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Barbz, September is going to be your month. After several teasers, Nicki Minaj has announced the release date for her Pink Friday 2: Gag City Reloaded deluxe album.

The Queens legend revealed on Monday (Aug. 26) that the deluxe edition will hit streaming services on Sept. 23 while she’s on the road for the second North American leg of her tour.

“9.23.24 #GagCityRELOADED THE DELUXE ALBUM,” Minaj captioned the photo dump featuring several pictures loving on her hubby Kenneth “Zoo” Petty.

The Barbz were understandably ecstatic to hear the news that Nicki would be dropping again with her tour coming up.

“love these types of posts! It feels like a mini documentary from you. Thank you for this #GagCityReloaded album! I can’t wait to hear the new songs,” one fan wrote.

Another chimed in: “GAG CITY RELOADED IS GONNA GE THE BIGGEST MOVIE IN GAG CITY HISTORY!!!!”

Nicki has been tight-lipped about the deluxe, but divulged that a Sunday night (Aug. 25) studio session produced what she thinks will be fans’ favorite on the project.

“Well, Barbz- Didn’t really want to have to speak on this but I just can’t stay quiet about it any longer,” she tweeted. “Last night, I recorded what will probably be your favorite song on the deluxe. It will immediately go into your TOP 5 of the entire PF2 era. OH MY FREAKING GOODNESSWDRFFHJKGV.”

Nicki’s Pink Friday 2 World Tour is slated to kick off once again in Philly on Sept. 4. She’ll be making stops in NYC, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Kansas City, Jacksonville, Miami and more on the 22-city trek.

PF2 was originally released in December 2023 and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 228,000 album units sold in the first week.

After a brief delay, Big Sean’s Better Me Than You has a new release date. Sean Don confirmed in a vulnerable Instagram Live session on Monday (Aug. 26) that his sixth studio album will arrive on Friday (Aug. 30).

“The album is dropping this week,” he said. “I appreciate my mom for being that guardian angel always giving me that advice. She really talked me through it for real. Like I said, I haven’t been sleeping a lot. I been giving this s–t my all. I’m burned the f–k out. I’m tired. I do do this s–t for the people that f–k with me.”

Sean got teary-eyed throughout the cathartic session while revealing he had some creative apprehension when it came to putting the project out, but his mother helped reinstill that confidence in him to move forward with the LP.

“I’m excited. That’s one thing my mom said, ‘Get excited! Drop — Your album is fire!’ Everyone around me keep saying that,” he added before explaining that there will be listening parties on both coasts in New York City and Los Angeles as well as something for his hometown of Detroit.

Big Sean has heated up with a handful of singles in 2024 including The Alchemist-helmed “Together Forever” as well as “On Up,” “Yes,” “Ya Don’t Stop” and “Precision.” He also appeared on Eminem’s “Tobey” single alongside BabyTron.

The Detroit native has three consecutive No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 with his most recent coming in 2020 with Detroit 2.

Sean Don will be in conversation with Billboard Deputy Director of Hip-Hop/R&B Carl Lamarre as part of the Samsung Presents series on Tuesday night (Aug. 27) at the Samsung 837 location in NYC.

Better Me Than You was originally slated to land on Aug. 9 before being pushed to the end of the month following a leak. Sean revealed the project’s cover art on Monday which features a version of him being summoned by a higher power of sorts.

Find the artwork below. Stream Better Me Than You on Friday (Aug. 30).