Nicki Minaj covers Elle Magazine

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It looks as though Gwen Stefani isn’t the only one that covers Elle Magazine’s Music Issue that hits newsstands this month. There are a few additional covers that features Swedish singer Robyn as well as one featuring Nicki Minaj. For the cover story, Nicki Minaj tones down her colorful wigs and models a variety of high fashion looks for the five page spread.

I'm thinkin she looks extremely slim... airbrushed?...what about you's?

She looks amazing anyway....

NICKI MINAJ RELEASES LIL KIM DISS TRACK SNIPPET...

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So it all started when Lil Kim released a diss mixtape 'Black Friday' featuring a decapitated Nicki Minaj on the artwork...until now, Nicki has refused to react. As i said, UNTIL NOW...

She leaked this short snippet of a forthcoming diss track aimed in response to Kim titled 'Tragedy' with the lyrics:

"Look at you now hoe, you just TRAGIC'

I love the artwork...

Check out the snippet audio here:

NICKI MINAJ HEARTS JESSIE J

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2 hot chicks doing the damn thing right about now have been sharing their mutual love for each other:

Nicki said about Jessie after her recent trip to the UK (source: Daily Star) 

“I heard about Jessie J because she said in an interview that she wanted me on her single, I checked her out afterwards, and I fell in love with her, the tone of her voice and everything.”

Well i for one would LOVE to hear a duet between these too....sort it out girls!!!!

Nicki Minaj shoot in W Magazine....

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I am IN LOVE with this Nicki Minaj shoot for V Magazine in The States...check out the body paint...she looks AMAZING...GO GIRL! I want this chick's body mayyn (fake or not!)

Drake & Nicki Minaj are sooooo getting it on....

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Look how labelmates (and by the looks of things a whole lot more) Drake and Nicki Minaj spent their NYE....

Don't they look cute together?!

Looooving Nicki's multi-coloured hair <3

Check them out having a very public kiss at the Hot 97 bash too....

Plus Drake is set to play the love interest in Nicki's next video for 'Moment For Life'

MONSTER vid preview & stills...

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Wow, Hip Hop Connection have released a sneak preview of the forthcoming MONSTER video with Kanye, Jigga, Rozay & Minaj.

Check out some of the stills and the little vid clip....looks like this one's going to be CEEERRRRRRRAAAZZZY!!!!!!!

Kanye...

Rick Ross

Nicki Minaj

That ass is on FIRRRRRREEEEE

Jigga....

Nicki Minag breaks records.... where's Lil Kim right now?

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Nicki's debut album PINK FRIDAY (out now) smashed into the billboard charts in the US in the No. 2 spot this week, selling over 375,000 units in ONE WEEK, she has officially broken the record for second highest first-week sales by a female MC in Billboard’s history second ONLTY to Lauryn Hill's 'Miseducation' album in 98.

Props to Nicki....wonder what Lil Kim thought of it all... LOL!

Lil Kim 'Black Friday' Nicki Minaj Diss

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I though Kim would've come harder than this....

Nicki Minaj responds to Lil Kim Diss.... "you will go down in history as a sore loser"

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So girl of the moment Nicki Minaj has finally responded in an interview directly about the Lil Kim diss....

She went on air with Angie Martinez to say the following:
She (LIK KIM) just really jumped out of the window and you got to be careful when you pick fights. That’s what I learned in this business. You just never know. I think people get me mistaken with like a real Barbie, they forget where I’m from. If I have to revert back I can…. and I will. Don’t play with me. It’s one of those moments when you say “Don’t play with me”. I respect you and love you. I’ve said it in every interview, time and time again. And if that’s not good enough for you mama, then it’s something deep rooted in you. Something is bothering you inside, that’s your insecurity bothering you. It’s not Nicki Minaj, it’s any girl that’s popping. She picked a fight with Foxy, then she picked a fight with Eve, then it was Miss Wallace, now it’s Nicki Minaj. Every time you’re in the news, you are getting at somebody. Put your music out and when I see your name on Billboard that’s when I’ll respond to you. Other than that. Goodbye!”


