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Nicki shooting a new film + TV show in 2016.
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LOS ANGELES — The pair of peacock blue, six-inch Christian Louboutin stilettos looks even more imposing off Nicki Minaj’s doll-like feet. Perched on a swiveling makeup chair in her dressing room deep in the Teragram Ballroom in downtown LA, Minaj has slipped out of them, and no wonder. Walking in those shoes is hard enough, but she just finished dancing, strutting, patting her butt and snapping verse after verse after verse in them onstage for the past hour and a half.
There are very few true surprises in life, and anticipation of that feeling seemed to be why the tickets for last night’s final Red Bull Sound Select Presents: 30 Days in LA sold out in under a minute, even though the headliner remained a secret until she stepped out from the wings. A ribbon of electricity had run through the crowd, and strangers chatted each other up, taking turns guessing who the special guest might be. No leaks hissed around the room, though, and when the two metallic fuchsia thumbprints appeared onscreen, people pressed forward, eager. Dimples popping and Barbie-pink jewel-encrusted microphone twinkling, Minaj had slinked out slowly, even a little shyly.
It seemed like you were making lots of eye contact. How does being that intimate with a crowd affect you? Does it make you more nervous or more comfortable?
Actually, it felt more comfortable today. Of course when you go out in front of 16,000 people, it’s like, "Oh my God." And then you know you’re on a big jumbo screen behind you, and you know they can see every little thing. So when it’s like this, you kinda feel like it’s family, like you’re in your living room.
Tinashe played a 30 Days in LA show and I know she opened for you on your tour. What makes a good show, a good performer?
Well, I think what makes a good performer is you really connect with the people, no matter what. I usually have dancers in back of me, and I feel great when I can come out with no dancers and still have people jumping around and excited and dancing and happy. I think a great performance leaves you feeling happy and feeling a new connection or a new awareness about that artist that you didn’t have before.
What’s exciting you creatively, what do we have to look forward to from you next year?
A lot of acting. "Barbershop" is coming out. It’s their third one, and I’m happy to be a big part of this one. My fans are gonna looooove this. People who aren’t my fans are gonna love this. It’s so amazingly written, the comic timing is so epic, the writing is so great. The cast is so well thought out and well put together. I’m gonna work on another movie! I haven’t said much about that. And of course my TV show will be coming out. I’m excited to introduce the world to the young Nicki. I think we’ve already met her, actually. I found two little girls I’m super excited about. It’s gonna be a lot of fun.
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Full interview: http://www.redbull.com/us/en/music/s...-to-be-amazing
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. Excited for her to continue increasing her Box Office Gross
