Latest News | News Break Nigeria At the BET Awards last Sunday, Nicki Minaj told the crowd that she was close to death recently — an experience that has helped her be herself. The rapper rambled onstage when accepting her fifth consecutive win for best female hip-hop artist, where she thanked Lil Wayne for his support, talked about writing her own lyrics and about getting the credit she deserves in the industry. “The other day, literally I didn’t tell anybody this, I really thought I was about to die. Like, I was saying my prayers to die. And I didn’t even want to call the ambulance because I thought, ‘Well if I call the ambulance, it’s going to be on TMZ,’” she said, as some of the audience laughed. “And I would rather sit there and die,” she added, looking to the crowd. “And it made me realise I don’t care what anybody got to say. I’m going to do me.” Minaj performed her latest single, “Pills N Potions,” and also won best group with her Young Money bandmates, which includes Lil Wayne and Drake. A video of Beyonce and Jay Z performing “Partition” closed the BET Awards, which aired live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday. Pharrell’s ubiquitous “Happy” kept a smile on the musician’s face: The song won video of the year. His win for the top prize came in the second hour of the four-hour ceremony. Last year, the network didn’t announce the top award in the jam-packed show. The multitalented Pharrell, who also won best male R&B/pop artist, kicked off the show with a playful performance of “Come Get It Bae” featuring the reclusive Missy Elliott. Host Chris Rock also succeeded with back-to-back jokes about Donald Sterling, the hit series “Scandal” and rapper Rick Ross, who he mentioned multiple times. He passed out food from Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles, playing off of Ellen DeGeneres pizza party at the Academy Awards. It helped take attention away from a fatal shooting and a separate stabbing at unsanctioned parties celebrating the ceremony. One person was killed and five injured in separate incidents ahead of the show, Los Angeles police said. The events were “unauthorised and unaffiliated with the BET Awards,” BET said in a statement. The death and four of the injuries followed gunfire early Sunday at a restaurant. Separately, a man was stabbed in the stomach Saturday night at a nightclub. The show featured a medley of hits from Usher and Iggy Azalea performed her anthemic “Fancy,” which is spending its fifth week on top of the Billboard charts. Chris Brown sang and danced his signature moves to his latest Top 10 hit, “Loyal.” He sported a long plaid coat, and Lil Wayne and August Alsina also wore plaid-infused ensembles. The trend for women: skin tight white dresses. Robin Thicke, who sang and played piano, dedicated his performance of “Forever Love” to his wife Paula Patton, whom he is separated from. He said “I miss you and I’m sorry” and the performance ended up with a photo of the former couple. John Legend sang his groove “You and I” and was joined by rising newcomer Jhene Aiko, who won over the crowd by singing “The Worst” as Legend played piano. Lionel Richie, the lifetime achievement award recipient, was serenaded by Legend, Ledisi and Yolanda Adams, who sang a rousing rendition of “Jesus Is Love.” She earned a standing ovation. “I’m glad I sang the song first. Otherwise, I would not be here onstage,” Richie said, holding his award. He excitedly performed “Easy Like Sunday Morning” and “All Night Long (All Night).” A tribute to 90s R&B was met with praise, too: Groups like Silk, Color Me Badd and Troop. Minaj is worth a whopping $45m (N7.2bn) The Trinidadian-American rapper and R&B singer-songwriter, Nicki Minaj, has an estimated net worth of $45m (N7.2bn). In 2011, Nicki Minaj became the first female rapper to make the Forbes Magazine’s Hip-Hop Cash Kings list at No. 15 with $6.5m (N1bn) earnings from 2010 to 2011 and now the only female on the list, earning $29m (N4.6bn) as of 2013. And for these, she has a flair for sport cars. She owns a red Lamborghini Gallardo estimated to be worth around $200,000 (N32m). The car has a seductive combination of smashing looks and awesome performance. It is available in two distinct styles – Spyder convertible and coupe body. It’s powered by a 5-litre V10 552 horsepower engine capable of generating 398 pound-feet of torque. The pickup is superb and the car can accelerate to 100km/hour in less than four seconds and the top speed is 315 km/hour. She is also the proud owner of the luxurious pink Bentley Continental GT, which also costs about $200,000 (N32m). It’s powered by a powerful 6-litre twin turbo W12 567 horsepower engine. It has a revolutionary six-speed auto gearbox design helping to reduce shift timing by 50 per cent. Fuel efficiency is its forte and it has a very low carbon footprint due to its low emissions. The top speed achievable is 198 miles per hour and it can zoom from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than 4.5 seconds. There is an 8-speaker audio system for providing fun. Chassis has been constructed using composite materials. Some facts about Nicki Minaj - Her full name is Onika Tanya Maraj. - She was born on December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. Her grandmother took care of her there. - She has two brothers and one sister. - She is of African, Trinidadian and Indo-Asian descent. - As a child, Nicki had a rough upbringing. Her father was abusive and a drug addict. He tried to kill her mother and even attempted to set the house on fire. - She was moved to Queens, New York at the age of 5 with her mother. - She wrote her first rap song at the age of 12. - In middle school, Nicki used to play the clarinet. - Nicki took up a job at the Red Lobster restaurant as a waitress before she became famous. - Her tough upbringing helped fuel her drive to rise above the life her parents knew. “I’ve always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind,” she told Details magazine, “because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn’t be. I thought, ‘If I’m successful, I can change her life.’” - Nicki Minaj used to sing as a backup singer for the local New York City Rappers group before she became so popular. Sources: businessinsider, therichest, bornrich
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 01:45:39 +0000
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