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Nicki Minaj Appearing On Ellen

Ellen Degeneres

Make Sure to catch Nicki Minaj appearing on ‘The Ellen Degeneres Show’ January 10th 2011 at 4pm ET!


Nicki Minaj & Rihanna To Shoot “Fly” Music Video

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Nicki Minaj and Rihanna are ready to spread their wings and “Fly.” The ladies are scheduled to shoot a video for their collaboration off the Young Money rapper’s platinum-certified debut Pink Friday, with Sanaa Hamri in the director’s chair. Hamri has helmed videos for Mariah Carey, Prince, and B.o.B. The Harajuku Barbie has been steady [...]


Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday” Certified Plantinum

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Pink has turned platinum. Nicki Minaj’s debut album, Pink Friday, has been certified platinum after shipping 1 million units in the U.S. since it dropped on November 22. According to the RIAA, it received the certification on December 17, less than one month after its release. “Pink Friday remains the #2 Rap Album and the [...]


SPIN Magazine’s Rookie Of The Year: Nicki Minaj

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“I represent my entire generation,” a female vocal careens from Studio A at Daddy’s House, the dingy midtown Manhattan recording mecca owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs. When the studio door opens, there is Nicki Minaj, wearing a cotton-candy-colored fright wig. She is surprisingly short — Kewpie-ish, even — in jeans, a T-shirt, and brown riding [...]


Nicki Minaj One Of MTV’s Top 25 Stories Of 2010

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MTV News compiled a list of the top 25 people, events, TV shows, movies and other news that received the most MTV love from their readers (based on internet traffic numbers). Nicki Minaj made the list at number 10 with 2.7 million views! Here’s the complete list: 1. Lady Gaga, 6.2 million views 2. “American [...]


Keyshia Cole Proud Of Nicki Minaj

Keyshia Cole & Nicki Minaj

Keyshia Cole checked in with her fans on Ustream on her album release day, answering questions including whether she will take her fiancé Daniel “Boobie” Gibson’s last name, her desire to own a farm, working on a movie about her life, and her relationship with Nicki Minaj. “I got love for Nicki,” she said of [...]


Keyshia Cole Thinks Nicki Minaj Single Was The Wrong Choice

Nicki Minaj & Keyshia Cole

Her collaboration with Nicki Minaj may not have found success on the charts, but Keyshia Cole is standing behind her decision. The R&B songstress explains that her label wanted to go in a different direction with her lead single, but she ultimately went with her gut. Keyshia joined forces with the Pink Friday rapper on [...]


Former Manager, Debra Antney’s “Pink Friday” Review

Debra Antney & Nicki Minaj

Despite the undeniable success, not everyone is feeling Pink Friday. Nicki’s former manager and Waka Flocka’s mom, Debra Antney gave VIBE a poor review of the rapper’s debut LP. Mama knows best, right? It’s terrible. I like some stuff, but she went too left. I don’t think people were ready for her to come [out [...]