Nicki Minaj covers the August issue of Harper’s Bazaar Russia

Nicki Minaj covers the August issue of Harper's Bazaar Russia and the rapper opened up about her life, growing up with parents who fought a lot, and how she's handled hate.
The 35-year-old spoke of how she gained confidence, saying:

I had to work on it a lot. I’m just a normal girl that had cried a thousand times sitting near the mirror and spent most of the childhood inside of the car as a way to escape from parents fighting.

Speaking of how she's handled hate, the Chun Li rapper said:

At some point I have realised that the ones that hate me the most are the ones that are aware of how powerful I am

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