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Nicki Minaj appears to be in full relaxation mode: The Los Angeles-based rapper, 31, sits cross-legged on a leather sofa inside the closet-sized green room at Hollywood's Siren Studios, having just wrapped a photo shoot that stretched past 3:30 a.m. She's wearing lavender sweatpants and a matching hoodie, with her sandals kicked off and an open bag of Cheetos at hand. But while she was feeling laid-back a few moments ago, she certainly doesn't appear that way now, as an innocent question about Iggy Azalea -- Minaj's foremost rival ever since "Fancy" made Azalea the summer's most -ubiquitous female rapper -- hangs in the air. Minaj's answer? A withering, wordless stare.
Just this past August, backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), Azalea complimented Minaj on her performance -- an effort, perhaps, at making nice after Minaj seemed to take a jab at her at the BET Awards in June, when, during her acceptance speech for best female hip-hop artist, Minaj made a pointed reference to how she writes her own records. Still, when an Azalea song comes over the studio's stereo, a member of Minaj's team quickly shuts it off. (During the shoot, Minaj is picky about more than just music, bunkering in her dressing room for hours while multiple deliveries of food, from yogurt to pizza to steak, are brought in.)
It's understandable why Minaj wouldn't want to cede attention to Azalea, who this year arrived virtually out of nowhere to become one of hip-hop's hottest acts, hawking her own blend of sex, controversy and chutzpah as effectively as Minaj ever has.
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