As the house stretch of the lead-up to Nicki Minaj’s forthcoming fifth studio album, Pink Friday 2, approaches, the “Crimson Ruby Da Sleeze” rapper has some surprises in retailer. The Queens rapper tweeted on Thursday (Oct. 12) to tease a couple of potential surprises set to reach on Friday (Oct. 13).
“Pink Friday the thirteenth,” she captioned the ballot — a reference to Pink Friday 2 — which is the next day in her pledge to “make each Friday from now till the album drops a particular Pink Friday.” It’s additionally a nod to her Grammy-nominated “My Chick Unhealthy” verse, wherein she raps, “Friday the thirteenth, guess who’s enjoying Jason.”
The polls choices embrace “Large Distinction full tune,” “a freestyle” and the “identify of 1 Pink Friday 2 characteristic.” The primary selection is a request many followers have been making since Minaj first previewed a minute-long snippet of “Large Distinction” instantly following her rendition of “Final Time I Noticed You” — which peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Scorching 100 — on the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards, the place she received the most effective hip-hop Moon Particular person for “Tremendous Freaky Woman.” The second possibility can be consistent with the “Pinkprint Freestlye” the Head Barb dropped earlier than the discharge of her third studio album of the identical identify. Lastly, the final selection is pretty self-explanatory.
On her Instagram Story, Minaj posted a screenshot of a ballot exhibiting “a freestyle” because the profitable possibility. “Nearly 150k votes with 8 hours left 😩,” she wrote. “Ion really feel like doing no freestyle proper now my G!!!! 😤🤣 Go vote yall!”
Pink Friday 2, the sequel to Minaj’s Billboard 200-topping debut studio album, is slated for a Nov. 17 launch. The album will function Minaj’s first full-length album since 2018’s Queen, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the Scorching 100 prime 10 single “Chun-Li.”
The brand new album will bookmark yet one more banner 12 months for Minaj. Along with standalone singles similar to “Crimson Ruby Da Sleeze” and “Final Time I Noticed You,” the Grammy-nominated rapper additionally snagged a pair of Scorching 100 prime 10 hits with Ice Spice: “Princess Diana” (No. 4) and the AQUA-assisted “Barbie World” (No. 7). Minaj additionally appeared on Scorching 100 hits from Kim Petras (“Alone,” No. 55), Sexyy Crimson (“Pound City 2,” No. 66), Lil Uzi Vert (“Countless Trend,” No. 20) and YoungBoy By no means Broke Once more (“WTF,” No. 99).
Take a look at Nicki Minaj’s ballot and solid a vote beneath:
