The Come On A Cone music video screencaps have now been uploaded to the gallery! Relive the infamous Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded track along with its accompanying music video below!
Nicki Minaj just dropped her Official “Up In Flames” music video off of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-UP! As a surprise to the barbz that Nicki had obviously pre-planned and successfully hid from us, we are blessed with yet another Re-Up track. Although we are all elated about the video dropping, I believe it has left us with a few more questions rather than answers…
What about “I’m Legit” is my question?.. All of the barbz alike would of thought that the next, and perhaps last video we would get off the Re-Up would be I’m Legit, but it appears Queen Minaj had other intentions. Will we still get the video? Who will direct it? When would it come out? Does this mean she’s done with the Re-Up? Will she begin recording her third album now?
All these questions running through our minds, but I’m sure we will have an answer to at least two of them within the next two weeks! Watch the Official ‘Up In Flames’ video below!
Nicki recently sat down for an interview where she discussed her new look, consisting of mostly designer dresses and her ever so sheik red-backs!
‘Towards the end of last year I just wanted to have a more natural look, and that’s what I was explaining to my team. ”I knew that I was about to start doing covers of magazines and I wanted a more relatable look. I knew that I was about to launch a clothing line and I want women to know that I’m just a regular woman and I’m not some weirded-out character all the time.” ‘I made that conscious effort to tone it down and to try new things. And when I started seeing what my hair looked like, I just fell in love. ”I was just like, ‘Oh my gosh where has this been all my life?’ Because even my fans went crazy, I feel like the whole world went crazy. It felt like I took off this mask – it didn’t feel like that to me – but to the world it’s almost like, ‘Oh now we see the real her.’ It was weird.”
I must say that I am also a big fan of Nic’s new look! Although I loved all the brightly multi-colored wigs and some outfits, these dresses are giving me so much life! Our weekly taste of #NickiMinajRealTNess is something that I always look forward to. I hope that people understand that Nicki isn’t always a complete psychopath and has very nice taste, and an amazing work ethic.
Well Barbz, they’re here! Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Pill” by Dre & “myx” drinks are NOW Available.
You can purchase the Pink Pill at any Beats by Dre store near you and online at the Official Beats by Dre website. New York Barbz are currently the only ones who can currently purchase Nicki’s myx drink; as it is net yet available nationwide yet, although it will soon be shipping to stores across the county. We will keep you all posted on when it is available in your area.
According to my research, Nicki Minaj’s Beats by Dre both Pro and Earphones are NOW Available at a Beats by Dre store near you, and BeatsbyDre.com Be sure to add them to your wish list and buy them as soon as possible! They are in-fact LIMITED EDITION. The Official Nicki Minaj: Beats by Dre commercial airs on April 10th during American Idol at 8/7c on FOX! Don’t miss out on the commercial, or Idol!
The Queen Nicki Minaj continues to extend her brand further than most would have expected. On top of being a new judge on this seasons American Idol, having the highest selling Celebrity Fragrance at Macy’s last December, a clothing line exclusive across the nation at K-Mart, and Beats by Dre Headphones coming out this summer, Ms. Minaj has something else in store for her barbz and people ages 21+ in general.Nicki is coming out with her own brand name of “Moscato,” which is a delicious and sometimes fruity alcoholic beverage very popular in America. The Official bottles made a cameo appearance in Nicki and Wayne’s ‘High School’ video which debuted last Tuesday. All of the barbz over 21 need to be on the look at for this particular item, which appears to be coming in three different flavors. (Sorry barbz under 21) this ones for us older barbz!More updates on the exact flavors and when “MYX” hits shelves at a store near you will be posted upon validation for Nicki herself.
Nicki Minaj informed her 16million Barbz via Twitter that she is teaming
up with one of the music worlds biggest entrepreneur names in the world
today, Dr. Dre. According to Ms. Minaj, her “Pink Pill” will hitting
stores soon and has even made cameo appearances in two Nicki related
music videos, “Freaks” & “High School.”
Nicki’s Official Beats Commercial will air live next Wednesday during
American Idol on FOX! Check out the Behind the Scenes footage from the
commercial below!
It’s here Barbz! The OFFICIAL High School video featuring the President
Lil Wayne has hit VEVO! It debuted on MTV First Tuesday morning at 10:53
ECT! The video gets real hot and heavy, with steamy bedroom scenes that
include some sexy lingerie and what was almost a lip-lock! Nicki is
seen strutting her stuff in some sexy and expensive bikinis and her
every classy red-backs! This has to be one of my absolute favorite
videos from the Queen of Rap in a long time, if not ever. Check out the
video below now!
