 OWWWWWW!!! Ok Nicki… woulda though SB would be the leading man…. hmph
Nicki premiered her video for “Right By My Side” today … I will say that its a cute video but I hoped for more.. I kinda wanted to see more interaction between Nicki and Chris and NAS was a complete surprise.
Peep the video and tell me what you think..
I Love Nicki more and more after each interview.. Its great to get real insight into who she is and what she is about with these interviews.
Nicki Minaj releases Pink Friday Roman Reloaded. Check It out and Tell me What you think?
What wows you these days? Everything that comes your way keeps becoming bigger, bigger, bigger.
If I wasn’t doing it, I wouldn’t believe it’s possible. I remember when I was working with Jay-Z. It was like, “Oh my God. Did I really just do a song with Jay?” I worked with Mariah and it wasn’t commercially successful. But I had fun and I made a real friendship with her. It was, obviously, a life-changing moment for me. It does feel like every moment is getting bigger and bigger. Not only did I get a call to do a song with Madonna, but then I got a call to do a video with Madonna, and then—oh, by the way—you’re going to do the Super Bowl with Madonna. This is not really happening.
When you’re constantly exceeding your own expectations, how do you set new goals?
Doing the Super Bowl with Madonna doesn’t really change Nicki Minaj’s personal goals. My 
goal right now is still to put out Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, sell five million copies eventually, and tour every country in the world. That’s what I’ve been working toward. So while the world is talking about, “Oh my God, I can’t believe Nicki Minaj was at the Super Bowl!” I’m mixing and mastering my music. In my scheme of things it’s way bigger.
Because those surprises can’t replace the things you want to achieve by yourself?
Because my goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money, the biggest hip-hop label in the world at that time. And then it was, “How do I branch away from Lil Wayne?” One of my biggest records was with Drake, “Moment 4 Life.” Even with the Super Bowl, it’s Madonna’s moment. I’m just sharing in that moment. It’s not Nicki Minaj’s moment. Nicki Minaj at the Grammys—that’s my moment. I’ve just been constantly on this quest to stand alone.
Perfection is a never-ending mission for us women, because so much depends on…
My look.
Yup. And so many things can go wrong that guys never worry about.
Men walk on stage and they have their band behind them and they have their hat on and that’s it. I don’t want a pity party, but people don’t understand.
What’s your off-stage persona?
I’m the biggest homebody. But I’ve been like this. Nothing about me has changed since I got fame. I never liked to go to clubs. I never liked to go out. I don’t know where that public craziness came from. I was always like a comedian to my friends and family, but in a lot of ways I’m shy. I think people read my shyness as being mean. They misinterpret it. The first and only person who ever called me out for being shy was Wayne.
Did he recognize it in you because he could relate to that shyness?
Actually, no. Wayne is the least shy person in the world. He loves to be the center of attention. He eats it for dinner. And that’s why I was so drawn to him. I wanted that confidence. Wayne wants to put on a show for everybody. He enjoys people looking at him.
He would make up raps in front of people. Meanwhile, it took me so long to allow people in the studio because writing was such a personal thing to me. It was revealing everything about myself. How could I let people see that before I fine-tune every word, the delivery, the flow? But with Wayne, he just trusts his first gut.
Like so many women, it sounds like you’re hyper-aware of both your action and the world’s reaction. With all the hundreds of photos you have to take, do you feel more confident with cameras?
I hate cameras. I hate cameras and I hate camera phones. The camera’s my worst enemy and my best friend. It’s the way I convey my emotions to the world without saying a word, so I use it. People always say, “You come alive as soon as the camera’s on!”
Nicki is gearing up to release the visual for one of her many singles off of her sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and is giving us a lil tease when pics were released earlier today of her on the beach in Hawaii. Pink Bikini and all!!! Keep Reading to peep the close up pics!!!!
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The Influence
When I think about Nicki Minaj’s fashion sense, one word comes to mind, harajuku. Harajuku fashion is a term used to describe a type of fashion (more popular) in Japan that involves mixing and (mis) matching different fashions and styles…basically creating a unique style that reflects your personality, individuality, or interests. Nicki Minaj’s Harajuku Barbie personality is greatly influenced by Harajuku fashion.
The Outcome
Images via Hollywood Reporter
Pop Culture based coursework is popping up all over college campuses lately and personally I think its a long time coming. Many of the celebrities these days have becoming branding magnets and definitely something to stuy when considering a career in business. I am waiting on someone to come up with a Kardashian course.
According to the creator of the class, Jeremy McCune:
“The goal of this course is to look at the repertoire and work of these folks … and figure out how it is that we can have a discussion about these women as spectacular. The invention of the Internet and the web has created a circulation of these courses and their syllabi in a way that makes them — once again — spectacular, and they’ve become spectacles. I think that it’s important that education stay both fun, critical and political. This trio of women seem to be entering into a historic moment where we’re seeing much more experimental performances. Much more abstraction, much more play with gender, and we’re also seeing some moments where there are clear articulations of a feminist theory within the work.”
Official VIVA GLAM spokeswoman Nicki Minaj was on the scene for the celebration of her and Ricky Martin’s VIVA Glam Collection launch. 
Take a look at Nicki and Ricky Behind the Scenes of the VIVA Glam Collection Photoshoot
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VIBE: Youâve said before that you didnât really have fun recording Pink Friday.
Nicki Minaj:Â I felt like I had something to prove to everyone who said a female rapper could not make an album unless she was talking about her pussy. And so I went above and beyond to prove that I could not talk about sex and not talk about my genitalia and still have a successful album. And I proved that. And now my time for proving things to my critics is over. I donât really need to prove anything to anyone else anymore.
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I don’t know about you guys but I actually like this cross over Nicki song… I would have much rather she performed this at the Grammy’s then Roman’s Holiday. Nicki is gearing up to release her sophomore album and its clear that she is deviating from the format of her first but I hope she realizes that she cannot make to many changes to swiftly without letting her audience evolve with her or she will lose them. I am completely open to new music and creativity but if she completely removes what everyone once loved about her she is setting herself up for people to figure out whether they even want to try and fall in love with the new her. What do you all think of Nicki and Her New Music Style?
I’m on the fence about Nicki’s whole releasing of Roman during the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. She premiered “Roman’s Holiday” which will be on her sophomore album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. I totally get that Nicki wants to cross over and all but I am not sure I am feeling this GAGA-esque performance. What do you think?
