Complex magazine's 10th Anniversary Issue didn't stop at the controversial Justin Bieber covers released on Monday.
Now, Nicki Minaj is starred on the second double cover, as the rapper showed both her animated and serious looks.
With a platinum blonde wig, black-and-white Nicki Minaj stuck out her tongue on one cover, and covered her neck with her hands with a serious face on the other.
"If you know just one thing about Nicki Minaj, know this: She runs her own show. You can love her or hate her—but nothing in between, please," reads the first line in Nicki Minaj cover story on Complex.
"My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money, the biggest hip-hop label in the world at that time. And then it was, 'How do I branch away from Lil Wayne?' One of my biggest records was with Drake, 'Moment 4 Life.' Even with the Super Bowl, it’s Madonna’s moment. I’m just sharing in that moment. It’s not Nicki Minaj’s moment. Nicki Minaj at the Grammys—that’s my moment. I’ve just been constantly on this quest to stand alone," Minaj told the magazine.
The 29-year-old Queens MC declared in the interview that she wants to achieve perfection.
"To prove to myself that I don’t have to settle for less because I’m a female rapper or because I’m black," said Minaj.
"And until I prove it to myself, it’s not gonna matter. No one’s opinion is going to matter. I really just have to perfect something."
Now she's working on her fragrance and apparel line.
And to the question "where do you think you will be in 2022?" she answered,
"I’ll definitely be married and I’ll definitely have my two children."
And not girls, buy boys.
"I really need a boy in my life. A baby boy. Because…I’m so attached to my little brother and I felt like that was my real son. And boys, they’re just so, I don’t know... My heart just melts when I see them."