Chris Brown has revealed the release date of his new album after accusing his former manager of leaking his new music.

Over the weekend, Breezy took to Twitter to express his anger, writing: "My old manager is leaking my NEW album music and refuses to give me my back up hard drive to sabotage my album. That's F'd up G!".

Snakes in the grass..... Just stay positive

— Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) February 23, 2014

The R&B bad boy later deleted the tweet, but added: "Snakes in the grass….. Just stay positive."

After ranting at his ex-associate on the social-networking site, Brown returned to Twitter confirm the release date of his eagerly-anticipated album X.

"X" is by far my best album yet.... Setting the date for MAY 5 pic.twitter.com/cFrfpgsBcD

— Chris Brown (@chrisbrown) February 22, 2014

Posting the artwork to the LP, the 24-year old tweeted: "X is by far my best album yet.... Setting the date for MAY 5."

It is rumoured that pop princess Ariana Grande has worked with Chris on a new track, after she responded to a lyric posted by the Turn Up The Music hitmaker.

Watch this space…