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Last year, Nicki Minaj was a buzzed-about femcee who was holding her own in the male-dominated rap game. Now, she’s a star in her own right, eclipsing many of her peers and becoming an icon for her Barbiez worldwide.

Her influence — whether it’s through her music and the many lyrical characters she embodies, her fashion sense or speaking out about important issues like child abuse and discrimination — is now strong enough that the MTV News Hip-Hop Brain Trust voted her the #6 Hottest MC in the Game. And, like the true pioneer she is, she’s the first woman to make the list.

Source: MTV

According to Nicki Minaj, it’s a foregone conclusion that she’ll be the first female rapper to make MTV News’ Hottest MCs in the Game list.

“Of course I’m on the list,” she told MTV News. “If I’m not on the list, let me tell you something: Them Barbiez will find your asses. So we know Nicki Minaj is on the list, but we don’t know here she ranks.”

The Lil Wayne protégé has a strong case to make the 2010 list. Although she has yet to release her debut album, Pink Friday, she already hit the top of the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop chart with “Your Love.”

Nicki Minaj has been a major presence at awards shows and television specials throughout the past 12 months, from the BET Hip Hop Awards to MTV’s VMA pre-show.

Where she’s really made her mark has been as a guest artist on records by Mariah Carey, Robin Thicke, Trey Songz and Ludacris, among others. The animated lyricist has proved particularly adept at rhyming alongside her male counterparts, including Jay-Z, Kanye West and Drake.

“I believe I’m a dope MC in the big scheme of things, period,” she said. “Like, if you put 10 girls in a row, I’m not only gonna stand out with them, but I’m gonna stand out if you put nine boys in a row and put me in the middle. I believe there’s a lot of girls like that. I believe most female MCs are better than the boys. But they don’t really get a shot sometimes. Labels are afraid to sign females and things like that. Don’t get me wrong, the boys are super dope. But the girls are up there too and are important and equal in the way we deliver raps.”

With two Billboard records under her belt, Rolling Stone and Out covers and a new album on the way, Nicki Minaj still keeps it hood. The femcee took it back to the people last night (October 7) and answered fans’ burning questions via Twitter.

No stranger to the 140 character world (or responding to her fans directly), Nicki routinely answers questions from her over 1.4 million followers arbitrarily. Last night the questions became a little more personal, and Nicki Minaj gladly obliged.

The semi-formal Q&A announcement arrived on Twitter around 8pm EST, when Nicki tweeted that Young Money affiliate Scaff Beezy needed 27 more followers to break the 13,000 mark. If he reached that number, Minaj promised a tell-all session with her fans and Scaff Beezy actually reached 13,145 followers.

The questions began pretty basic, as @CollegeBarbz asked “When can we expect the ‘Right Thru Me’ video”, to which Minaj replied “Gonna see the rough draft tonight.” The album questions included inquiries about a UK release date (November 23 per her label), along with the album cover being revealed shortly, as the Nickster just chose her album art.

Then fans dug a little bit deeper, as @Nicki_Support asked “Who was your childhood crush?” The response was both personal and sad, as Nicki responded, “Had a boyfriend named Khatif when I was 10, but he died. R.I.P. baby.”

On a happier note, @TeamMinajJapan asked, “Does your mother call you Onika or a family nickname?” Nicki tweeted “My parents have called me Nicki all my life.” The final question answered was @KaitlynMorris’ “Ever had any pets?” Per Nicki, she had a “really cute mutt” named Rocky.

Following the Q&A session, Nicki began retweeting fans’ compliments and well wishes, along with the promise that her true fans won’t be disappointed by the realness of her upcoming LP Pink Friday, particularly the intro. The last time she poured her heart out on wax was on the touching track “Autobiography” from her Sucka Free mixtape.

“It’s funny,” Nicki Minaj tweeted. “To so many people I’m the ‘new’ girl. But there are people who’ve been a part of my journey for the last three years. That’s why I do what I do.”

Source: MTV

< Busta Rhymes will hit the "RapFix Live" couch today (October 7) at 4pm to chat with Sway and we're looking for your questions! BusaBusss will be taking to you, the fans at home, so get your queries ready because, let's be honest, how often can you ask Busta something directly? We're taking your questions via Twitter at @MTVRapFix and video inquiries uploaded to Your.MTV.com. Busta Rhymes follows Fabolous, Tony Yayo, Swizz Beatz, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em, Fat Joe, Lloyd Banks, Wiz Khalifa, and Rick Ross as guests on “RapFix Live.” Here are a few of the questions we've collected thus far. "This is Maurice and I want to know if you will ever do a song with Nicki Minaj and Eminem together. That will be hot hot hot!" said Smooth90. Maybe this collaboration isn't too far off since Busta's already chimed in on Nicki's talent.

“I think she’s already doing everything that it takes to get to the next level. She’s standing alone — there is no two Nicki Minajs right now,” Busta told MTV News earlier this year. “It’s always good to be able to show people how diversified you are and what you’re capable of outside your comfort zone, [and] it feels like she ain’t got no problem displaying that.”

Another fan asked what most of us probably wonder.

“Can you ask Busta what happen to the crazy style and delivery he came in the game with that wohaa wohaa-type ish and his hats?” asked PhillyBoiSWP.

The Flipmode MC is also know for standout guest appearances, but one fan was more interested in duets we haven’t heard.

“@BusaBusss Past or Present, who would you want to do a collaboration with that hasn’t happened already?” tweeted DefectiveJoker.

Finally, what’s happening with that secret collabo with one of our favorite Virginia natives?

“Will you ask @BusaBusss about the track he and @MissyElliott tweeted about,” asked Missywatch. “Will it come out? I wanna another BANGA from ’em!”