"You know what scares people? Success. When you don’t make moves and you don’t climb up the latter, everybody loves you because you’re not competition. I feel like, you are going to go down in history now as a sore loser, as opposed to going down in history as the Queen."


"We all take from each, there’s nothing new under the sun. When you see Gaga, you see Madonna, but Madonna never hated on Gaga. Why in the black community we have to hate on each other instead of saying “thank you for showing me love. Thank you for keeping my name alive”. The same way she opened doors for me, I am now opening doors for her. Because nobody was even playing your music and you damn sure couldn’t get an interview to save your life. But now, you’re getting interviews and every time you get an interview, they are asking you about Nicki Minaj. We are helping each other…but if you are bitter. Get a Life!"
OUCH!
Can't we all just get along?
I'd love to see an all-female remix of 'Monster'...why do the femcees feel they have to attack each other to stay on top?

New Video: Nicki Minaj and Keyshia Cole 'I Aint Thru'

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Keyshia Cole and Nicki Minaj collaborate on 'I Aint Thru'

Check out the vid here:


I am FEELING this track!!!! Go girls!!!

Nicki Minaj PINK FRIDAY Album Preview...

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No Lil Wayne (for obvious reasons) but I'm sure he'll jump on a remix at some point!
Due for release 22nrd November...

Lil Kim disses Nicki Minaj on stage in Queens:

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After hearing Roman's Revenge it seems Kim wasn't happy.
She went on stage in her hometown of Queens playing a host of old tracks and said the following:

“I will erase this b!tch’s social security number, first of all I don’t even need a record right now and I’d kill that b!tch with my old sh!t.” Lil Kim went on to say, “My records ain’t just enter the charts, they made history. WTF is this bullsh!t, this sh!t come and go.”



Watch the vid here, it's not great quality but you get the gist.

Nicki Minaj : Roman's Revenge....DISS to Lil Kim

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Nicki's new track 'Roman's Revenge' featuring none other than EMINEM has caused some controversy on the world of Hip Hop....
There's no doubt in my mind she taking shots at Lil Kim in her verses. Check out the lyrics see what you think...

"So fuck I look like gettin’ back to a hasbeen? Yeah, I said it, has-been. Hang it up, flatscreen"

and
"Word, that bitch mad ’cause I took her spot? Well, bitch, if you ain’t shittin’, then get off the pot. Got some niggas out in Brooklyn that’ll off your top."

She said of the track when asked if she was taking shots at Lil Kim:
"No. I’m talking about everyone who has been in interviews talking and I think it’s good for people to hear me respond to ….People have said so much about me, So I don’t ever single anyone out because no one is worth being singled out. No one is worth having their name mentioned out of my mouth and they never will get that."

"I’ve been quiet for such a long time and I’ve been the nice guy. I’ve been the person that gave everyone their props. I’ve complimented everybody from day one. I think that as a rapper, you can’t be a rapper and not speak on things being said about you. I use my music to say what I have to say."




EITHER WAY, THIS IS BLOODY HUUUUUGE TRACK.
Check it out here:

 
Nicki's debut album PINK FRIDAY will be released 22nd November. CAN'T WAIT!

Nicki Minaj new pics and Interview YRB Mag

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Check out Nicki Minaj's shoot for YRb mag....so sci-fi...

Some excerpts from the interview here:

On “Monster” Being The Pivotal Moment In Her Career so far
"That has to be the breakout Nicki Minaj moment. That was my moment “People paid attention because of who was on it and because I held my own and I stayed true to my crazy animation, and it’s like I didn’t have to take my fun stuff out. I was able to incorporate Nicki Minaj on a record with Jay-Z and Kanye West. And I think people know that’s a difficult task in itself.”
I DID LOVE HER BARS ON THAT TRACK...

On Female Rappers Who Don’t Support Her
"These girls aren’t mad at me. They’re mad at themselves,” she states, shooting down questions on why she never took Kim’s bait. “[It’s] jealousy, insecurity and being broke. When you haven’t capitalized and you see I’m about to capitalize on this sh*t like it’s never been done before, then you’re mad at yourself."

