Lil Child has revealed that he has cancelled his a lot delayed album Dominique in favor of a brand new challenge entitled The Leak$.
The Atlanta rapper was initially speculated to drop Dominique again in February however the album has nonetheless but to materialise and has now pivoted to The Leak$.
On Instagram, Child posted a date that’s subsequent Friday (15 August) in addition to an image of a whiteboard for a challenge clearly titled The Leak$.
There are 17 songs on the tracklist and in addition seemingly options from Playboi Carti, Skooly and Veeze.
LIL BABY
THE LEAK$
(ALBUM)AUGUST 15TH 🚨
👤 PLAYBOI CARTI
👤 YOUNG THUG
👤 LUCKI
👤 VEEZE
👤 SKOOLY
➕ MORE pic.twitter.com/6nmsdT4vfN— Kurrco (@Kurrco) August 5, 2025
It’s not but recognized if the songs are new materials or a compilation of tracks initially meant for Dominique.
Earlier this yr, Child hit out at his music being launched on-line with out his permission.
The Atlanta rapper wrote: “Rattling yall simply gone maintain leaking my songs !!”
Followers had been ready for Child to drop Dominique, which was initially deliberate for launch again in February.
Child beforehand stated that the album would present a unique, extra private facet of his persona.
He defined: “Simply extra heartfelt and extra direct with speaking about sure topics. I simply was rattling close to warming up once more [on WHAM], and Dominique is extra strategic. Dominique is extra of a grown sound. Lil Child is one thing I created. However I type of grew out of that stage. WHAM is [a persona] I created, and Dominique is [a persona] I created. WHAM is in the course of Lil Child and Dominique. So Dominique going to be just like the extra 30-year-old me.”
Child added: “I initially was going [to drop] the self-titled album [first], however I needed to backtrack as a result of though I’ve grown and I had a dramatic change, I ain’t actually convey the followers together with me. So that they don’t actually know what I went via or what I’m going via.”
The “Dum, Dumb and Dumber” star continued: “So to simply go from Lil Child to Dominique, I really feel like that will’ve been too massive of a bounce for them. So I needed to come again and tighten it up a bit of bit and ease their method into it. It’s two totally different albums, however one thing like a double album.”