On 31 August 2021, rap crooner Drake posted the cover art for his long awaited sixth studio album, Certified Lover Boy.
Made by Damien Hirst, the artwork is of a dozen pregnant emojis, across the emoji skin colour-wheel, embracing their expectant bellies. A friend of Drake’s, Hirst is an English conceptual artist and, according to the 2020 Sunday Times Rich List, the United Kingdom’s richest living artist.
Its title unknown, the Hirst-made cover for Certified Lover Boy blends two existing works by Hirst: The Virgin Mother and Spot Paintings.
