NEED TO KNOW

• In June, Drake posted a photo showing off his well-defined six-pack, and was quickly met with speculation about whether or not he had surgery or edited the photo

• On Tuesday, Sept. 2, he appeared on Bobbi Althoff’s Not This Again podcast, where he briefly joked about the viral photo

• He also joked with the podcast host about the ongoing speculation over the past year that he had a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL)

Drake is denying that a viral photo of his body was altered.

The Grammy winner, 38, appeared on Bobbi Althoff’s Not This Again podcast on Tuesday, Sept. 2, where he addressed speculation about his physique.

The podcast host, 28, asked the rapper if he received abdominal etching, which is a cosmetic procedure type of liposuction “that targets the ab area to make it look more defined,” per Healthline.

Althoff told him that after a photo from June included his well-defined six-pack, people across the internet began to theorize why his body looked different. "People think you got a procedure done," she said.

He denied the speculation and cheekily responded, "People also say that I got a BBL [Brazilian Butt Lift]. They call me 'BBL Drizzy.'"

"I don't know if my wagon looked crazy when I walked in here,” he continued to joke.

The rapper eventually admitted to editing the photo. "I came from the gym, I was sweaty in that pic," he explained. "Maybe I heightened the saturation or something on it."

"I think I hit it too hard,” he confessed. “They don't look like that."

These recent rumors follow Metro Boomin’s 2024 diss track in which he claimed that Drake underwent plastic surgery. Boomin’s track, titled “BBL Drizzy,” came amid Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s ongoing feud.