Nicki Minaj surprised fans when she announced that Lil Wayne would replace her on her Chicago Jingle Ball tour so she could focus on releasing her next album

Lil Wayne will take Nicki Minaj’s place at today’s (December 4) iHeartRadio Jingle Ball tour stop in Chicago.

Yesterday, December 3, the rapper made her withdrawal known on X. She wrote, “I hope it doesn’t make you sad.” “I will not be able to perform at Jingle Ball in Chicago [tomorrow].” I was ecstatic to see all of you. I really apologize, please. During my tour stops in Chicago early the following year, I’ll make it up to you. Details will follow.

“My beloved brother/boss stepped up for me so that I wouldn’t have to push my album back,” she said, adding that her longtime mentor Lil Wayne would perform in her place instead. Lil Wayne, aka the GOAT, is his nаme. He’s playing at the Chicago concert tomorrow.

Before concluding that her next album is “still dropping this Friday,” she also stated that she would now be playing on the tour’s December 16 date in Miami in addition to her next planned engagement on December 14 in Atlanta.

In order to celebrate her 41st birthday in October, Minaj decided to move the release date of the much anticipated “Pink Friday 2” from November 17 to December 8. The decision was taken to prevent a figҺt when Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz’s joint album was released on November 17. Minaj said that “Weezy (Lil Wayne) would never do that if it was my album date.”

The most recent delay of the album was its second; its original release date was set for October 20. Although the original postponement’s reasons remained a sеcrеt, Minaj unexpectedly released the solo single “Bahm Bahm” on October 12.

After releasing “Queen” in 2018, “Pink Friday 2” will be Minaj’s sixth full-length album and her first in five years. Her poignant September single, “Last Time I Saw You,” will be included on the album, which is a follow-up to her 2010 debut.

Pink Friday 2 has been steadily tipped by Minaj as a release. The rapper posted on X on November 30 to share her enthusiasm for the album’s release. In one post, she said, “This album is just beyond anything I could have imagined,” and in another, she hinted that December 8th was approaching soon.