Nicki Minaj is set to release new single "Anaconda," and in so doing, took the social media by storm when she bared its cover artwork.

In the cover, Nicki Minaj is featured squatting with her derriere to the camera. Nicki looks every inch as hot as always as she flaunts her voluptuous curves in candy pink bra with matching g-strings and a pair of electric blue Air Jordan basketball sneakers, reported Digital Spy.

News.com.au reported that the 31-year old performer did not fail her fans when she promised them a big surprise last July 23. The promise was fulfilled after a few hours the accompanying artwork to Nicki Minaj's new single was released.

According to the MusicTimes, the rapper made her announcement of her upcoming single last July 24.

Regarding the release date of the single itself, musictimes.com added that on her announcement earlier, she simply declared "7/28 #ANACONDA on iTunes." Then to stress out how soon that release date is she posted another one "#ANACONDA on iTunes on MONDAY."

It was while the release date was drawing near that Nicki Minaj proudly showed the "Anaconda" cover to the public. It displayed a sexy artwork by NSFW that showcased her hot body.

When she finally unveiled it last July 24, Nicki Minaj did not expect in the cover of Anaconda may have done a bit more than just titillate her fans' imagination.

Before showing the single's cover to the media, Nicki's fans tried to guess what her surprise could be. They responded by saying "anal." The sexy female rapper laughed and said that they were on to something. She went on to divulge just how big her surprise is by rating it on a level of 1-10 and said that it was 1000, hiphopdx.com reported.

Musictimes.com described the cover artwork of Nicki Minaj single "Anaconda" as scandalous. However, the website expressed that they were not surprised at all given the colorful rapper's nature.