Nicki Minaj covers the latest issue of V Magazine where she dishes on her return to music and why this is the most important moment in her career. Deets inside...
Only" rapper Nicki Minaj covers the Winter 2014/15 issue of V Magazine (Issue 96), in a GUESS dress and Jimmy Choo pumps, where she reflects on her fast rise to international fame and why she's credited with "bringing female rap back from the dead."
Also inside the "Her Royal Minajesty Returns" cover story, Nicki talks about her upcoming disc The Pink Print, her plans to become a mogul and why this point in her career could be the most pivotal of all. For the fab pics, Nicki posed for famed photographer Mario Testino and was styled by Robbie Spencer. And her royal highness offered up her take on why fashion is uber important to the music landscape.
"WHAT I LOVE ABOUT VERSACE IS THAT IT'S SO RICH...RAP IS A LOT OF SHOWING OFF, AND FASHION IS TOO. VERSACE IS LIKE, LOOK AT ME, BITCH. I'M HERE."
"I ALWAYS PUSH THE ENVELOPE, BECAUSE I'M NICKI MINAJ. I HAVE TO. NO MATTER WHO I'M ON A SONG WITH, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO SAY AT LEAST ONE THING THAT NO ONE ELSE IS WILLING TO SAY. WHETHER IT'S MADONNA, BRITNEY, OR BEYONCE, THEY ALWAYS TELL ME, 'YES. BE YOURSELF. TALK YOUR SHIT.'"
Nicki Minaj will host the 2014 MTV EMAs at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 9th. Her disc The Pink Print drops on December 15th.
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Photos via Mario Testino
