Drake pushed back the release date of his third studio album, Nothing Was The Same. The original release date was set for Sept. 17, however, the record will now hit stores on Sept. 24.

"Hold on we're almost done," his producer Noah Shebib tweeted in regards to the new release date.

But, fans shouldn't be too upset. On Wednesday, the rapper announced that he will perform at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday.

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"Excited to announce I'll be performing at the 2013 @MTV VMA's!!! #Brooklyn #OVO #Started #NeedAKawsTrophy," he tweeted.

Drake will perform Started From The Bottom, the forthcoming album's lead single. The song peaked at No. 6 on Billboard and the music video has garnered over 74 million views on YouTube. The record's second single, Hold On, We're Going Home, was released in early August.

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"This album is about growth," Drake recently told Rolling Stone. "When I play it for people, they ask, 'Who's that rapping?' I'm like, 'That's me.'"

The Canadian native also believes that fans will fall in love with the emotional song Connect.

"That one hits you in the heart," he also told the magazine. "It's painful and beautiful at the same time."

Drake's third album will be the follow-up to 2011's Take Care. The rapper's sophomore album peaked at No. 1 on Billboard, as did his debut album Thank Me Later in 2010. Take Care also won the Grammy for Best Rap Album at the 2013 award show and sold more than a million copies in the U.S. alone.

"This is my f--cking moment to say if I wanted to rap all the time, really rap, I would, but I also love to make music," he told GQ in July about the forthcoming album. "I'll do this for you right now. But it's for me, too. It's my story... I'm trying to get back to that kid in the basement. To say what he has to say. And I'm trying to make it last."

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