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Nicki Minaj wants out of the female Rap category.
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Rick Ross deemed her "one of the greatest." Lil Wayne told us she "never fails to amaze me." And even Kanye West — a man who has compared himself to God — admitted that her verse on "Monster" was the best on the entirety of his critically acclaimed My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
But despite all that, it's been a challenge for Nicki Minaj to shed that identity as a female MC.
"I do not see myself as a female rapper anymore, I'm sorry," she told MTV News on Monday. "I see myself as a rapper."
Nicki's proved that several times, and with some of the greatest rappers in the game, including Eminem on "Roman's Revenge," Nas on "Champion," Kanye, Jay Z and Ross on "Monster," and Lil Wayne on a countless number of collaborations.
"I've worked with the greats and I've held my own with the greats and they respect me," she told us while promoting her upcoming film "The Other Woman." "So I should respect myself enough to see myself the same way they see themselves."
But that's not to say Nicki doesn't feel a bit indebted to them — in fact, she thanked them specifically for taking her to "another level," a level where, despite not having released an album in two years, millions of people "still care."
"It wasn't done like that before I came out," she said. "It just wasn't."
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