M.I.A. Says New Album Will Arrive in July, But What About That Rihanna Collab?

M.I.A. has experienced many roadblocks when it comes to releasing her follow-up album to 2013's Matangi, but she shared some updates with fans in a new Periscope Q&A session. The rapper previously tweeted that she submitted the LP to her American label, and now she's revealing it could possibly drop this July.

But M.I.A. is without a U.S. visa, so a promotion or tour stateside unfortunately won't be possible. She continued to say the album has 12 tracks and she had to remove the Lion King sample from "OLA/Foreign Friend," which dropped in March.

"I put 'Galang' on it instead, I sampled myself. I wanted to say, 'Whatever, I can't get Lion King, I'm gonna use my own song! That way no one can stop it," she explained.