She was believed to be the victim of a murder–suicide. Morr, born Janae Gagnier, was found dead in her Texas apartment on August 29, 2021. Ntuli, who was a close friend of Drake's, was killed in a motor vehicle accident in Dubai in early 2021. Ĭertified Lover Boy was dedicated to the late models Nadia Ntuli and Miss Mercedes Morr. In October, Drake announced that the album would be released in January 2021, but it was postponed once again due to Drake suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury. On August 14, 2020, Drake announced the title of the album. On July 29, 2020, Drake's recording engineer Noel Cadastre revealed the album was "90% done". ĭrake later previewed two new songs, one an unreleased track titled "Lie to Me" and the other a demo version of his 2020 DJ Khaled collaboration " Greece", on Instagram Live.
Drake officially announced his sixth studio album just hours before the release of Dark Lane Demo Tapes, and scheduled for release in late 2020. The two snippets were dubbed "I Did" and another snippet with Roddy Ricch was dubbed "In the Cut". That same month, frequent collaborator Boi-1da previewed two snippets of songs with Drake during a Verzuz with Hit-Boy. In March, on Instagram Live, Drake confirmed a finalized version of "Not Around", a leaked song later retitled to "TSU", would feature on Certified Lover Boy. On December 10, Drake made a guest appearance at DaBaby's concert in Toronto, where he revealed that he was working on the album: "I'ma go back to the crib and try to finish this album up so we can turn up in 2020". In June 2019, he teased the album via Instagram, where he captioned a post with "Album mode". It achieved the all-time record for the most US top-ten singles from one album (9), with its lead single, " Way 2 Sexy", debuting atop the Billboard Hot 100 as Drake's ninth US number-one hit.ĭuring one of his concerts, in April 2019, Drake announced that he had started to work on a new album. It became Drake's tenth US number-one album and achieved the largest opening week in the US for an album in 2021 at the time, breaking Apple Music and Spotify records for the biggest opening-day streams on those platforms. The album was a commercial success, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 with 613,000 album-equivalent units. Nevertheless, it was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards, until Drake withdrew the album from consideration in December 2021, and won Top Rap Album at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards. Highly anticipated, Certified Lover Boy was met with mixed reviews from music critics upon release, most of whom felt it was comparable to Drake's other releases and highlighted its structure, but criticized the level of lyrical insight and the production's lack of sonic variety. Designed by English artist Damien Hirst, the album's artwork, which features 12 emoji of pregnant women, was the subject of much controversy. Several writers found aspects of the album to be reminiscent of Thank Me Later (2010), Take Care (2011) and Nothing Was the Same (2013). Primarily a hip hop record, a hazy atmosphere dominates the album's sound, which includes elements of crunk and trap. Similar to Drake's previous releases, the album predominantly deals with his views on fame and success, particularly his dominance within the music industry, alongside disloyalty, tainted romances, feuds, and loneliness. Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Giveon, Jay-Z, Travis Scott, Future, Young Thug, Yebba, 21 Savage, Project Pat, Tems, Ty Dolla Sign, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, and Kid Cudi appear as guest artists.
Its production was handled by frequent collaborators 40, Nineteen85, PartyNextDoor, OZ, and Vinylz, among others. Certified Lover Boy is the sixth studio album by Canadian rapper and singer Drake, released on September 3, 2021, by OVO Sound and Republic Records.
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