Drake is not the only one rumored to be dating Rihanna these days. His Young Money cohort Nicki Minaj has recently been linked with the newly single singer. While Nicki laughs off the rumors, she doesn’t rule out the possibility of a future hook up.
The Harajuku Barbie called into Ryan Seacrest’s KIIS FM show this morning to clear up the situation. “I don’t know where people got this really insane, hilarious, random rumor that [Rihanna] and I were living together,” she said.
The sexy ladies laughed about the chatter while shooting the video for “Fly” from Nicki’s debut Pink Friday last weekend in Los Angeles. “We just shot a video for a song I have on the album called ‘Fly,’” shared Nicki. “So when I saw her, the first thing I said was, ‘So did you hear we’re living together?’ And we just started cracking up laughing. She was like, ‘Yo, I can’t believe people are this ridiculous.’”
She continued, “So we TwitPiced ourselves and she put it on Twitter and said, ‘Me and Nicki at our new pad or something.’ And the funny thing is, people still didn’t realize we were joking. People were hitting me like, ‘Oh my God, you’re so lucky. You and Rihanna…’ It was like, ‘What?’ But you can’t even be sarcastic anymore. It was hilarious though.”
While they’re not an item, the fantasy is not completely dead. “We’re not getting cozy—yet. There is a possibility ’cause she’s just a bad bitch. You never know. That’d be like a freakin’ crazy power couple right now in the world of females.”
Nicki Minaj is busting out on the cover of V Magazine‘s Spring 2011 Discovery Issue, on sale this week. The rap diva, outfitted in a patterned green Versace dress, dons tribal body paint on one of two covers photographed by Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin. Inside, the Harajuku Barbie plays dress up in an Emilio Pucci swimsuit over Calvin Klein briefs and a red leather jacket covered in spikes and safety pins.
“I just always want to do ‘me,’ but ‘me’ changes every day,” says the colorful star, known for her various alter-egos. “I would crumple up and die if I had to wake up and be the same person every day. I don’t silence those voice anymore. I just let them speak.”
Check out more must-see photos from what Nicki calls her “most badass shoot to date” below.
Nas gives credit to a few hip-hop artists in his interview with MTV but the one that pops out first is of course Nicki Minaj. Watch the rest of the clip to see who else he thinks is keeping hip-hop alive.
Snooki has a fan in Nicki Minaj. The “Jersey Shore” star recently revealed her most surprising admirer, noting that out of all of the celebs that have voiced support for the self-proclaimed “Guidette,” the Harajuku Barbie was the most unexpected of the bunch.
Fresh off releasing her first book A Shore Thing, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi recalled meeting the raptress backstage at “VH1 Divas Salute the Troops” last year. “The most recent [celebrity fan encounter] would probably be Nicki Minaj,” she told CNN. “I met her at ‘Salute the Troops’ for VH1 and she was backstage and I was like, ‘I really want to meet her!’ And they went up to her and she was like, ‘Yeah I want to meet Snooki,’ so, you know, we kind of like hit it off. She’s a big fan of the show.”
Before the two even met, Nicki was sharing her love for the reality star. Picking girls to join her in a fantasy ladies-only supergroup, the platinum diva chose Hermione from Harry Potter, Angelina Jolie, Lauryn Hill, Cyndi Lauper, and Snooki. But Snooks wouldn’t get a singing role: “She would be like one of the backup dancers,” said Nicki.
January 13th, 2011 
Rey 
