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Saturday Night Liveis going to close out Season 41 with a bang. 

NBC on Wednesday confirmed that the last two episodes of the season will be hosted by Drake and Fred Armisen, respectively. 

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Drake, of course, was widely believed to be one of the best guest hosts of Season 30, while Fred Armisen is, well, Fred freaking Armisen. 

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This will be Drake's second time hosting and the former SNL cast member's first. 

Drake will act as the musical guest for his episode, while singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett will be the season's final musical guest. 

SNL's next new episode, airing May 7, will be hosted by Brie Larson with musical guest Alicia Keys.

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