Following her rather disturbing live performance at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, Nicki Minaj stopped by the On the Air with Ryan Seacrest show to talk about her bizarre red carpet debut, the concept behind her award show performance of her new single, “Roman Holiday,” and what it was like working with Madonna for the Superbowl XLVI:
ON WHY SHE WALKED IN WITH A POPE:
He is major part of the story and the movie that I’m writing about one of my alter egos. His name is Roman. Basically the religious figure is there because he was called on by Roman’s mom to rehabilitate him.ON WHY SHE DECIDED TO DRESS AS RED RIDING HOOD:
I wasn’t going to do the red carpet. I was backstage preparing to have my performance outfit and not do a carpet and go and sit down. My people wanted me to do it. I had this amazing robe made for me by Versace sent from Milan. I said, “Oh, my God I have to wear this. They were so generous. They sent me so much stuff and I was originally going to wear it during the performance, but when I got it, it was a little heavy for the performance. I said, “Hey, it’s only one way to do it and that’s the red carpet.”ON THE CONCEPT OF HER PERFORMANCE:
I had this vision for him to be sort of exorcised—or actually he never gets exorcised—but people around him tell him he’s not good enough because he’s not normal, he’s not blending in with the average Joe. And so his mother is scared and the people around him are afraid because they’ve never seen anything like him. He wanted to show that not only is he amazing and he’s sure of himself and confident, but he’s never gonna change, he’s never gonna be exorcised. Even when they throw the holy water on him, he still rises above.”ON WORKING WITH MADONNA FOR SUPERBOWL:
Meeting Madonna changed my life. Working with Madonna changed my life. Rehearsing with Madonna for two weeks changed my life. You look at these amazing women you have to realize that a lot of work goes into this. I for the first time refused to do anything. I didn’t go to any parties. I didn’t do anything. This performance was it. This is the first performance that I’m proud of in my entire career because I saw Madonna’s outcome when she sacrificed, and how she rehearses and rehearses. Everyone there was like, “Oh, my God we got it” and she was like,” No, I want you to know this choreography in your sleep.” You know what? We did know it in out sleep by the time we got on the Super Bowl stage.When I saw that, it inspired me so much… the same way [Lil] Wayne started really becoming a beast as a rapper. The Madonna situation inspired me to give it my all in terms of rehearsal and in terms of bringing my vision to life. In terms of you know what, “Hey, I’ll pay for this performance myself because it means that much to me.” [Source]
Listen: Nicki Minaj’s Interview w/ Ryan Seacrest
Tapping religious contradictions will always rile up people. Altho shock value isn’t as affective as it use to be, the free publicity buzz worked to her favor cuz people are talking regardless. I think her red carpet outfit is lovely. She is entertaining to watch and listen. Isn’t that the point tho? (Put aside your religious judgements)
No you’re wrong. Actually its a backlash going on. WTF are you talking about saying she’s entertaining to watch? She lip syncs. Who lip syncs to your own rap verses? Her Grammy performance was tastless. And her downfall started with the first “buzz single” and Stupid Hoe song/video. This just sealed the deal.
People that supports Nicki’s shannanigans need to be honest! Nicki hasn’t found her PERSONAL artistry. She’s all over the place! She started with Kim’s concept, she was called out on it, then she changed to Gaga’s concept. Nothing ORIGINAL about Nicki. Originality has a BEGINNING! Nicki’s career started with someone else’s ORIGINALITY and it will end with what has already been done. Not to mention her mediocre stage presence. She is reaching too far! She’s failing because she’s venturing in areas that have already been discovered.
@ Khalil
RIGHT ON!!! she has set herself up for failure. Her cookiness was fun or whatever at first but now she’s just boring, blah, raunchy,to damn strange and a VERY lackluster performer. Nothing about her is new and original-everything she’s putting on the table is ventured territory already. she needs to do a total 360 w/ her career, take a break n come new or just take an everlasting backseat.
She’s a joke and I’m glad CL put her on blast. She began her downfall with the release of “Stupid Hoe” . If you take a look back to all her performances, she was always a mess. No stage presence. Sick of this girl – BE GONE!
14 minutes left…she just lost one at the grammys
Boooooooo please do us all a favor and go away!
A MESS
Nothing can explain that foolishness! Gimmick much?
I ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCE! I GET WHAT SHE WAS TRYING 2 DO. VERY CREATIVE!!!! THATS WHY I LOVE HER. DOING HER THING!!! GREAT JOB!!! GREAT JOB NICKI!! :>)
Come on now,use you’r head,don’t be a dummy,there was nothing creative about her performance,it was bullshit straight up and down,and im not a hater,but stevie wonder could see that her performance was awful
Madonna did this way better back in the 90s sweety… Nicki needs to stop stealing ppls images and find herself as an artist presentation wise.
She’s dumber than a door knob. It’s over for her…GOOD!
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nah we need more people….not buying this.
No that concept does not make sense to me either he’s possessed or not possessed, in the performance “Roman” looked possessed. Do you notice the Demonic Artists have alter egos such as Beyonce’ a.k.a “Sasha Fierce”, Jay-Z a.k.a Hova, and Nicki Minaj a.k.a “Roman”, hmmm… Sounds like Roman is schizophrenic of a dark personality. But oh well I never been a Nicki fan anyway.
Beyonce clearly stated she got over her shyness for performing on stage by creating Sasha Fierce which started in 03. Beyonce was still herself. Beyonce now stated that she doesn’t need an alter ego anymore. Beyonce has growth from her Destiny Child days to now. What about Mary J. Blige alter ego Brook Lynn which started before Beyonce? Adele stated she created a alter ego named Sasha Carter to help boost confidence on stage because she had panic attacks before hitting the stage.
Nicki is confused she doesn’t know if she wants to be pop or “rap” I see no growth what so ever. She lost herself.
The “alter egos” are real demons inside of them. They are occultist puppets who have desensitized our culture to their devilish ways. Anyone with 2 eyes can see there is something clearly wrong. Society needs to stop accepting this satanic mess, and stop letting it into their hearts, minds, souls, and home. For the most part, concrete loop has a lot of the same visitors that regularly come on their site. You would think people would’ve started doing their research about this mess all ready. There is sooo much info on this mess. You just have to take the time to research. There are books, and you can also google, and you tube.
@GLORIA Why do I need to look on the web? when almost everything on there is made up? You need to open your own eyes and stop following what others are saying.
I think we all have little alter-egos (and personalities) inside of us. We act different in different situations. If having an alter-ego helps, then fine. BUT when that “alter-ego” over powers your own personality and defining your own self, it becomes a big problem, which is what I think goes on with many famous people, as well as regular people. Just my 2 cents…
@ JILL THANKS FOR RESPONDING TO GLORIA BC YOU ARE THE MAIN PERSON SHE’S TALKING TO WHEN SHE SAYS OPEN YOUR EYES..YOU ARE SO IGNORANT..LEARN SOMETHING!!!!!! THESE ARTISTS PUT MONEY OVER EVERYTHING WHICH IS CLEARLY WHY THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY THE ILLUMINATI…NOW RESEARCH THAT!
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I still got love for Nicki. The performance, I admit, came out looking pretty tacky. It could have been better organized and put together. But she, like always, was brave and put herself out there and *that* is what I like.
If you have to explain the concept, doeesn’t that defeat the purpose of the performance? Should it be executed well enough for people to just get it?
I hope she did learn from Madonna…practice, practice, practice! You just can’t get up there with all this random stuff going on and say you “performed”. Talent + Preparation = Success
Not at all. Artists, if even if you don’t find her as an artist, often have to explain themselves. She put herself out there and I can respect that. That’s the type of artist she is, she’s not Bey or anybody else. My mom told me how people, especially black people, didn’t get Grace Jones and now she’s an icon.
OKAY SO YOU ARE COMPARING NICKI MINAJ TO GRACE JONES?????? WOW!
OFF THE SUBJECT: BUT IN READING THE COMMENTS ON THIS PAGE..ARE”MFGIYTD” AND “LESA” THE SAME PERSON? IF,SO WHY ARE YOU POSING TO BE A MALE AND THEN A FEMALE?…JUST ASKIN’
Demonic posession is neither clever nor cute…
agreed smh…..
I concur.
She can try to explain this mess all she wants but it was still an epic failure. And the clock starts ticking…5..4..3..
“On the concept of her performance”, she is full of shyt! She believes her hype. I can’t believe she said all that..She hates being black,and a woman. She’s conArtist.
