Nicki Minaj Announces Surprise Album "Pink Friday 3"

Nicki Minaj announced over the weekend that instead of releasing deluxe album "Pink Friday 2", she’s decided to turn those songs into a completely new project with the third installment of the Pink Friday series. 

Minaj was slated to drop her "PF2: Gag City Reloaded" deluxe last Friday (September 13), but the release date came and went without the LP. 

The Barbz leader clarified the album’s situation on Sunday, when she revealed that Pink Friday 3 is on the way, and fans can expect another announcement about the project’s arrival in the coming weeks.

“Instead of doing a DELUXE to Pink Friday 2, I’ve decided to do a brand new album. I’ll still incorporate new songs like #Mamita & [The ‘anxiety’ song] for the remainder of the tour tho…and I’ll announce the new date within the next couple weeks,” she tweeted. “The new music is just too good to be thrown away on a deluxe album. Last night, the songs I recorded were just way too iconic. I love you guys so much. You know that. I know you do. I’ll still give you something leading up to the announcement, so no worries,”.

Minaj added: “PF3 is about to do PRECISELY wtf BEEN needed to be done. TRUST ME BARBZ. IM SO EXCITED. BLESSED. LOVED (by the Barbz) & fortunately (for the Barbz & me), I’ve learned A LOT since 12/08/23. PF2 means so much to me. As my 1st album as #PapaBear mama, it’s just very special to me for so many reasons you guys aren’t aware of. I put every song on there in a specific order, etc. So to honor that, I’m going to give it the respect & integrity it deserves as a beautiful body of work & not add anything else to it.”

The rapper explained that “1 or 2 songs is no big deal but 5-7 songs feels a little sloppy right now (In my humble opinion).” 

“This era has just been so successful, rewarding, satisfying, etc. after much thought, I want to be for CERTAIN that I am being intentional about every single decision being made around both PF2 AND PF3,” she noted.

Minaj is currently on the road for the second leg of her "North American Pink Friday 2 World Tour". She’ll be in Dallas on Tuesday, and then makes stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Tampa Bay, Miami and Raleigh, and wraps up in Queens on October 11.