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According to a source, who informed The Sun Newspaper, Nicki Minaj heard the song and was quite happy and impressed with it. But she believes that some more tricks needed to be done to make it fabulous. So she have it in mind to teach “Sherlock Holmes: A game of Shadows” star a thing or two about the art of rapping.

Nicki Minaj, the Trinidad born American musician has helped a lot of celebrities in perfecting their musical techniques. She had earlier taught Susan Boyle the art of rapping at the backstage of “America’s Got Talent” programme. A source had confirmed that Susan and Nicki may come from two different planets altogether but both really gelled well. Nicki had deliberately asked Nicki to try her outfits backstage and the whole incident was pretty humorous.

Nicki Minaj brought out her debut album, Pink Friday, in the month of November 2010. It got excellent response and reached the heights of commercial success. It was positioned at number one in the U.S. Billboard 200. It got certified as Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Her second single number, “Your Love”, reached the number one in the charts of Billboard Hot Rap Songs.

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Since the release of her debut studio album ‘Pink Friday’ back in 2010 November, the young artist didn’t have to look back. Her debut venture has now been certified double platinum.

As the release of her sophomore album ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,’ is getting nearer, Nicki is getting wide publicity and her controversial Grammy performance is being scrutinized by the media. Nicki has already released several songs from her new album, including “Roman in Moscow” and “Starships.” This has brought her severe accusations of being “selling out” and “going pop.”

In a recent interview, she referred to the critics’ accusations and said that she is aware of what she is doing and she expects people to know that by now. However, it seems to her now that people are changeable on their beliefs. She also clarifies that she intended to release something more urban after ‘Starships.’ However, she chose to do so not out of pressure but out of a creative desire.

Two nights ago, Nicki Minaj dropped her ‘Roman Reloaded’ single in which she worked alongside Lil Wayne. She confirms that the single was actually written by herself. Nicki also stressed on the fact that she writes the lyrics of her own singles. She said that while she sometimes shuffles between hip hop and pop, she is definitely going to stay true to her hip hop roots and that her fans need not fear that she is going to drift away and be a full time pop star.

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The first promotional single for her new album ‘Roman In Moscow’ was released on December 2nd to iTunes and the radio. However, Nicki is yet to release any video for both of her new tracks.

Nicki has announced through Twitter that she will be returning to UK next month and start promoting her new album. The new album ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’ is scheduled to be released on Valentine’s Day this year. Nicki has said that she is soon going to release the music videos for her first two released tracks and believes that the fans will appreciate what she has to offer.

Nicki also has worked with Willow Smith, the daughter of well known actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, in her single ‘Whip My Hair.’ In the video, both Nicki and Willow are seen in futuristic costumes performing artfully choreographed dance routines at dark-lit city streets.

Nicki Minaj has also been on the spotlight for sharing a birthday kiss with none other than Madonna. The acclaimed Queen of Pop was working with Nicki on her latest single ‘Gimme All Your Luvin’ from her new album ‘M.D.N.A.’. Madonna wished Nicki on her birthday and gave her a kiss on the lips. Later on, Madonna was also heard saying that the ‘Super Bass’ singer has “lovely lips”. Nicki was also apparently quite excited and overwhelmed by this and tweeted in response to it after the shooting for Madonna’s video was over. Nicki says that she hopes the kiss was recorded and prays the footage appears somewhere in the near future.

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