I can not believe how you guys give up so fast for someone who clearly made a mistake and used bad judgment,, Wow Nicki has made how many major super hot songs and this one major mistake, you guys throw her under the bus and give up on your black sister. You all were not real fans.. Nicki, Ma keep your head up, stay away from devil bull.. and give us a beautiful comeback ma..
UH WHAT MADE YOU THINK ANYONE ON HERE ARE FANS??? AND IF YOU LISTEN TO HER LYRICS THE DEMONIC UNDERTONES WERE ALWAYS THR..
The performance was still a fucking mess. #next
Why does she have a male alter ego?
Get it together.
And like Gloria and others said, you have to call it like you see it. It is Satanic and really unnecessary. It’s not entertainment, it’s an agenda.
Why do these people think demonic things are entertaining? Let’s be real, the DEVIL is the only one that finds himself entertaining, so he convinces these puppets the same.
Like Porschegirl said, if you thought you got your point across in your performance, then why explain. That was a loooooooong azz explanation that still made no sense. She’s explaining because she looked back on her performance and realized she got played by the devil.
Wake up people.
Agreed, and you know what’s sad about all of this? A lot of black music today is saturated in it… Really sad.
The performance was disturbing…very disturbing. But that song “Roman Holiday” sure had me jammin’!! It was my first time hearing it and I like. She’s like rap’s Lady Gaga…even the choreography of the performance was very… “GAGA”. rite?
I said myself that she gave Gaga a run for her money! lol
A Hot Mess!!…First you come in the game as Lil Kim…now you turn into Lady GaGa…find yourself!!! Its sad…I get it she is trying to sell records but do you sell out who you are a an entertainer to do so?…smh
Hey lol, I just wrote the same thing! #SWAG
Yes thats because she is hiring all GaGa’s people…FIND YOURSELF!!!
YOU A STUPID HOE NICKI! What about u make a concept on how to get ur career on track baby girl. That was a mess. Time for you to give lady gaga her costumes back and put lil kims wigs back in the volt and FIND YOURSELF…. my girl!
THIS IS SUPER SAD BUT ONE THINGS FOR SURE…SHE’S CONSISTENT..BEFORE SHE CAME ON THE SCENE SHE HAD TO BE TRANSFORMED INTO A BARBIE DOLL SO FROM THE START SHE WAS CONFUSED..SHE’S DEFINITELY NOT CONFIDENT BC SHE REALLY DOESN’T KNOW WHO SHE IS..BUT IN ORDER TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHERE YOU CAME FROM…GO FIGURE..
Sinead O’connor her..
karma is a B**Tch is the saying I am told. First you try and throw the very same woman you looked u to growing up under the bus but unfortunately, with that performance and concept, you are the one who got ran over. Nicki minaj is a joke to hip-hop/rap or whatever category you want to put her in. She is an example of mockery at its best. If she had to do all that explaining, apparently, it was an epic fail. now, who is the STUPID HOE?! #teamlilKim4ever #supportmypeople but I wont support this ignorance either
I could tell that something or someone influenced her performance standards. Yea it was edgy and she went to a place which people dont think she should have, BUT THAT WAS HER BEST PERFORMANCE EVER!!!
She was on point with everything, and artistically it was the sh!t!.
I really don’t get why people are going off on her like that though…it’s not the first time something like that has been done. They have about 10 dozen movies scripted the same way.
I agree, that Nicki Minaj needs to tone down some but in regards to her Grammy Performance….KABOOM! -it was the bomb
said it best:honeyxzillah
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 9:13 AM
I still got love for Nicki. The performance, I admit, came out looking pretty tacky. It could have been better organized and put together. But she, like always, was brave and put herself out there and *that* is what I like.
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I AGREE 100% still love me some NICKI-
Sorry, I ain’t buying it Nicki, lol.
okay N.M i get it… we all understand that your crazy & you want to be different & stand out.. but damn you need to calm down just a lil.
Aside from Nicki Minaj’s music in itself being mostly horrible and making me wonder who the eff actually listens to it, the performance itself wasn’t that serious to me. A bit bizarre, but it’s entertainment.
I respect that she had an actual storyline and she is creative. However, this type of thing probably isn’t something she should have done for the Grammy’s, which isn’t a stage for shenanighans. It is better suited for a play; she would do well as a stage actress.