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Nicki Minaj is a rule breaker, game changer and style setting rap star with platinum selling albums, a staggering 15 million twitter followers and fans around the world who hang on her every word, she sat down with HELLO!Online to tell us about her style icons, playing dress up and how she is now also the princess of perfume.
You have turned your creative eye to perfume, tell me more about Pink Friday?‘I have always wanted to create a perfume, I mean it’s every girl’s dream right? But I didn’t think anyone would want to take a chance on me, a female rapper. Now it’s an extension of my personality and a way for my fans to feel closer to me.’
Did you enjoy the new creative process of choosing notes and helping design a flacon?‘I loved choosing and experimenting with the different scents. I loved the fact that I could say that I liked a certain note in a certain perfume and then the perfumer would create a new combination and I would see it come to life as Pink Friday. It’s fun it’s almost like playing with makeup and playing dress up. You put all of these things together and hope it comes out well. Sometimes it works, sometimes it’s a mess, but when it works perfectly then that’s when you have a new fragrance.’
Talking of dressing up, tell me about the new Couture clothes for the bottle?‘I really enjoyed choosing what the bottle looks like and, seeing my vision come to fruition, was one of the best parts of the process because I know my fans will love the bottle and the smell. For the Couture the designers took direct inspiration from my outfits, so there is a dark, sexy moment, a fun, pink moment and more of a fairytale, fantasy moment. It’s indicative of my personality; I like to change my hair, my clothes, my makeup a lot so we thought that because I am so close to the UK and I always have such a great time when I visit, we are like soul mates, I wanted to do something unique just for the UK. This is like icing on top of the cake. I know my UK fans are getting the scent later, but now they get to pay dress up with it, and no one else does.’
You are famous for creating different characters in your music, do the same characters influence your style?‘Not really, when it comes to clothes I just put on whatever I want to wear and when it’s all on me then it creates a character but I never get up and say “I want to dress up as Barbie or Roman” . I like change but I think all women do, they have to create characters even when they are not an artist, whether you wear a ponytail or your hair down, whether you’re a sexy character on a night out or the girl next door at work. It’s what every woman does; it’s just magnified in my life.’
You have also created two best selling lipsticks as part of the MAC Viva Glam campaign, tell me why you got involved?‘I am honoured to be part of this movement. It is important for our young generation to understand that HIV/AIDS will continue to be a global issue unless we work together to fight the disease. Awareness leads to education, education leads to empowerment and empowerment leads to change.’
You have great skin, what’s your secret?‘I never go to bed with my makeup on – ever. I drink tons of water and slather myself in cocoa butter. I have a dermatologist in LA who gave me some great advice; never use anything to wash my skin that contains alcohol or oil, and those rules really work for me. Before I would buy something from a store and I would either dry out or break out.’
You are as experimental with your makeup as you are with your fashion, what are your makeup favourites?‘I’m really into contouring to change the shape of my face. When it comes to putting on fake eyelashes, I use a little imagination, a lot of eyeliner, a steady hand and no fear! For me, more is more!’
Do you have any salon treatments?‘Right now I am wearing a lot of sparkly gel nail polish; for me they look good and last a really long time, which is great when I a travelling.’
You wear lots of wigs, how do you look after your natural hair?‘I do a wash and set, I go to a Dominican hairstylist who uses a lot of hot oil treatments and I use really moisturising Mizani shampoos and masks.’
You’re famous for your curves but they are very firm curves, how do you stay in shape?‘I’m not really into working out; not that I’m proud of that as I do want to start. But when I am on tour singing and dancing and moving around for ninety minutes is a real work out. Then if I’m not on tour and I have to do something on camera I will follow a quick diet and drink lots of water, cut out all carbs, all sugar, all dairy and all fried food. So I would rather diet than exercise.’
What’s your one indulgence?‘Normally I’m a real chocolate person and I love snacks rather than food, so when I have to lose a little bit of weight I just cut back on my snacks and drink water instead of soda and juice. That’s really my thing; working out puts me in a bad mood, it’s annoying to me.’
Who are your style and beauty icons?‘Cyndi Lauper because she is the first person who used colour in a way that made me feel excited. She used it on her face and hair, her clothes, her accessories. She would put different coloured shapes and cut outs in her hair, and that made me want to explore the world. I remember thinking ”I want to get to that part of the word where people dress like that and act like that”. And of course I am obsessed with Marilyn Monroe, and for high fashion Naomi Campbell, Iman and Grace Jones. All of the pictures I would see for references for my early photo shoots were of Grace Jones and I got to meet her about two years ago in Hong Kong, and that was a really great experience for me.’
