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

Nicki Minaj is switching up her album release plans! The rapper, 41, took to X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, Sept. 15, to share a lengthy message with fans about her plans to cancel the release of a Pink Friday 2 deluxe edition and instead fold some of that album's music, plus entirely new material, into a different album titled Pink Friday 3.

Nicki Minaj announces she will drop a new album instead of another Pink Friday 2 deluxe.

A few weeks ago, Minaj informed fans that she’d be dropping the Gag City Reloaded deluxe edition of Pink Friday 2, and even teased fans with snippets of new songs. However, the music icon scrapped that idea and announced a forthcoming Pink Friday 3 album instead.

From one week to the next, Nicki Minaj’s latest full-length Pink Friday 2 experienced an 875% surge in pure purchases.

Nicki Minaj revealed she scrapped plans to release a “PF2 Gag City Reloaded” deluxe edition in favor of “Pink Friday 3.”

Nicki Minaj has announced that instead of releasing a Pink Friday 2: Gag City Reloaded deluxe album, she will be dropping a Pink Friday 3 album. On Monday, the Queens rapper took to X, formerly Twitter,

The Pink Friday 2 deluxe is being scrapped. That's because Nicki Minaj is blessing fans with Pink Friday 3. Minaj was going to deliver the PF2: Gag City Reloaded deluxe edition last week, but that has pivoted into the release of Pink Friday 3.