Nicki is having some identity problems it seems..idk if she’s a rapper, actress or Lady Gaga’s stunt double.
…y’all gone keep blaming shit on the Illuminati. you think if it exists they’d be granting access to ignant ass rappers? do you know where the real concentration of wealth & resources is in this world? if i were looking for the occult, that’s where i’d start. its so funny when you speak of people accepting what’s handed to them – cause prior to the sensationalism of the Illuminati, what/who were you blaming? Right. Sheep.
opinionater check your facts..the illuminati is nothing new…the origin of it started in 1776. WE WEREN’T BORN IN THE ERA..SO NO ONE CAN ANSWER YOUR DUMB ASS QUESTION OF WHAT WE WERE DOING PRIOR TO THE SENSATIONALISM OF THE ILLUMINATI..BOOM
i said sensationalism, not the charter thereof. again. read.
…in regards to Nicki’s performance: piss poorly planned, barely executed, crass & due to Whitney’s passing, ill timed & unsettling.
Black people are idiots. They never support their own. They just hate themselves and glorify their white queens. “Nick wants to be GaG@” .Fuck outta here. GaGa stole so much from Madonna and Liza Manelli and Bette Midler but yet and still her people still support her. You blacks nowadays make me wanna puke!!!
Very well said!
do it really matter about race?
Well, I don’t really care for Gaga and her shenanigans either, so there goes your “race” theory.
Nicki’s performance was horrible and disturbing. She’s trying so hard to stand out and for shock value. Go have a seat Nicki.
Next…….nikki who?
Just didnt like it! Period! I’m not into that kinda scary stuff mentally I dont think like that….but she could have shocked us by wearing a bad ass dress with a classy hairstyle!
I mean who cares? Not a fan of her really but none of us in this lifetime will ever do the things and have the opportunities she’s had. In one week she was seen by 100+ million at the Super Bowl and another 40 million at the Grammys…so what are we really hating on? How “bad” it was or the fact that we our lives suck that much? The performance did what it was supposed to do, leave the people talking.
i totally agree withone of the most straight to the point comments on here
But the real gagg was…Right after the her performance, LLcool didnt even acknowledge her performance, He didnt even blink… He said ” Stay tune and find out who will win album of the yr” When the host doesnt make a comment…that says alot. I hope she gets it together though..I think she is talented, but it would show more if she would be herself…not Roman, Martha, or anyone else…Str8 nicki from the hood!
….and another thing. Alot of artist straddle the fence with this good vs evil bull shit because they know the media (PEOPLE LIKE YOU) are gonna entertain all tha crap. whether you all believe it or not, the artist is still gonna capitalize on it because it make them money. publicity is publicity whether good or bad… I personally believe some of it, but yall go over board with accusing every artist who is successful with being part of the illumanati. I rely on God (Jesus Christ) to dictate which artist to listen to. I DO NOT RELY ON THE GERENAL PUBLIC OR FANS, BECAUSE MOST OF YALL ARE JUST AS BAD!
,,,what,,,,creative,,,i love a good show like the next but when u are a creative entertainer,,,no will ever has to explain ur performance,,because we would have got it from the beginning,,,@nicki,,,bitch ,stop rewind then think about it next time,,,oh and yeah,,,be true to ur real self ,,who ever the f$@k that is,,,,crazy Bitch
To me, she tries so hard to be “different” it’s like everything we’ve already seen before. But then again, whatever she does it’s going to be something that’s have already been done. At this point, it’s about “owning” it (like when an artist remakes a popular song and they sing it like it was theirs all along).
Here’s Minaj’s resume:
Overly sexed female rapper image – Lil Kim
Wearing ANYTHING that is weird – Lady Gaga
The evil performance – Marilyn Manson
Did I miss anything?
Well Nick I didn’t have time to fulfill her performance due to the superbowl rehearsals with Madonna and the Grammys dumb asses chose the song but overall I’ve been nicki’s #1 true fanfor 9 years and she has been through a lot in her career. Throughout the coonery she presented to us all I believe she is gonna prove us wrong once again when this sophmore album comes out. So besides the negativity there will be a positive outcome
Get da F outta here 9yr career doing what refering to the.above posting bitch get yo life….u writing sum dumb Shyt u retard get yo mind right anyway lil kim queen bee for life