Nicki Minaj Wins For Best Female Hip Hop Artist At The BET Awards

She beat out Iggy Azalea as Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards.

And Nicki Minaj demonstrated just why she deserved the award as she performed onstage in Los Angeles on Sunday.

The 31-year-old rapper showed off her shapely figure in a gold chain-link crop top teamed with black tasselled hot pants.

 

The Beauty And A Beat hitmaker also sported elaborately knit stockings and knee-high gladiator stilettos.

She wore her hair loose and wavy and kept her make-up to a minimum, and accessorized with numerous rings.

Nicki opened the performance on the back of a motorcycle, driven by a man in black, and looked fierce as she arched her back and stuck out her derriere.

She opened with Chiraq, before segueing into Pills N Potions, the first single off her upcoming album, The Pink Print.

Nicki performed against a psychedelic backdrop complete with giant mushrooms, back-up dancers in sparkling nude bodysuits, and an actor in a rabbit costume.

The BET Awards, established by the Black Entertainment Television network in 2001, celebrates African American accomplishments in sports and entertainment.

Nicki perhaps found it satisfying to beat out Australian rap star Iggy, 24, for Best Female Hip Hop Artist.

During an interview in May, the Starships hitmaker was made aware of a Forbes article entitled ‘Hip-Hop Is Run By A White, Blonde, Australian Woman.

She told Power 105.1 The Breakfast Club: ‘Listen, all Forbes needs to worry about is my finances and when I’m going to be selling [my drink brand] Myx Fusion for $250 million.

‘That’s all they need to worry about. We rely on Hip Hop journalism and blogs for THAT kind of information. So we appreciate that, but no thank you.’

Furthermore, when asked why she thinks other female rappers aren’t having as much success as her, Nicki replied: ‘I feel like I have opened that door in the industry.

'To be honest, I think there are women that do their thing and for whatever reason they don’t get the recognition.

‘But that’s something you have to take up with pop culture and it has nothing really to do with me. I can’t really speak for anybody’s grind or how pop culture receives people.

‘To answer your question, no I’m really not surprised because even when I was grinding and putting out tapes and stuff, it was hard for me.

'It takes a lot of work. It doesn’t just happen overnight. It’s not a female-friendly business. Hip hop is not female friendly at all.’