Lupe Fiasco announced the album on December 24, 2016,[7] revealing its release date and cover art via Twitter.

Lupe Fiasco alludes that a lot of the material on DROGAS Light isn't exactly recent.

[11] The album was released February 10 worldwide via digital outlets and physical copies.

[13] The album debuted at number 28 on the US Billboard 200 for the chart dated March 4, 2017.

[24] selling 20,000 copies (including 14,000 in pure album sales) in its first week.