the track began. Eyes closed, Drake happily hopped on the classic tune before joining the band for the performance. The boy band members also honored Drake by adding parts of "Hold On, We're Going Home" to their performance.

The rapper posted a clip of himself singing the last lines of "I Want It That Way" on his Instagram with the caption "When she says she's above the men of this generation and asks why I live alone..."

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