Nicki Minaj at the Guardian Weekend's cover shoot this weekPhotograph: Desmond Muckian for the GuardianMinaj in a characteristically dramatic pose Photograph: Desmond Muckian for the GuardianNicki Minaj for Guardian WeekendPhotograph: Desmond Muckian for the Guardian
A final image from the Guardian Weekend shootPhotograph: Desmond Muckian for the GuardianMinaj performs with Jay-Z and Kanye West at the Yankee Stadium in New York in September 2010 Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImageThe star, dressed in a Marilyn Monroe tribute outfit, accepts the award for best female hip-hop artist during the 2010 BET Awards in Los Angeles Photograph: Frederick M Brown/Getty Images Minaj chats with Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue, at the Carolina Herrera spring 2012 fashion show Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty ImagesMinaj performs at BET's 106 & Party, New Year's Eve 2009, in New YorkPhotograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty ImagesFans gather in Times Square, New York, this month to watch her perform a promotional gig for NokiaPhotograph: Jason Kempin/Getty ImagesMinaj plays at the iHeartRadio Music festival in Las Vegas in September 2011Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImageThe star in one of her louder outfits at the MTV 2011 Video Music awardsPhotograph: Steve Granitz/WireImageMinaj performs with Ludacris at BET's Rip the Runway 2010 in New YorkPhotograph: George Napolitano/FilmMagic
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