Nicki Minaj covers Teen Vogue with her quirky twist on girly couture. On the cover, she rocks a pink and blue tutu and nice waves in the June/July issue. She opens up about her past and the subject of online bullying to the magazine.

The American Idol judge talked about the ins and outs of the music industry, which she compares to high school. “People treat the business like it’s high school. It can absolutely feel like one big popularity contest, and you know what? I can’t be bothered,” she said. “I can’t allow myself to play ridiculous games with grown adults in the industry. I can’t be nice to someone just because they’re hot right now. I can’t do it.”

Minaj may be on top of the world now, but the singer reveals that she wasn’t always as confident. “Every time my parents fought, my mother would have us move and I would have to go to a new school. Which meant I’d have to face the task of making new friends. I dreaded it.” She mentioned she would get bullied sometimes, but wouldn’t let anyone push her around.

When asked how she deals with the negative comments online, she replied: “I used to read the bad things people said about me. Then I asked myself, “Why am I reading that when I have millions of great things? You can’t give negativity power.”

Nicki Minaj will perform “High School” at the Billboard Awards with Lil Wayne this weekend.

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Nicki Minaj has had enough. Last night on American Idol, during an audition in North Carolina, the rapper stormed off the set.

American Idol has been full of drama this season, especially between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. During the audition of hopeful Summer Cunningham, the drama erupted. Cunningham seemed to have annoyed Idol judge Keith Urban after she said she “did the country thing.” Nicki Minaj then lashed out at the other judges saying, “Why are we picking her apart because of a country comment? You guys make comments about everybody in popular music all day ..Not you Keith, Randy, and Mariah”

Carey quickly responded with “Oh really, is that what I do? I’m trying to help her as opposed to just talking about her outfit.” Jackson added, “I’m just trying to help you, a little bit, 30 years insight.”

“Oh, your’e right. I’m sorry. I can’t help her. Maybe I should just get off the f***king panel,” said Minaj as she stormed off the set. Carey joked,”That was my move. I was going to do that the next time she bagged on me.” Where Minaj responded, “Shut the f**k up…Finish the show, I’m done.”

Summer, however, moved on to the next round of American Idol and is headed to Hollywood. I don’t know if we can say the same about Nicki Minaj.

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Nicki Minaj sat down with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show to once again explain that the feud between her and fellow American Idol judge Mariah Carey is no publicity stunt. She did explain however that the tension between the two ladies is nothing personal and that she has always respected Carey. “I’m one of her biggest fans in the world,” she said.

Apparently the fights come from the fact that they are both very passionate about their work. “A lot of it starts off like we’re joking, but passionate and both crazy, “she explained. “And then sometimes it just goes, ‘Roar,’ and you can’t really stop it.”

Minaj acknowledged to Leno the fact that she has quite the temper but has been attempting to keep it under control for the past year. Fans are already eagerly awaiting the start of the new American Idol season to see just how well these two divas are able to play nice or if Nicki’s temper will get the better of her.

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The cast of Fox’s ‘American Idol’ took the stage for a Q&A with the Winter TV Press Tour and finally addressed the drama between judges Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj this week in Pasadena, California. On the presses mind, was the drama real or was it leaked to boost rating for the show?

When asked how the two were able to put the drama behind them Minaj joked, “I put on my sex tape.” Rumors of a sex tape involving the rapper have been circulating since 2010.

“And there it is,” responded Carey. “The whole thing is convoluted. It’s a distraction from the show and a distraction from the contestants.”

“Every time we try to talk about the contestants, we have to field questions about [this]”, Minaj said.

Carey went on to explain “Time heals all wounds.” To which Minaj concluded, “And we watched me tape… We’re professionals. Have you ever had an argument with someone you work with?”

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It appears that there is no love lost between former American Idol judge Steven Tyler and one of his replacements, Nicki Minaj as the two started a very public feud this week. Minaj is not one to back down from a perceived insult and took to Twitter to rant against the Aerosmith front man for what she felt were racist comments.

The trouble started when Tyler gave an interview to MTV is which he was critical of the new judges saying; “You just have to give your opinion. It wasn’t hard for me, but I would imagine it’s hard for some people, and they need a manager to say ‘Shut the f— up, and just give them your opinion.” He went on to say that “if it was Bob Dylan, Nicki Minaj would have had him sent to the cornfield! Whereas, if it was Bob Dylan with us, we would have brought the best out of him….”

Minaj took offense at the comment at felt it was racist taking to Twitter to say: ‘You assume that I wouldn’t have liked Bob Dylan??? Why? Black? Rapper? What? Go f—k yourself and worry about yourself babe.”

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All’s fair in love and reality television. This week the hottest story in the entertainment world has been the huge blow up between diva Mariah Carey and hip hop artist Nicki Minaj. Much of Tuesday’s blowout between the two American Idol judges was captured on video and the published on celebrity gossip site TMZ’s website and now even Barabara Walters is getting in on the action. According to Walters, Mariah Carey told her that Minaj threatened to shoot her. On her talk show ‘The View’ Walters said that in a phone conversation with Mariah Carey that she was told “when Nicki walked off the set multiple people heard Nickio say, ‘If I had a gun I would shoot the …. bitch.” For now the show will go on despite the feud between the pair but its taking a toll on Carey who told Walters that she doesn’t feel “comfortable emotionally” and has had to hire extra security to deal with threat she perceives from her co-worker.

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According to celebrity rag Us Weekly another big name star may be signing up to join top talent search show American Idol. The magazine reports that the MC will be signing a contract any day to join the shows 12th season as a judge. This news comes just a month after the announcement that Mariah Carey had signed on as a replacement for Jennifer Lopez who stepped down to focus her energy on family and her music and acting career. With Steven Tyler of the band Aerosmith also leaving Idol had to step up its game in order to compete with the addition of Brittney Spears to the cast of their main rival The X Factor. Lots of celebrity names have been bouncing around from Nick Jonas and Pharell Williams to Katy Perry and Miley Cirus but if Us Weekly is to be believed it looks like Minaj beat out the competition for the job.

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