Nicki Minaj reveals the cover artwork for her new single, Anaconda

Nicki Minaj performs during an Independence Day celebration in Philadelphia on July 4. AP Photo/Matt Rourke. Source: AP

ONE need only listen to a few of Nicki Minaj’s chart hits to quickly realise she’s not one to beat around the bush with subtlety.

So when the colourful 31-year-old US performer promised her fans a big surprise, their imaginations no doubt ran wild.

Was it a new single? Had she collaborated with someone unusual? No.
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The surprise came hours later in the form of an Instagram post, featuring the cover artwork for Minaj’s forthcoming single Anaconda.

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Fans didn’t seem too surprised to see the curvaceous Minaj posing suggestively, wearing blue sneakers, a G-string and not much else.

Despite the anticlimax to Minaj’s promise of a surprise, she was trending on Twitter overnight and her Instagram post received more than 250,000 likes.

Nicki Minaj. (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images

Minaj’s debut studio album, Pink Friday, peaked at number one on the US charts in 2010 and her hit Super Bass quickly became a club favourite.


She’s known for her alter egos — a set of ‘characters’ she morphs into depending on her mood — and her very public feuds with everyone from pop diva Mariah Carey to Australian rapper Iggy Azalia.

Her new single will be released next week.