Nicki Minaj plays peek-a-boo with her Billboard Music Awards dress

Nicki's Gorgeous All-Natural Style

Nicki Minaj, is that you?

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The "Yasss Bish" rapper hit the red carpet at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards with a long black dress with cutouts that give us quite the look at her enviable cleavage.
The 31-year-old kept her beauty look simple, opting for romantic waves with shimmery eye shadow and black eyeliner.
Oh, and plenty of attitude, too!

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The whole look is quite the departure for Minaj who, until recently, was known for her completely over-the-top style that included plenty of cotton candy-colored hair and outfits.
Not anymore, though. She recently revealed to MTV that her new, more natural style is her new way to shock people.
"I went so far to the other side that there's only one place to go from here," she told MTV News. "You can either continue doing costumes or you can say, 'Hey guess what? This will shock them even more. Doing nothing will shock them even more."
Shocking? Maybe. Beautiful? Most definitely.

Nicki Minaj is Allure magazine's cover girl this month

Nicki Minaj is Allure magazine’s cover girl this month, where she opens up about her cartoonish characters, which mogul’s career she wants and on her hate for exercise.

On dethroning Jay-Z

“I never thought about music as just being the end-all, be-all. I always looked at it like a business, something that I could create an empire out of…. I had a little conversation with Jay-Z at the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. He said, ‘Congratulations on all your success.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m coming for you. I’m coming for your spot, Mr. Mogul.’”

On exercising:

“I’m naturally petite, but I definitely struggle with keeping those extra pounds off. And I hate working out. I can’t stand being on a treadmill. That mentally irks me. When I need to lose a few, I just cut out sugar and starch.”

On why her fan base ranges from eight-year-olds to adults:

“I think as far as the younger demo is concerned, I play dress-up,” Minaj begins. “I also can put on a very cartoonish voice. So sometimes children may not know what I’m saying, but they like the sound of it, and they think I sound like some weird character.”

On trying out new looks with her hair from the age of nine:

“I had done something I thought was really, really, really cute, and I showed my neighbor,” she says. “She was like, ‘Why’d you do that to your hair?’ And I never forget what I said: ‘I’m someone new in this hair.’”