Nicki Minaj made her VMA debut with a choreographed performance of a sped-up “Your Love,” backed by dancers who mimed her moves as she fast-forwarded to the future with her full-length body suit and pink beehive. Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am, clad like a porcelain doll, joined the Harajuku Barbie for her new single “Check It Out,” which closed out the performance with a bang. Watch above and get in the VMA spirit.
Here is the video of Nicki Minaj presenting an award with Katy Perry for “Best Male Video” which Eminem won:
Nicki Minaj has received endorsements from Kanye West and Jay-Z, and now she’s getting the stamp of approval from a hip-hop pioneer. Rev Run stopped by the AXE Lounge over Labor Day weekend in Southampton, New York, and gave his blessing to the Young Money femcee. “Nicki Minaj is pretty amazing,” declared the Run-D.M.C. frontman.
The proud papa also spoke about another up-and-comer close to his heart, his son Diggy Simmons, and whether his offspring will be collaborating with Justin Bieber. Plus, listen as the Reverend shares his words of wisdom on how to treat a lady. Father knows best.
Nicki Minaj performed lastnight in Tampa, FL at the “Last Damn Show” and we have gathered clips of her performances from it. She did a set which contained, “Lil’ Freak”, “My Chick Bad”, “Bottoms Up” and also a “Tribute to Lil’ Wayne” including others. You can click more to continue reading and see the rest of the videos. You may check out photos from the performance in the gallery here.
In the last year, Nicki Minaj has single-handedly brought female MCs back to the forefront of hip-hop music. In recognition of that, Queen Latifah, Ludacris and others break down the success behind the Harajuku Barbie.
“Now that you have someone that has her own style and does her own thing I feel like people are gravitating towards her. That’s what makes her stick out,” said rapper Ludacris, who features her on his “My Chick Bad” track off his latest “Battles of the Sexes” album.
When Nas declared hip-hop was dead a couple of years ago, it was partially because there were no femcees dominating the game, according to Queen Latifah. “Part of the reason hip-hop was dead is because there were no female MCs, like in the forefront of hip-hop, playing on the radio in the day time, every day,” she said.
Recently, Nicki Minaj has appeared on 10 songs on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and eight on the Hot 100, including Sean Kingston’s “Dutty Love” and Jay Sean’s “2012,” which enter this week at No. 46 and No 50, respectively. She won a pair of BET awards and is up for Best New Artist at the VMAs. Her latest single, “Your Love,” has seven weeks atop the Rap charts.
Nicki Minaj’s debut album, “Pink Friday,” hits stores on November 23.