Rapper: Nicki Minaj

"I never thought about music as just being the end-all, be-all. I always looked at it like a business, something that I could create an empire out of. So that's why I'm only about to put out my second album and I'm already thinking about this...I had a little conversation with Jay-Z at the Victoria's Secret fashion show. He said, 'Congratulations on all your success.' And I was like, 'Yeah, I'm coming for you. I'm coming for your spot, Mr. Mogul.'" -- The eccentric rapper Nicki Minaj reveals in a cover spread for the April 2012 issue of Allure Magazine. To read excerpts from the actual interview, click here.