Nicki Minaj Rolling Stone Interview 2014: 'The Pink Print' Rapper Opens Up About Abortion & Break Up With Safaree, 'I Had to Learn How to Sleep Alone' [PHOTOS]
Nicki Minaj bares her soul in her new album, "The Pink Print." While she has fun tracks like "Anaconda" and "Feeling Myself" with Beyoncé, the 32-year-old rapper also opens up to her fans about one of the most painful moments of her life in the song, "All Things Go"-getting an abortion.
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During the interview for her January 2015 cover of Rolling Stone, she talked more about her decision to terminate her pregnancy while in high school at La Guardia Performing Arts. "I thought I was going to die... I was a teenager. It was the hardest thing I'd ever gone through," Minaj revealed.
She continued to tell the reporter how the decision affected her, saying it "haunted me all my life." But, at a young age, she thought it would be better to not bring a child into the world. She also added, "I wasn't ready. I didn't have anything to offer a child... "It'd be contradictory if I said I wasn't pro-choice."
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As many of her Barbie's know, she recently broke up with her boyfriend of 11 years, Safaree Samuels. In various interviews, she has had to take breaks or change the subject to stop from breaking into tears as she is still grieving the loss of a person she calls, "her best friend."
During the interview, she briefly spoke about their current situation. "I had to learn to do something as simple as sleep alone," she said. Still, her fans have seemed to connect with this album more than ever before because she is being 100% transparent. She added, "I struggled with 'Do I express these feelings?' And I decided there's no reason for me to hide. I'm a vulnerable woman, and I'm proud of that."
Read the rest of the interview and see her full (gorgeous) spread over on RollingStone.com.
