Nicki Minaj covers the October issue of Vogue Italia to promote her third album, The Pink Print. The shoot is menswear inspired, and you can see the editorial here. I’m still adjusting to the sight of Nicki without her day-glo hair. She’s been dressing “normal” all year long, but it’s still surprising. Losing the crazy wigs was a good move. I just find it amusing that she toned down her look right before releasing her ridiculous, NSFW “Anaconda” video.
This interview has a few interesting moments. Nicki alludes to the mysterious medical scare she mentioned in August. Oh, and she says that she’ll be leaving the music biz in a predetermined amount of time. She thinks she’ll have earned $500 million by then and will be able to quit and become a full-time mom. Is that a threat or a promise? I kid:
Nicki’s precise business goal: She wants to earn five hundred million dollars and leave a permanent mark on the world of music. All within four years. After which, she will retreat and become a full-time mother. “I gave myself a time limit to reach my professional goal. I don’t want to work my whole life without ever experiencing the joys of a family.”
Breaking into the biz: “At first no one took me seriously. In the world of rap, women are usually relegated to the choir”.
On being called “a female Jay-Z”: “It’s no coincidence that we have the same Zodiac sign – Sagittarius. I want to build my empire. In my field, I have always seen men do it – from Diddy to Dr. Dre to Jay-Z. Now it’s a woman’s turn.”
What she wants from life: “An upright man, who will take care of me. The time is not yet ripe, but when I decide to get married and become a mother,” she adds, speaking of her future soul mate, “I would like to take a hiatus and dedicate myself completely to my child. Family has always been very important to me, and that is why I want to wait until the right moment before starting my own. Right now I am too busy, but at a certain point the situation will change.”
Her last panic attack in September: “I was flying in a private jet, tired from the performance and the jetlag, but instead of sleeping, I worried about all of the deadlines waiting for me in Los Angeles. I got really scared — I had a sort of panic attack.”
[From L’uomo Vogue]
There are moments when I give Nicki a hard time for her near-constant shade tossing and tantrum throwing, but she is a very hard worker. If she has a goal to land $500 million, then she’ll make it happen. It’s surprising to learn that she has traditional ideas about romance, isn’t it? If Nicki really makes that dough, she’ll probably be taking care of a dude instead.
Here’s a photo of Nicki onstage in Paris with Beyonce in September, which preceded the aforementioned panic attack.
Photos courtesy of L’uomo Vogue
I love her. I hope she achieves her goals and dreams 😀
I used to love her. Then had a negative experience working with her. Disappointment doesn’t begin to describe the feelings felt!
go on…
She showed up 3.5 hrs late, (with an already late call time) 7hrs after general call, demanded that no one, not even camera/lighting dept, look at her while shooting. Everything was blocked with black except the camera lens. Had to set flags on the entire set and sidewalk to block any eyes looking her way. No fans were outside. Threw a tantrum and walked off set when there was a doorway opened for a light to be placed and would not return until a flag was covering the door space under the light. It just made it difficult for everyone to do their job properly. What could have been an easy 8 hr day turned into a 16hr day. Oh and a 5 pg rider. All for her hosting gig promo for the EMA’s. With no speaking lines. Bigger stars are more gracious and accommodating.
Glad she’s quiting, never liked her much.
She sounds horrible.
MCraw, one of my friends had a similar experience. They’d worked with many stars before, but said she was the most abusive and cruel person they had ever come in contact with. Throwing things at people trying to do their jobs, etc.
@Tiffany hold the phone- THROWING THINGS?! Oh. Hale. No. I don’t submit to abuse. Fk that. It wasn’t that terrible, but it was pretty bad. I was shocked. Even more shocked than the fact that her legs were smaller than my arm. No way that butt is natural. Ur friend should walk off any job where she’s abused by talent. Not even Mariah or Beyoncé act that way- and they’ve got REAL talent!
She said that the projectiles didn’t actually hit anyone (they ducked so it just the wall or the floor), and they just tried to get the job done and get it over with.
I didn’t know her legs were that tiny until I saw the NY Fashion Week performance picture that shows what look like butt implants complete separate from her leg. If the legs looked small in a photo, I can only imagine how small they looked in person. I am glad you survived your experience! 🙂
famous celeb last words….’cough’ 50 cent to name one
Comments about becoming a mother on a timeline reveal her naivete. I love how she assumes that, when she’s ready, the pregnancy will just happen. Sorry, kid, but it doesn’t always work like that.
If doing it one way fails, she can still adopt. She would still be a mom, no one else required. Not sure if that entered her mind, but it can work that way.
Errr… I don’t really follow minaj all that much, but she seems a tad…..self-absorbed? She says all the right things, but her actions belie her words? I just hope she realizes how much of a personal sacrifice having children is. Of course, if she’s going to be that rich in 4 years I’m sure she’ll do the “celebrity full time mom” thing of 5 nannies, cooks, maids, etc, so the momm-ing will be minimal.
Sorry, I’m in cynical land this morning.
I like her choice of words for her future husband: “an upright man.”
Rather than man who lays down all day.
