Who doesn’t love a music-to-ultrarunning crossover? (Particularly when there’s a Canadian connection.) American ultrarunning influencers Andy Glaze and Matthew Johnson teamed up with the Canadian YouTube leisure group the Nelk Boys for a 100-mile charity problem. The group ran from simply exterior Rachel, Nev., to Las Vegas in help of the HunterSeven Basis, a non-profit group centered on most cancers prevention and early detection for U.S. navy veterans.
They started the run on Jan. 21, and coated the total 100-mile distance in simply over 25 hours. By the point they reached Las Vegas, they’d raised US$330,000 for most cancers analysis, together with a $150,000 donation from Toronto’s personal Drake.
Drake has donated $150,000 for most cancers analysis as a part of NELK’s 100-mile marathon marketing campaign 🙏
“Love you boys massive 6’ers hold rolling” pic.twitter.com/DzBAWgHDqs
— Kurrco (@Kurrco) January 22, 2026
The Nelk Boys livestreamed the whole run on the Kick platform, the place the five-time Grammy Award winner tuned in to help his fellow Canadian and Nelk co-founder Kyle Forgeard.
Drake donated underneath the alias “ICEMAN” (a nod to his upcoming studio album) together with the message: “Love you boys massive 6’ers hold rolling,” referencing the Nelk Boys’ Better Toronto Space roots.
Glaze and Johnson, who have been the one two folks within the group with earlier 100-mile ultrarunning expertise, helped information and coach the YouTubers all through the problem. Glaze, a firefighter, has logged a number of years of 100-mile coaching weeks and has accomplished a few of the world’s hardest ultras, together with Cocodona 250Leadville 100 and UTMB Mount-Blanc.
Johnson, 30, holds the report for the quickest run throughout the Texas 1000, a route stretching from the state’s northern border to its southern tip.
The group completed the problem within the car parking zone of Las Vegas’s Pink Rock On line casino & Spa, the place they celebrated with champagne.
