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Nicki Minaj Brings Her Inspiration on Stage: Cyndi Lauper

Nicki Minaj Brings Her Inspiration on Stage: Cyndi Lauper

Nicki Minaj, a few days after having Drake sing with her in Toronto, invited someone in Brooklyn she says was a huge inspiration to her life and career: Cyndi Lauper.

“I have been speaking about this woman in my interviews since I first began rapping,” Minaj said to the sold out crowd at the Barclay Center Wednesday on the most recent stop of the hip-hop star’s Pink Friday 2 World Tour.

Lauper, the 70-year-old pop singer who broke through in the ’80s, is from Brooklyn – if you couldn’t tell from her accent – and was warmly received.

“Make some noise for this icon, this legend,” Minaj demanded of the 19,000 adoring fans when Lauper appeared on the stage in a colorful blazer during “Pink Friday Girls.”

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Nicki Minaj at UBS Arena, Elmont, NY, USA

  1. I'm the Best
  2. Barbie Dangerous
  3. FTCU
  4. Win Again
  5. Big Difference
  6. Beep Beep
  7. What Up Gangsta / Many Men (Wish Death) / P.I.M.P / I Get Money
  8. Pink Birthday
  9. Feeling Myself
  10. Cowgirl
  11. High School

Last verified October 8, 2026.

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