• Nicki Minaj Struggling with Christmas Poltergeists in Her UK Home? Real Emergency Calls Placed in UK on Christmas Day

    We deeply appreciate those members of society who take jobs that force them to show up for work on Christmas day: Police officers, firefighters, Waffle House employees. One 999 phone operator in the UK (999 is the UK equivalent to 911 in the United States) got a Christmas surprise when Nicki Minaj called in to report that she was struggling with poltergeists creating havoc in her home. This, alas is a true story and was not a prank, although of course the real Minaj was not the one behind the call.

  • Nicki Minaj Speaks On Black Artists Taking a Political Stance, References Kanye West [PHOTO]

    Inside the new issue of "Rolling Stone," due out on newsstands this Friday, Jan. 2, Nicki Minaj speaks out for the first time about the role of black artists in relation to recent events regarding police violence and racial tension.Cutting straight to the core issues surrounding Eric Garner's tragic death, Minaj said that, "It's gotten to the point where people feel like there's no accountability. If you are law enforcement and you do something to a black person, you can get away with it."Minaj also reflects on the silence from other celebrities, such as Kanye West specifically, who received media backlash for discussing racism in the past. She referenced West's comments in 2005 during A Concert for Hurricane Relief."People say, 'Why aren't black celebrities speaking out more?' But look what happened to Kanye when he spoke out. People told him to apologize to Bush!" she said.

  • Taylor Swift No. 2 All Time for Weeks at No. 1 with '1989'; No New Albums to Interrupt Nicki Minaj, Pentatonix and One Direction Post-Christmas

    Another week and another run at history by Taylor Swift: Her album 1989 managed to top the Billboard 200 for the seventh time during its nine weeks on the charts, selling 326,000 full copies and generating 430 multi-metric equivalent albums (MME's). That no. 1 spot moves her into second place all-time for women atop the Billboard 200 with 31 weeks at no. 1, trailing only Whitney Houston and her crazy 46 week total.

  • SZA Talks About Writing 'Feeling Myself' for Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé, Details New Album 'A'

    SZA is readying her debut album "A," but she has had plenty of other projects to keep her busy. The most impressive feat was penning Nicki Minaj's new track "Feeling Myself" featuring Beyoncé. The songstress told swaysuniverse.com that the gig just happened, but she is glad it did."Yeah, I wrote parts of that. A nice chunk of that [laughs], I'm on the credits so I think it's really interesting. It was dope meeting Beyoncé, she's tight, she's perfect, actually," she said."Literally like on God it was something I could never explain to anyone," she added. "The call just got put in and then I arrived [laughs], I have no idea. Hit-Boy produced and I wrote the lyrics so Nicki [Minaj] and Beyoncé are singing some of the things that I wrote to it. But him [Hit-Boy] and I just work really well together like we vibe together just because he's such a cool kid. He's not pretentious at all, for as accomplished as he is he's just super welcoming and drinks like chocolate milk all day, honestly the nicest kid."The singer, aka Solana Rowe, went on to outline her first album, which follows up EPs "S" and "Z."

  • Nicki Minaj High School Acting Clip Surfaces: 'The Pinkprint' Rapper Gets Lost in Her Role [WATCH]

    Nicki Minaj, previously known as "Onika Maraj," was once a budding acting student at New York's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. She has shown her acting chops in "The Other Woman" and numerous music videos, but in a recently surfaced clip, fans can see how it all started for "The Pinkprint" rapper, "Vibe" noted.Aspiring actors and artists need to pay attention here: You have to start somewhere. For Minaj, somewhere was in a high-school classroom portraying "Angry Phone Girl." The brief scene has the hip-hop superstar demanding another woman make a call so she gets her baby back. Minaj gets so into the role that the teacher has to remind her to be careful when she throws the phone toward the other actor. Check it out below.Although "The Other Woman" received mostly negative reviews, critics fell in love with Minaj's performance.

  • Nicki Minaj's 'The Pinkprint' Tops 'Billboard's' R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart: Third Record in a Row for 'Anaconda' Rapper

    Although Nicki Minaj's "The Pinkprint" is stuck behind Taylor Swift's 1989 on the "Billboard" 200, it recently hit No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It is the "Anaconda" rapper's third effort to take the top spot on the chart, following 2012's "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" and 2010's "Pink Friday." It is also her third album with "pink" in the title."Anaconda" and "Only" hit No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs list — "Anaconda" spent six weeks on top. "Bed of Lies" featuring Skylar Grey and "Feeling Myself" featuring Beyoncé are just now starting to make some moves on the charts.Minaj has been all over the headlines recently for differing reasons. She killed it on "Saturday Night Live" earlier in the month. The rapper has also been involved in a public back-and-forth with ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels.

  • Taylor Swift First Artist to be Number One on Billboard's Artist 100 List for 10 Consecutive Weeks

    Taylor Swift is the first artist to be on top of the Billboard Artist 100 list for 10 weeks straight. The chart, which was introduced in July, tracks data from other Billboard lists like the Hot 100, Top Albums Sales and Social 50, all of which Swift has dominated with her new release, '1989.' Her record will be a tough one to break considering Sam Smith only topped it for three weeks straight and Ariana Grande only clocked in two.
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