Drake Appeared to Hack SportsCenter to Drop New Album Release

The internet is buzzing today over what appeared to be a hack job by Drake. There are several ways to get the info out about an album release, but what appeared to take place on ESPN this morning appears to be a new one. Drake revealed a new release date for his Certified Lover Boy album, which came out of absolutely nowhere.

This morning ESPN’s SportsCenter, Drake appeared to hack his way onto the SportsCenter broadcast.

The images showed a message with the words “CLB September 3.”

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Drake just hacked into Sportscenter to announce “Certified Lover Boy” is coming out September 3rd @mworthofgame https://t.co/myLQ3XG0iI

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) August 27, 2021

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It appears Drake just "hacked" SportsCenter to announce the release of his new album, Certified Lover Boy 💿

Coming September 3rd 👀https://t.co/1b4SAD7xoD

— Front Office Sports (@FOS) August 27, 2021

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Did Drake just drop the CLB release date on SportsCenter this morning? pic.twitter.com/aFK0YKzYZi

— Drew Hicks (@DrewHicks5) August 27, 2021

So did Drake really hack ESPN? Far more likely this was a planned drop.

Whatever it was, brilliant.

Certified Lover Boy is set to drop on September 3rd, at least according to the hacked message.

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