Love how she's so frank.

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The girls went wild when Drake brought fellow Canadian heartthrob Justin Bieber onstage during his show at the Indiana State Fair on Friday (Aug. 13). The teen sensation played sidekick to Drizzy during “Best I Ever Had” and even performed a drum solo.

“I can’t forget my little brother who here too,” announced Drake. “This kid is part of something special too. You know we both from Canada and shit, so you know I can’t forget ol’ J. Beezy. That’s my dawg, man.”

Drizzy joined the Biebs onstage at his Indianapolis concert the night before.

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I am so proud of these two Canucks it makes me tear up watching them.
They make me love Canada so much. So proud of them and their success.

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Being a proud Canadian, I can't be any happier that Drake and the Biebz is taking the music world by storm. They both are blowing up internationally right now but come April 18, they'll be coming home to Canada to celebrate the 2010 Juno Awards and hopefully take home an award, or two, or maybe 3?

Justin is nominated for Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year (for My World) and New Artist of the Year where he is up against Drake. Could this be the very first of many awards for Justin's long musical career? I certainly hope so. Justin loves Canada and there is no better place for him to win his first award than at home.

Justin Bieber

About the artist: This 16-year-old pop/R&B singer-songwriter sensation from Stratford, Ont., first got noticed on YouTube, before being signed by R&B sensation Usher. His chart-topping debut album My World was released in 2009 and went platinum in the U.S. and Canada.

What the artist said: "I would always just sing around the house and play instruments, but I never tried to get famous," Bieber told the Toronto Star.

What the critic said: "Those who dismiss Bieber out of hand are missing out on a seriously good pop record, one that mines vintage teen-pop themes but plays like a primer on 2010-model bubblegum."

-- Rolling Stone

Drake

About the artist: Since last year's release of his hit mixtape So Far Gone, Toronto actor-turned-rapper Aubrey "Drake" Graham has quickly risen to hip-hop stardom, collaborating with the likes of Eminem, Kanye West and Jay-Z. We're still waiting for his debut album Thank Me Later.

What the artist said: "I make music for people to get lost in, so as long as it takes you somewhere, then I've succeeded," Drake told Billboard magazine.

What the critic said: "That the memorable, constantly surprising lyrics and smooth flow are laid on top of the rich productions and sticky hooks means that there are some jams here that will put the competition on their heels."

-- All Music Guide

Will you be watching the Junos and hopefully witness Justin win an award and make his acceptance speech? It will hopefully go something like this:

"First and foremost I would like to thank JBShrine for making this all possible...." haahaha :P

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Drake and Justin Bieber may come from different genres, but they represent the same nation. Fellow Canadians, the two are also connected in other ways. Teen pop sensation Bieber got the Young Money emcee's support during a video shoot for his latest single, the Ludacris assisted "Baby." Now it seems the two will also be working together, according to a recent interview with Complex.

"Basically, he’s from Canada [too], and we met through mutual people and became homies. He wanted to show love, so he came out to the video shoot."

There's also a level of respect that is there between the two young stars.

"He’s a great artist and we’ve already talked about [a collaboration]; we haven’t done it yet, but it’s definitely in the works."

With the Luda guest spot behind him and a Drake feature in the future, he also added that having more Rap in his music would be a plus. However, he did not jump at the chance to record with Gucci Mane.

"I listen to some Gucci songs, but I’m trying to do my own thing at this point. It would be fun to get a little bit more Rap music into what I do, but I think I’ll keep it more pop and R&B. I had a lot of fun working with Ludacris, though."

HIPHOPDX

Read the full interview at Complex.

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