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5 Reasons Why Nicki Minaj Will Dominate 2010

Nicki Minaj, the Queens, NY-born queen of Lil’ Wayne’s Young Money crew, who just dropped her latest mixtape, Barbie World, is primed to have a pretty sensational 2010. You’ve already marveled at her Nurse-Barbie-rocking-an-Austin-Powers-accent in Mariah Carey’s “Up Out My Face” video. Now find out why she’s set to run this town in 2010.

+ Her Attitude
Nicki Minaj is some kind of unholy hybrid of Lil Kim and Gwen Stefani. Yeah, she can be raunchy, but she can also be playful, beguiling, funny, flirty, and coy.

+ Her Words
One of the things that separates Nicki Minaj from the crowd is her playful, dexterous use of language, making mundane lines pop with her eye for detail: “I’m so pretty like, be on my pedal bike, be on my low starch, be on my egg whites.” (not, “low scrunch…egg whites.” OUR BAD, NICKI).

She’s also managed to create an entire lexicon of slang. I mean, come on, how many rappers do you know of that haven’t released their official debut album yet, but already have their own friggin dictionary . (AKA the “Nictionary.”)

+ Her Voice
Moving from helium-pitched heights, to snarling New York attitude, Nicki doesn’t just come up with interesting words, she also figures out consistently entertaining ways to spit ‘em; whether it’s in foreign accents or using a double-time flow. She’s basically the Jim Carrey of rappers.

+ Her Style
Borrowing from Stefani’s infatuation with the Japanese Harajuku fashion sensibility, and combining it with her own tongue-in-cheekfaux-plastic look of a Barbie, Nicki’s well on her way to becoming a style icon who’s doesn’t know from subtle.

+ Her Crew
Like any success story, Nicki Minaj has some help, and in her case it comes in the form of her Young Money family (and Barbie). Nicki fits right in, holding her own with Drake, Lil’ Wayne and the other sex-crazed boys in the crew. Just watch her as she steals the show in the video for YM’s hit single, “Bedrock.”

via MTV