Nicki Minaj on Her First Vogue Cover, Upcoming Album, and Motherhood
The Run-Through with Vogue
Vogue
4.1 • 764 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week on the podcast, the legendary rapper herself, Nicki Minaj, sits down with Chioma to discuss her Vogue cover, being a mother to her son who she calls “Papa Bear”, and her highly anticipated new album, Pink Friday 2.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the run through. |
| 0:04.4 | I'm Chloe Mal. |
| 0:06.3 | And I'm Shermanardi. |
| 0:09.4 | I was just looking for the script. |
| 0:12.6 | I was looking for the script. I know. |
| 0:13.1 | I was like, I just feel like this is like a recurring nightmare. |
| 0:16.7 | All right. |
| 0:17.2 | Choma, happy December issue cover day to... Yeah. |
| 0:25.1 | Well, I guess not as much to you anymore because you're not U.S. Vogue, but to U.S. vote. Not my cover, not my problem. |
| 0:30.7 | Because there's always some problem. |
| 0:32.5 | There's always a problem. |
| 0:34.1 | Woo! |
| 0:35.3 | The December issue is out, and Nikki Minaj is our cover star. |
| 0:39.8 | It is Nikki's first cover, and she's been in the magazine a few times starting 10 years ago, |
| 0:45.7 | and it's been very exciting to finally see her be on the cover, have this beautiful Norman Jean Roy, |
| 0:52.4 | glamorous, elegant photo. |
| 0:54.7 | There's an amazing photo inside of her with her son that I love. |
| 0:58.8 | Max Ortega styled it. |
| 1:00.5 | His first cover. |
| 1:01.8 | Max's first cover. |
| 1:02.9 | Norman Jean Roy's first cover. |
| 1:04.2 | Nicky's first cover. |
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