Nicki Minaj Curses Out Mariah Carey on 'American Idol'
October 3, 2012 The mood is getting a little, um, ratchet at American Idol. …
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October 3, 2012 The mood is getting a little, um, ratchet at American Idol. …
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September 17, 2012 Ideally, Sunday's news that Nicki Minaj will join a new group of new judges for this season's American Idol — along with Mariah Carey and country singer Keith Urban — might be the start of an improvement in the rocky relationship between hip-hop and reality television. …
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September 16, 2012 In an attempt to appeal to every possible music listener — save for the rock'n'roll fan — American Idol has finalized its judging panel for its 12th season. Despite reports of his ouster, Randy Jackson will be returning to the show, along with Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, and country star Keith Urban. …
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September 13, 2012 At MTV's Video Music Awards last week, a surreally proportioned Nicki Minaj announced that she's reissuing her April album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded with the titular addition of The Re-Up. …
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September 10, 2012 In a radio interview with Orlando's Power 95.3, the President of the United States of America took time to address a nation's burning concern that rapper Nicki Minaj has endorsed his Republican opponent in the upcoming election. Clearly, it was a slow day on the campaign trail. …
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September 4, 2012 Given hip-hop's loopy libertarian streak as of late, expressed by even a few of the most cogent, socially-engaged rappers — Kendrick Lamar saying that he doesn't vote, Ab-Soul and Killer Mike suddenly losing all their nuance and telling you that Obama's no different than all the other dudes in power — Nicki Minaj's supposed support for Mitt Romney on "Mercy" off Lil Wayne's Dedication 4 mixtape made sense for a fleeting few …
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September 4, 2012 "You lazy bitches is fucking up the economy," Nicki Minaj raps over Kanye West's menacing "Mercy" keyboard plinks on a track from Lil Wayne's new Dedication 4. The mixtape, the latest in a cult-adored series that includes 2006's essential Dedication 2, was only one in a flurry of new hip-hop releases over Labor Day weekend. …
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August 24, 2012 The candy-colored dream world of the new Nicki Minaj video for "I Am Your Leader" might just convert a few believers. And, well, "If you're not a believer," she says in the chorus, "suck a big dick."
For the clip, directed by Colin Tilley (Justin Bieber, Wiz Khalifa), Nicki has constructed a pink, green, and gold alternate universe that only she, Rick Ross and Cam'ron inhabit. …
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August 21, 2012 There's surely no one to thank but Roman for this complete transformation of Nicki Minaj's eau de parfum alter ego into miniature femmebot, complete with gilded face mask, plastic pink wig with blunt bangs and, remarkably, breasts and cleavage. Please Roman, tell us the perfume squirts out the breastplate like an Austin Powers villain or a Katy Perry video. …
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August 15, 2012 "Y'all bringin' out the ratchetness in me," Nicki Minaj jokingly complained at one point during her free show last night at New York City's Roseland Ballroom. The Roman Reloaded rapper-singer also brought out the guest stars for her first show in the five boroughs since her canceled, contentious Summer Jam appearance in June. …
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