Nicki Minaj: "Drake Is An Incredible Talent"

17:15, Thursday, 12 July 2012

Nicki Minaj has exclusively told MTV News that she thinks pal Drake is an "incredible talent."

The Beez In The Trap rapper, who joined Drizzy on stage during his headline stint at the Wireless Festival over the weekend, had nothing but praise for her Young Money label mate.

Speaking about Drake to us backstage at the event, Minaj gushed: "That's my baby, I'm very, very proud of him. He's just an incredible talent and people like him only come around once every twenty, thirty years."

When asked about how she felt performing with the Take Care hitmaker, Nicki added: "I was happy to go out there and rock with the fans.

"I was happy to go out and perform Make Me Proud as I haven't performed that in a long time."

The 29-year old then went on to pay homage to her fans here in the UK, stating that London "feels like home" thanks to her Barbies.

Minaj said of her Wireless performance: "They really made me feel that when I come to London that I'm home.

"You know it's rare that you find a place that you've never been to and it feels like home. I only started coming to London last year and it feels incredible, they are like my die hard fans."

The Super Bass star's 'die hard fans' have a lot to look forward to later this year, when Nicki embarks on her first UK arena tour< /a> - admitting to us that she's "excited" to hit the road.

Minaj revealed: "This fall I get a chance to come to all the places I didn't go to last time, like Liverpool and Newcastle, so I'm really excited.

"We are also performing at the O2 in London and I'm excited for people to see the arena show because there was so much I couldn't really do on the smaller stages. Now, we are about to get into a big deal type of show."

By Joanne Dorken @mtvuknews

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