Rapper Nicki Minaj is featured on the cover of Blackbook Magazine’s March 2011 issue. The 26 year-old channelled a bit of Foxy Cleopatra as she poses in a curly fro, making her usual signature facial expressions. In an interview with the pop urban digital publication, the Trinidad native talked about the hardships of her journey to success and shared her thoughts on being famous:
On her life while trying to make it:
“That whole time was so horrible,” she says. “It was like fucking torture. At the end of the day, after working at whatever job I hated, I would get all dressed up and go out with the hope of getting a record deal. At night, I was an artist, but during the day I was a slave. When I think back on that time, on the people who made my life a living hell, I want to say, Are you all seeing me now? This is me having the last laugh after all those years when you made it hard for me to get out of bed in the morning.”…
