The beautiful Nicki Minaj is gracing the cover of Marie Claire's November 2016 issue. In an interview, the MC spoke about her career, women's empowerment, double standards and more.
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When speaking about "competing" with male rappers, Minaj said: "I don't need to read a book about [business]. I can look at someone's career and just pinpoint the dos and the don'ts, and the one person I've done that with for my entire career was Jay Z."
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She continued: "He did such a great job being an authentic street guy and a businessman, and I was like, Why aren't there women doing that, taking the success from rap and channeling it into their empire? I felt like anything he could do, I could do."
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She also revealed why she loved working with Beyoncé -- and why people love it when they come together, too. "Every time Bey and I do something together, I see how women are inspired, and it has nothing to do with how we look," she said. "It has to do with how we are owning who we are and telling other women you should be the boss of your own career and the brains behind your life or your decisions or your art. I just love that feeling."
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Read more of the interview here.
Original article by Isha Thorpe at iHeartRadio.