Lol, she will probably end up supporting the guy. I hear nick cannon is available…
I love that she’s toned down her look in the last year or so. She’s a genuinely beautiful woman when she’s not looking like a cartoon character.
I’m no fan of Nicki’s, but it’ll be interesting to see if she does end up taking a hiatus and starting a family. I think it’s kind of an idealized thing a lot of celebs consider, but most don’t seem to actually do.
They all say this. Then they find out being a full-time mother isn’t actually a montage of slo-mo cuddling and laughing with your adorable chubby toddlers. Frankly, it’s often boring and bloody hard work. So she’ll find this out and then she’ll get back to work, quick-smart. Unless, of course, she employs lots of nannies and spends her time shaking her butt at the pool boy instead. That might be fun.
You have the same initials as me and I’ve read a couple of your comments that seem so much like something I would type that I’m wondering if I’m not going crazy and writing these myself and forgetting. Good thing I’m getting that brain scan tomorrow.
Nicki is so naturally beautiful. She doesn’t need the clown styling. I hope she doesn’t go back to it.
And guess what? My birth name was Charlotte! Are you also English? Am I actually talking to myself right now?!
I am English! But I live in Australia now.
Am I talking to myself????
+ 1
Her mother had a baby when she was in her mid to late teens (I believe), so I’m sure she has some idea about the rigors of raising a child, if only by watching her mom or helping her with her little brother. No one really knows what it’s like until you have or take care of a kid on a regular basis, but you figure it out. None of us know what kind of mother she’ll be.
It is kinda impossible to make that much money in 4 years unless you’re Dr dre. Look at jayz, even though he has more he’s been doing it for years. Beyoncé made 115 million from June 2013 to June 2014 and she’s not even at 500 mil yet and you know Nicki is not really a hard worker like Bey. So while I don’t see it happening I still hope it does. Anyone know her net worth for now?
Most sources say around 50mil, which seems a little low to me considering she made 12mil just doing one season of American Idol.
Okay, well, there is NO way she can make that much money without endorsement deals (many of them) and touring extensively. That’s where the money is if I’m not completely mistaken. I don’t know how much of her music she writes but if she doesn’t, that’s also an issue. I had forgotten that she was on Idol so I would’ve thought her net worth is significantly lower but yes, 40-50 mil makes sense. 500? No, that is not happening.
I’m not sure how smart it is to announce that you will do so and so in four years. A lot could change. But I wish her well and hope she gets what she wants. I, personally, would settle for 400 million, but I have a very casual lifestyle.
I don’t get out of bed for less than 400mil. Do wish someone would pay it, the sheets are starting to get a little crusty.
Lol
Ok. I laughed uproariously for about five minutes. My husband came to see what was so funny but didn’t get it/ buzzkill.
not even Jay Z made that much in such a short amount of time. it seems very unrealistic.
her traditional ideas will clash with her business mind. she seems to look for a man who she will look up to and who takes care of her, nothing wrong with that. just that there wont be too many men who will be above or your equal when you have half a billion.
she seems to place so much value into money that its hard to imagine she would like a man with less than her.
I find what she said to be an odd juxtaposition of female empowerment and the constraints of being a women. She talks about achieving her goal and showing that women can do it too, but then she will eventually quit to be a mother because it requires so much dedication. For females, it seems there’s always a cost that men don’t really have to deal with. If women are business minded, it is immediately perceived as a cost to family life. Men don’t have that same issue in terms of perception. A successful man, isn’t seen as giving up some parts of fatherhood; in fact, this enhances his role as a father.
Agree with everything you said. I was also troubled by her statement that she wanted a man to take care of her. She’s a highly successful person in her own right. Why does he need to take care of her? I think that’s a dangerous dynamic in a relationship for many reasons. I want a partner, not a parent. But maybe I’m reading too much into it.
You’re not reading too much into it, we’re just dealing with new dogs doing old tricks.
@GNAT – That’s how I read it too. It was odd, but reminded me of a statement by Lady Gaga. Her public persona is so powerful and domineering, but when she is with her boyfriend she likes to be taken care of and has a more passive role in the relationship. Maybe being empowered gets exhausting after a while …? 😉 J/K.
I expect my partner to take care of me, and vice versa. If you can’t rely on your partner to be there for you and care for you and help you when you need it, what’s the point, you’d be better off alone.
Or are you reading it as ‘take care of me financially’? Because that’s not what I get from her statement at all, and she’s been very vocal about her financial independence so I don’t think that’s what she’s saying here.
I knew people would misinterpret that statement and jump on it. She didn’t mean she expects a man to take care of her financially. She won’t need it if she has $5mil in the bank. She wants emotional support, and by her “upright man” words, I’m guessing she’s been burnt and wants someone trustworthy who won’t hurt her and will make his family his number one priority. There is nothing wrong with wanting a man to take care of you emotionally. If not your husband, then who? And yes, we all need emotional support from our spouses. That’s what makes our houses a home – that soft place to land we all need at the end of the day.
My husband defintely takes care of me. I take care of him too. It is a balance, but he makes me feel safe, loved, and I know I’m where I belong. It’s not about bringing me breakfast in bed or catering to my every whim while I maintain a Cleopatra pose on a chaize. It’s about security and stability.