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When fans of American Idol found out that three new judges were joining Randy Jackson for season 12, there was all sorts of speculation that Mimi would be diva-licious, Keith Urban would provide legitimacy and Nicki Minaj would just…be there. As it turns out, Nicki Minaj is probably the breakout star (along with Angela Miller, Candice Glover and Kree Harrison) of American Idol this year. We’ve compiled our top ten favorite reasons why we love to watch Nicki Minaj hold court on American Idol
1. She Refuses To Conform.
When Sarah Restuccio auditioned first as a country
pop singer and then added a playful rendition of Nicki’s own “Super
Bass”, she confused the entire panel…except for Nicki, who argued,
“She’s every little girl! There are so many girls who identify with her,
who are coming from where she is, maybe lives on a farm, and they sing
Super Bass!”
While Mariah, Randy and Keith are still stuck in the age where
singers can only fit in one demographic, Nicki is a hip hop diva, a pop
star and a mogul. You can and should do more than one thing in order to
stay current. Also, it’s pretty amazing to see Nicki wear the panel down
until they agree with her.
2. She Is A Self-Help Guru.
Jessica Kartalis messed up her audition by playing
her guitar in the wrong key. While she was obviously talented, her
audition wasn’t strong enough to send her through. All four of the
judges passed on her politely, saying that she should definitely come
back in a year or two after she had matured as a performer.
Naturally, Jessica wasn’t hearing this so she tried to reason with
the judges by saying, “Today’s my only shot.” In response, Nicki laid
down some realness that I want tattooed on my arm, emblazoned on a
poster and engraved on a coffee mug:
“It’s not your only shot. It will never be your only shot until you decide it is.”
3. She’s Really, Really–I Mean, REALLY–Honest.
Matheus Fernandes is incredibly talented. He wowed
the judges in his audition and made it all the way to Hollywood. The
thing is he started making excuses for his performances and referring to
his extremely short stature in his song lyrics. There’s nothing wrong
with owning who you are, but Fernandes was making the fact that he was a
little person such a big part of his persona that it was distracting
from his voice.
Nicki did the un-PC thing and called him out on it, saying, “I felt
like every time you perform you like keep on making reference to your
height. Sometimes things can go from being inspiring to becoming you
want a pity party. And once you’re great, we don’t even notice your
height. You don’t have to milk that ever, ever again. Be you. Be great
and just rest in, you know, your talent after today.”
Which is good advice. Matheus is ridiculously talented and should rely on that–and not sympathy.
4. She’s Flirty.
American Idol is no stranger to flirtatious judges. Simon Cowell
would always tell the ladies when they looked good. Sometimes it was a
compliment (as in, “You look like a pop star tonight.”), sometimes it
was an insult (as in “Well the good news is you look fantastic.”), and
sometimes it was just him kind of being a middle aged creep. Back in the
day, Paula Abdul caught flack for flirting so much she allegedly had an affair with a contestant and Kara DioGuardio famously made a contestant take his shirt off.
When Nicki flirts with the male contestants, it’s an art form. With
her it’s all swagger and charm and punchlines. She sees what she likes
and she comments on it. It should also be noted that she doesn’t just
presume the dudes are ever single. She always asks if they have a
girlfriend first.
5. She’s Also Flirty With The Girls.
Nicki Minaj is an equal opportunity flirt. No sexism here. After Kree Harrison killed it with Faith Hill‘s
“Stronger” last week, Minaj exclaimed, “Well, you know that you are my
wife!..And your sexiness level went up another notch tonight, again,
seriously, what did you do?’ To which Kree gamely responded, “I’m just
trying to do my wife proud.”
The thing is after Nicki flirts with Kree–or with any contestant for
that matter–she drops the cuteness and plunges straight into a
legitimate musical critique. The flirting is just for fun, but she takes
judging seriously.
6. She Has A British accent.
For years, the thing that set Simon Cowell apart from other judges
wasn’t just his brutally honest insights or his tight black shirts, but
his British accent. Having a British accent in the United States adds a
bit of class, a bit of foreignness, and a bit of distinction to the
proceedings*.
Now that Nicki Minaj is on the American Idol judges’ panel, we have a
British accent critiquing the contestants again. In fact, we might have
two…
*So long as it’s not a Geordie accent like the delightful X Factor UK judge Cheryl Cole
has. In which case, American producers are so worried that you’ll need
to be subtitled that they are afraid to hire you Stateside for a job you
nailed. (But rumor is she’s going to replace Britney Spears on X Factor USA next year!!!)
7. She Has Amazing Hair.
It’s a frivolous statement, sure, but never underestimate the power
of a coif–or an amazing wig. Depending on her headgear, Nicki can be a
cream puff or a dictator. That kind of versatility helps her pivot
between giving a contestant a “yes” or a “no” with the greatest of ease.
