Nicki Minaj ends the year by being on the cover of Billboard Magazine’s December issue for 2015. In the magazine (which she covered topless) the 33-year-old rapper talks about her music, her views about Hilary Clinton as well as her relationship with Meek Mill.
For Minaj, 33, it’s a job that entails more than the routine duties of 21st century multimedia fame — spreading your stardust across dozens of platforms, from recording studio to concert stage to red carpet to Instagram feed. Minaj’s brand of megastardom means inhabiting the eye of a storm that sweeps up contentious issues of race and gender and sexuality, while tending to more quotidian controversies like rap beefs and diva rivalries.