The many looks of Nicki Minaj - in pictures

Nicki Minaj at the Guardian Weekend's cover shoot this week Photograph: Desmond Muckian for the Guardian Minaj in a characteristically dramatic pose Photograph: Desmond Muckian for the Guardian Photograph: Guardian Nicki Minaj for Guardian Weekend Photograph: Desmond Muckian for the Guardian A final image from the Guardian Weekend shoot Photograph: Desmond Muckian for the Guardian Minaj performs with Jay-Z and Kanye West at the Yankee Stadium in New York in September 2010 Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage The star, dressed in a Marilyn Monroe tribute outfit, accepts the award for best female hip-hop artist during the 2010 BET Awards in Los Angeles Photograph: Frederick M Brown/Getty Images Photograph: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Minaj chats with Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of American Vogue, at the Carolina Herrera spring 2012 fashion show Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images Minaj performs at BET's 106 & Party, New Year's Eve 2009, in New York Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Fans gather in Times Square, New York, this month to watch her perform a promotional gig for Nokia Photograph: Jason Kempin/Getty Images Minaj plays at the iHeartRadio Music festival in Las Vegas in September 2011 Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage The star in one of her louder outfits at the MTV 2011 Video Music awards Photograph: Steve Granitz/WireImage Minaj performs with Ludacris at BET's Rip the Runway 2010 in New York Photograph: George Napolitano/FilmMagic