8. She Also Has Amazing Eye
Nicki Minaj might have the most expressive eyes on Earth. She can say
more with a squint or a raised eyebrow than Randy Jackson can using all
of the words he knows in the English language. I know that some people
find Nicki’s constant eye rolling annoying, but I absolutely love
it. Minaj can voice her dissent with just an eye roll.
9. She Gives Hilarious Nicknames.
Okay, there’s no real intellectual reason to explain why Nicki Minaj
nicknaming a kid wearing green pants and a collared shirt, “Collared
Greens”, is so delightful, it just is. Sometimes her nicknames are
silly. Sometimes they are absurd. Sometimes they are actually quite
witty. No matter what, though, Nicki’s nicknames are entertaining.
10. She Doesn’t Crush People–She Inspires them
In past seasons of American Idol,
judges either had to be brutally honest to the point of cruelty or
sugary sweet and ineffectual in their critiques. Nicki might be one of
the only judges in the history of the show who can be both earnest and
empathetic.
In previous seasons, someone like James Bae would
have been laughed out of the room–and he almost was–until Nicki stepped
in and gave him a heartfelt pep talk complete with a hug and kiss.
She will break someone’s dreams, but she doesn’t want to break their hearts.
And that’s got to be the biggest reason why we love Nicki Minaj.
Nicki Minaj wears many hats—rapper, singer,
fashion designer, and judge on “American Idol,” but now she’s taking on
a new role. The rap diva plays reporter, interviewing herself during a
mock interview for ELLE magazine. An inquisitive Nicki asks the superstar Nicki about her childhood and what she wears at home.
“I love black thongs,” says superstar
Nicki, while offering other wild quotes. “I’m gonna be artificially
inseminated so I don’t ever have sex with anyone.”
Nicki graces the cover of ELLE’s
April issue. She trades the wigs and makeup for a more natural look, but
it wasn’t easy for her. “To go in front of the camera, without pink
lips or big ol’ crazy lashes—you know, nothing—I felt naked. It was
scary!” she said. “So this photo shoot was a real accomplishment in my
eyes.”
She also revealed that she was bullied as a
child. “I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a
living hell.”
Get a sneak peek of the issue before it hits newsstands on March 26.
Nicki Minaj has her hands full as a judge on “American Idol” Now, Nicki shows more of her playful side for ELLE magazine.
Nicki Minaj may have once said she'd perform withMariah Carey on American Idol, but now the "Starships" singer is changing her tune.
"Unless, it looks like this," Minaj cracked while pretending to choke someone. "I don't know. God bless her though…I mean, that'll never happen."
I caught up with Ms. Minaj at the M.A.C Cosmetics store in West Hollywood, where she was promoting the release of Nicki 2, her new Viva Glam lipstick benefiting the M.A.C AIDS Fund.
Minaj admits she's not sure about returning to Idol for a second season. "I don't know, we'll see," she said. "See the thing is, we're only half way done so, I am absolutely enjoying Idolbut I don't know how I'm going to feel at the end of it."
What she definitely feels strong about is the M.A.C AIDS Fund and helping people with HIV/AIDS.
"I don't know if everyone knows, but I've lost people in my family to AIDS…[and now] you don't have to die of AIDS," Minaj said. "We need people to realize that this is not a game. You can really lose your life sharing needles, unprotected sex, all of that stuff."
All of the sales proceeds of the new lavender lipstick and gloss go directly to the M.A.C AIDS Fund. "Lavender is the new pink," Minaj smiled. "I'll never stop wearing pink but I wanted to venture out."
Since we were talking makeup, I had to ask Minaj if she's ever had a makeup disaster. She recalled a concert in London when she wanted her eyes to pop more.
Minaj accidently poured glue and glitter in both her eyes. "I looked like a psychopath when I got on that stage," she said, laughing. "It just ruined my confidence for the show. I didn't want to see any pictures from the night...It literally tramautized me.
We were delighted to sit down with the rapper on Monday at thelaunch of her new fragrance to discuss her role as a judge on the reality competition, new music on the way for her re-release ofRoman's Revenge, and all sorts of other exciting creative endeavors!
But apparently, according to sources close to Her Minajesty, she forgot to mention one tiny little project in the works:
A REALITY TV SHOW!
That's rights, we're hearing EXCLUSIVELY at PerezHilton.com that all-Nicki series will be premiering on the E! network!
AH-MAZING!
She'll finally have a place to show off all of her wonderful alter-egos we only get a small piece of on her albums! LOLz! In fact, when we heard after our interview with Nicki that she had already started filming that very afternoon! The ball is already roll-roll-rolling!!!
We anticipate a variety of colors, outrageous clothes AND facial expressions to come!
Which basically guarantees our eyes will be GLUED to our TV screen, gurl!
Can't wait!
How about U?? Are U guys looking forward to more of Her Minajesty on reality television??
