Drake X 21 Savage: Who is Suki Baby on Her Loss' cover?

Drake X 21 Savage: Who is Suki Baby on Her Loss' cover?Drake has dropped his new album with 21 Savage, Her Loss', and everyone wants to know: Who is the girl with the grill on the cover?

by Cornelia Le Roux

04-11-2022 16:17

in Music

Rapper Drake's latest album, Her Loss' was released on Friday 4 November But who is the mystery girl on the cover? Image via Twitter @OVOSound

Rapper and hip-hop artist Drake has released his collab album with 21 Savage, Her Loss, to rave reviews on Friday morning 4 November. Fans have welcomed the offering by the dynamic duo with open arms, forgiving the Toronto rapper for his venture into house music with his previous album, Honestly, Nevermind.

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According to Billboard, Her Loss is a rollercoaster ride, boasting 16 tracks with a guest appearance by Travis Scott on Pussy & Millions.

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Drake X 21 Savage: Who is the girl with the grill?! Drake does not shy away from peculiar artwork for his album covers if 2021's Certified Lover Boy is anything to go by. This time, confused fans are wondering who is the mystery girl with the grill and colourful lashes on the album's cover?

We've followed some bread crumbs on the internet Everyone, meet Suki Baby. Suki Baby, meet everyone!

Meet Suki Baby

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-- Quiana Yasuka, aka Suki Baby, is a nail stylist and professional adult dancer from Houston, Texas. Suki was rather talkative about her personal life and interests on the podcast Gulniyal's gtalks! about a year ago.

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Okay, so we know now that Suki Baby is big on nails and shakes her booty on stage. First bread crumbs.

According to Complex, she also has an intense fascination with grills and teeth jewellery. So much so that she apparently have a collection of books on teeth anatomy to better understand how grills can be shaped. Odd very odd.

Where is she from?

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-- Complex further reports that Suki is Japanese, black and Cherokee. The adult dancer whose first language is Japanese, was born in North Carolina and spent her younger years in Japan before moving to Houston.

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-- How did Suki land on Drake's album cover?

The Her Loss album cover photo of Suki is about three years old.

Photographer Paris Aden told Complex that Drake's Toronto-based Canadian record label, OVO, reached out to her randomly and asked to use the shot for the album cover.

Drake just saw the photo I guess, and they asked if they could use it for the album, Aden explains over the phone. I shot that shit a long time ago. It was her profile pic and he probably fell in love with what he seen.

Or, perhaps more likely, Drake just saw her Instagram profile photo by pure chance and thought it looked cool. Who knows with Drizzy? Especially if one considers the spoof run-up to the release of him and 21's joint album. Take a look at their fake promo with a mock Tiny Desk set-up!

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Her Loss' in a nutshell Billboard extracts the very essence of Drake and the Atlanta-bred rhymer's latest collaboration with the following summary:

While Her Loss might be the album title, Drizzy stands up for women while jabbing US politicians fumbling decisions about their reproductive rights. He then flexes on broke boys who can't get reservations at Italian hotspot Carbone while he's got the last table any night.

Listen to, Circo Loco, one of the album's standout tracks featuring some sampling from French electro house wizards Daft Punk's classic One More Time.

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