<p>47-year-old M.I.A. seems to be feeling rather impatient as the arrival of her <em>MATA</em> album nears closer. The project marks the British rapper&#8217;s first since 2016&#8217;s <em>AIM</em>, according to the artist, she&#8217;s going to leak it herself if it hasn&#8217;t debuted by September.</p>
<p>On Tuesday (August 30), the &#8220;Paper Planes&#8221; hitmaker took to her Instagram Story to share some exciting news – she&#8217;ll be collaborating with two of the <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nicki-minaj-shouts-out-ye-eminem-and-rihanna-after-legendary-career-spanning-vmas-performance-news.157003.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">biggest names in rap right now</a> – but M.I.A.&#8217;s message to fans wasn&#8217;t entirely positive.</p>
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<h6><em>M.I.A. performs during the Off-White Fall Winter 2021/2022 runway &#8212; Kristy Sparrow/Getty Images</em></h6>
<p>&#8220;Coming soon I promise,&#8221; she wrote of her long-awaited sixth studio album over a colourful background. &#8220;I had to wait two years for a Doja Cat verse&#8230; Then a Nicki one&#8230; Then a&#8230; Nevermind. If <em>MATA</em> isn&#8217;t out [in] September I will leak it myself.&#8221;</p>
<p>In recent weeks we&#8217;ve heard M.I.A. make a return on songs like &#8220;Popular&#8221; and &#8220;The One,&#8221; both of which have been generating plenty of buzz for the &#8220;Bad Girls&#8221; singer.</p>
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<p>As <em>Uproxx</em> notes, this isn&#8217;t the first time that the Hounslow-born performer has threatened to leak her own music. In the past, she and her record label Interscope have had beef – particularly over her <em>AIM</em> album, which was largely overlooked in the mainstream, partially due to internal legal issues involving the company.</p>
<p><em>MATA</em> will be M.I.A.&#8217;s first release from Island Records under their new partnership. Check out her <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/mia-reminds-us-she-s-living-her-best-life-on-popular-single-new-song.1995150.html#title-comment-desktop" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">latest single and accompanying music video here</a>, and tap back in with <em>HNHH</em> later for more hip-hop news updates.</p>
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