On her forthcoming album: Pink Friday
"I was so afraid to put out an album for fear of failure. I wanted to put my album out on Valentine’s Day of 2011. And my label was like, are you f*cking crazy?”
I know that Pink Friday is a classic album. I have never been this proud of anything in my life,” she says. “I just think that it’s such a dynamic body of work. I’m no longer afraid to drop it. Now, I know it’s time."

For the full interview, go here.

New Video: Nicki Minaj & Will.I.Am 'Check It Out'

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Nicki Minaj joins forces with Will.I.Am to go full on HARAJUKU for their new single 'Check It Out'

I adore her comical facial expressions, HILAR and her body looks TIGHT in the pink PVC catsuit!

She told MTV News:
“We’re doing almost like an ode to Japanese culture and Japanese anime, I’m obviously a big fan and I’ve joined forces with like the only boy that I know that’s also able to capture that culture.”


Watch the vid here...

NEW MUSIC: Nicki Minaj 'Blow Your Mind'

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Straight off DJ Haze's new mixtape is a HOT never before heard track from Nicki Minaj.

She spits some nice verses on this one...check it out here:

Nicki Minaj-Blow Your Mind by GlobalGrind

Thanks to Global Grind



Meanwhile...

Nicki performed at the Power99's Powerhouse 2010 concert rocking some high waisted trousers and some seeeerious shoulders... I like:

Rihanna confirms Nicki Minaj WILL be on her new album

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Now this is one collabo I will DEFINITELY be looking forward to hearing AND ESPECIALLY SEEING (when the vid is done!)

Rihanna has confirmed there is a track called 'Raining Men' on her new album 'Loud' which is a collaboration with super hot right now NICKI MINAJ.

Rihanna says:
"She has a great buzz and she has a thing to her. She is a star and that’s why people love her. She’s also really entertaining with her visual as well as her lyrics and she has great melody. I’m really amazed that she can write like that. Not only raps but she can write songs too. You know I worked with her before on Rated R and she was just writing me some really good ballads and I couldn’t wait to work with her again and then have her on my record. It’s a really fun song. It’s called ‘Raining Men’. No, nothing like the original. It’s quite up-tempo but kind of quirky and funny.”

Meanwhile, Nicki went on popular US Show 'Regis and Kelly' to perform 'xx' with Will.I.Am recently. They described her as the new Lady GaGa. Wow.
Check out the performance here...

(Video) Live With Regis & Kelly

New Music: Nicki Minaj 'Right Through Me'

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Check out this hot new track from the current queen of hip hop: Nicki Minaj.

This sounds like a sure fire radio bangerrrrrrrr to me... it's sure to feature on her forthcoming DEBUT solo album 'Pink Friday' but it's not been confirmed yet

Nicki Minaj Interview... she talks sexual orientation, Lil Wayne, Drake and more...

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I found this wicked interview from Complex magazine with Nicki Minaj covering their October / November issue.

She looks hot and the interview is DEEP... she talks about Drake saying he wants to marry her, about Weezy saying she's his future wife, the lesbian rumours, the music choices, the beef and more...

Here's some excerts...

On why she chose “Massive Attack” as a single..
"I don’t want you to read into my eyes, just listen to what I am saying. When I first heard ["Your Love"], I loved it; I played it for Wayne and he yelled at me. When we were working on Young Money’s album, I played him just the hook and the beat. He can’t remember it, though. To this day, he’s like, “Nah, I ain’t never heard that.” But he heard it and was like, “What the fuck is this?” I think that’s one of the reasons I fell back on it."

