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Peter Sblendorio

Drake confirms he's a father on new album after weeks of speculation

Drizzy is a dad.

Hip-hop star Drake reveals on his new album that he did indeed father a child _ weeks after speculation about his paternity was sparked by a Pusha T diss track.

"She's not my lover like Billie Jean, but the kid is mine," Drake, 31, raps on his new song "March 14," making a reference to the Michael Jackson song "Billie Jean," who denies a child is his.

He then raps that his mother had told him "all it takes is one time."

"And all it took was one time," Drake says. "S _ t, we only met two times."

He later raps, "Single father, I hate when I hear it."

The rapper also refers to the child in his song "Emotionless," in which he says, "I wasn't hiding my kid from the world. I was hiding the world from my kid."

Rumors began to run rampant late last month that Drake had a child with adult film actress Sophie Brussaux after Pusha T released a song called "The Story of Adidon," in which he raps of Drake, "You are hiding a child, let that boy come home."

Drake had remained tightlipped until he released his new songs _ which appear on his latest album "Scorpion" _ late Thursday night. Last month, TMZ reported Drake had provided financial support for Brussaux even before he confirmed the child was his.

The "God's Plan" artist was first connected to Brussaux in May 2017 after she alleged he was the father.

A rep for Drake downplayed that possibility at the time, however.

"If it is in fact Drake's child, which he does not believe, he would do the right thing by the child," the rep said in a statement to the Daily News.

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