@JenniferJustice – Nicki’s words leave a lot of room for interpretation. Stating that you want some to “take care of you” can have very different meanings to a lot of people. Even with financial independence, emotional dependency has the potential to lead to an unhealthy dynamic.
I didn’t think she meant ‘take care’ of her financially, especially with that kind of money- I think she meant take care of her in emotional, family, or romantic ways.
I didn’t think she meant financially, I thought she meant emotionally. My husband and I take care of each other. Of course. There’s nothing wrong with that. And as I said earlier, I may be reading too much into it. Perhaps because my sister always gets into bad relationships because she actually does want a man who “takes care of her,” as in I am the child and you are the adult. She wants to dump all of the responsibility and worries of an adult onto the man in the relationship, so she always ends up with controlling, arrogant men who really don’t have the capacity to love anything but the dynamic between them, and she’s disappointed, or fairly normal men who don’t want to babysit, and she feels abandoned.
Look, interviews are hard and I don’t mean to pick her apart for one sentence. She may well have meant a man who is concerned with her emotional well being. But I thought her whole fantasy was sort of June and Ward Cleaver. As HH said, she feels that she has to give up her career completely to be a mother, and a man would never feel that way.
I don’t care what she does as long as she goes away.
Can’t wait!!! Why doesn’t she quit and have kids now?? Save my ears.
Yes, first she says she wants to “build an empire” then she says she wants a man to who will take care of her. Ha ha. Though she probably means a man who will care for her spiritual and emotional wellbeing, it’s an odd juxtaposition. And yes, unfortunately there will be many men who sign up to be taken care of themselves. She’ll be lucky if she finds one who cares for her in the way she wants. Why not make a plan to make money and then enjoy? But life has a way of not working out according to plan…
Isn’t she secretly engaged to her long term boyfriend? Her plan doesn’t sound too farfetched, at least the motherhood part.
That’s all I came to ask, isn’t she with Safaari or however you misspell his name? he is part of her entourage and she refuses to speak about him on record and all that?
How is she going to make this money? American Idol isn’t going to come knocking again, and her music is fine… but look at An aconda for example: she slapped a few verses over a track that someone else remixed. She doesn’t even speak for the entire last minute of the song, it’s all remixes Baby Got Back. That’s not an artist that’s going to make $500 million.
Female Jay-Z and 500 mil are kinda crazy insane goals, but retiring in 4 years with a decent (albeit not 500 mil) nest egg isn’t. You can do it Nicki.
What’s going to happen to her butt when she gets pregnant?
It’ll act as a counterbalance I assume.
It’ll do the Kim
I was shocked to see how nervous Nicki was when she performed with Beyoncé. When B touched her shoulder or interacted with her, she crumbled into ashes and was blown away by B’s fans. If she wants to reach her goals, she has to work harder at being a performer and start making better bops tbh.
If she wants to go into business like Jay Z (and B), it will take her more than a few years. These type of skills require time to build. Jay-Z is 40+ and been at it for half of his life and NM thinks that she can become that in just a few years time? Goals are nice but they have to be realistic.
Also I’m aware of NM’s rep, she needs to work on her hustle and charm because she’s greatly lacking in those departments too. And that has nothing to do with her looks.
She isn’t retiring. They all play that retiring game.
Isn’t she trying to go into acting?
Five hundred million in four years. LOL Madonna didn’t hit 500 million until probably her late 40s, and Madonna is a savvy businesswoman and has consistently been the highest grossing solo artist in tours for like 10 or more years and has sold over 300 million albums worldwide.
Madonnas is a brilliant businesswoman.
Nicki – why wait? Please go. Now.
I’ve been done with this woman since I saw her on some behind the scenes doc she filmed for E! or MTV or whatever channel it was. She was getting her makeup done and she SLAPPED the makeup artist’s hand away. I actually had to rewind the show cause I thought my eyes were deceiving me. She is disgusting. Go away Nicki.
The life of a real rapper is about five years…tops. She’s a talentless fake, with about five minutes left of her fifteen minutes of “fame”. If she thinks her brand can stay relevant for the next four years, she’s living in a fantasy world. She better take some acting lessons, and hope for the best like Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, and Ice T. The truth is, nobody wants to see her twerking for the next four years. Actually, nobody wants to see her twerking ever again…..EVER!
LOL As if anybody would still be buying her music in four years anyway.
Wonder why anyone like this woman. Also, I’d love to know what’s her opinion about having a daughter that will do a video like Anaconda when she grows up. Have a baby now, Nicki, you won’t be missed.
I don’t know how popular Nicki Minaj is here in Germany, or if she is popular at all. Or if people even know her name, I really don’t know. I only know about her because she did a song with Jeffree Star back in 2009. That song is also the only vocals I ever heard of her, and I sure could do without her Micky Mouse – voice ruining it.
But I was just to London for a week and there I saw for the first time ever an advertising poster of her, for single “Anaconda”: cheap and disgusting. And THAT woman wants to be a role model for young girls? A woman who relies on her (fake) butt to sell records? Bah. I wouldn’t have liked the woman on the poster even without reading about her here on Celebitchy.