Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV Gets Pushed Back, Nicki Minaj Talks New Album

Lil Wayne fans will have to wait a little while longer for the rap star's highly anticipated Tha Carter IV to drop. According to Vibe.com, label reps have confirmed that Wayne's new album will be released on June 21, more than a month after its original May 16 release date.

In other Young Money news, Nicki Minaj gave a few tidbits about her second album during a recent radio appearance on KIIS FM. “You’ll get another album within 12 months,” she told KIIS FM’s JoJo. “You’ll get the announcement for the next album in—and I’m saying the announcement—that you’ll get the announcement in September. That’s all.” Minaj is currently on the I Am Music II tour with Wayne, but will hit the road with Britney Spears for her Femme Fatale tour in June.

Nicki Minaj To Tour With Britney Spears

It's official: Nicki Minaj will be joining Britney Spears as the opening act for her Femme Fatale tour. According to TMZ, sources involved in the negotiation said the deal was signed a few days ago after Enrique Igleasias dropped out. The tour is set to kick off June 17th in Sacramento, CA.

Minaj is currently on the road with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross as part of the I Am Music II tour.

Lil Wayne's The Carter IV To Drop May 16th

Lil Wayne's highly-anticipated The Carter IV will be released on May 16th. The superstar rapper revealed the news on MTV during the opening night for his I Am Music II Tour in Rhode Island.

"Tha Carter IV is done," Wayne said. "All they need to do is tell Tez [Wayne's Manager, Cortez Bryant] to stop sitting on it…It can come out tomorrow 'cause I'm so finished…Tha Carter IV will be dropping May 16. If you're not doing anything, do me."

The new disc will be Wayne's first release since he was released from prison last September, and while much of material was recorded before his prison stint, it is likely that the album will feature all newly recorded tracks.  Besides The Carter IV's first single, the Bangladesh-produced "6 Foot, 7 Foot," Wayne has been tight-lipped about the rest of album.

Young Money protege Nicki Minaj told MTV News she'd done a verse for the album while on the set of her "Super Bass" video. "I think Carter IV is gonna just be exceptional, of course," she said. "I think Wayne is definitely on his grind crazy right now."

Vid Pick: Trey Songz Ft. Nicki Minaj "Bottoms Up"

Is it just me or are Nicki and Trey servin' us 2010 Missy and Timbaland or what? Or at least giving us a little "Disturbia." Watch the clip for "Bottoms Up" below and compare it "Beep Me 911" from '97 below:


Trey Songz - "Bottoms Up" ft. Nicki Minaj

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