It seems like Young Money as a whole doesn’t get caught up in beef. Has Wayne sat you or Drake down and advised you to avoid that route?
"He’s definitely told me, “Yo, leave that bullshit alone. That’s for people who ain’t got shit else to do.” I’ve watched Wayne handle himself so well. I’ve seen people take shot after shot after shot at him and if it fazed him, I never saw it. People take shots because they’re hoping for a little bit of your energy. They need fuel"
But you’ve been saying in recent interviews that you might tone down the voices.
"Sometimes the shit I say is over people’s heads and I feel like I need to dumb it down a bit so people can understand it. I think if I had said a lot of raps in a particular voice, people would go, “Yo, that shit was hard”—but when you change up your voice a little bit, they can’t see past that. And they’re lookin’ at me like, “This bitch is stupid”—and I’m lookin’ at them like, “No, bitch, you’re stupid.” "

There’s been a lot of speculation about your sexuality in the press. Your verse on Usher’s “Lil’ Freak” adds to the buzz that you’re bisexual.
"When I rap, it’s just an extension of how I speak, and that’s how I talk. If you don’t like it, don’t listen. I’m also not going to explain something just because I said it in a rap. Take what you want from it. [In the press] I didn’t say [I don't like women]. I said I don’t have sex with women. I don’t have sex with men right now either. If [bisexual is] what they wanna call me, then fine."

You’ve said in recent interviews that you want to tone down the sexual content in your music. What prompted that?
"On “My Chick Bad,” I had to show people that I can spit a verse without sex or talking about how good I look. I’m actually timid when it comes to being overtly sexy, which is weird because in the beginning people thought of me like some freakin’ porn star. Guys reference sex all the time in their raps—I can’t even think of a record where Wayne doesn’t talk about sex—but when a female does it, people start tuning out. Then this gay dude the other day told me, “I say to dudes, ‘Maybe it’s time to put this pussy on your sideburns.’” I was crying laughing and I was like, “I can’t take this shit out of my act.” People live for that shit. [Laughs.] I just have to balance it a little bit."

Speaking of Young Money, did your labelmate Drake tell you he’d be mentioning wanting to marry you on his verse for “Miss Me” before you heard it?
"He told me he said something about me on a verse, but I didn’t think it would be anything like that. He let me hear it for the first time when we did Jay’s show at Madison Square Garden, the day before Wayne had to go to jail—that night he let me hear it on the headphones. But you know what else he told me he wrote for me? The Alicia Keys song “I’m Ready.” I happen to love the song. I never told anyone that, I hope he won’t get mad that I said that."

Then you have Wayne calling you his future wife...You’re gonna have Drake and Wayne fighting over you
"You have no idea how much I love them. We joke around. That’s the thing about Young Money, we will say a lot of crazy shit in the press but we will get around each other and start cracking up laughing like brothers and sisters. Drake is a playboy. He probably told mad bitches he wrote them songs for ‘em."

Do the guys in Young Money ask you for dating advice?
"They always ask me to hook them up with something!"

Drake ask you to hook him up with chicks?
"Well, no, Drake knows better. [Laughs.] Drake tries to be the suave dude and not seem pressed, but Wayne will straight-up ask: “Nick, you got something for me?”

 
Can't fricking WAIT for this album, jheez

MTV VMA photos....part 3 + WINNER'S LIST

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MORE MORE MORE!!!!

Not only did Lady GaGa KILL IT with her outfits, she also managed to sweep an amazing 8 AWARDS! See below for the full winner's list
The full look...Lady GaGa in Alexander McQueen, she stole the show..check out the hoofs!

Will.I.Am performed with Nicki at the pre-show...leather OUCH!

The full look: Ciara in Givenchy

EVA...

WINNER'S LIST:

VIDEO OF THE YEAR: LADY GAGA 'BAD ROMANCE'

BEST FEMALE VIDEO: LADY GAGA 'BAD ROMANCE'

BEST MALE: VIDEO: EMINEM 'NOT AFRAID'

BEST NEW ARTIST: JUSTIN BIEBER 'BABY'

BEST HIP HOP VIDEO: EMINEM 'NOT AFRAID'

BEST POP VIDEO: LADY GAGA 'BAD ROMANCE'

BEST DANCE VIDEO: LADY GAGA 'BAD ROMANCE'

BEST COLLABORATION: LADY GAGA AND BEYONCE: TELEPHONE

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: LADY GAGA 'BAD ROMANCE'

BEST ART DIRECTION: FLORENCE & THE MACHINE 'DOG DAYS ARE OVER'

BEST DIRECTION: LADY GAGA 'BAD ROMANCE'