New York: Some were confused, others offended by Nicki Minaj’s over-the-top performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, but the singer-rapper doesn’t understand what all the hubbub is about.
"I don’t know what is the big issue?" she asked.
The 29-year-old said her five-minute live rendition of her songs "Roman’s Revenge" and "Roman Holiday," which included dancing priests, an exorcism and levitation, was just a part of a movie she’s writing.
"You know how people write plays and movies? That’s what I did. I wrote that and I gave the world a tiny little preview of what was to come. And so I have to perform it on the set in which it would be in the movie, right?" she said.
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