Nicki Minaj has gone on social media to praise her former manager Sickamore, who is now the Vice President of A&R and Creative Director at Epic Records, for admitting in a recent interview that he made some mistakes during the early stages of Nicki‘s career.

“It takes heart to admit when your wrong. You can always work with me Sickamore. Only good memories. @Sickamore thank you”

This all came after Sickamore did an interview with RapRadar and mentioned that Minaj is one of the smartest business people he has ever met, he thought he was ready to manage her but he wasn’t, he learned a lot from their time together, and reaching out to her to ask if she will do a verse on YG’s “My Nigga” remix.

Sickamore also said the Young Money Barbie always knew that she would be as big as what she is today and she didn’t get this big by accident, as well as told a story of what happened between them back in the early days when Nicki had a cover shoot with Vibe magazine.

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Yesterday, Christina Milian stopped by Hollywood Today Live to promote FOX’s remake of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show“.

Tina Turn Up spoke on remaking the film, her character Magenta, how she handles business and being a mother, cuffing season, and more.

You can check out her interview in the clips after the jump below!

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Nicki Minaj has appeared on TIME‘s list of “The 100 Most Influential People“, which was released earlier this morning. Her Young Money boss Lil Wayne wrote the entry for her selection of the list and you can read that over on LilWayneHQ here.

The Barbie also sat down with TIME for an interview about how she always wanted to be her own boss and mogul, to never depend on a man, advising women to never feel unapologetic about asking for more money, her business, how working with Beyonce influences young women, and more.

You can watch Nicki‘s conversation with TIME after the jump below!

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Last month, Mack Maine sat down with Lola Ogunnaike and Shannon LaNier for an interesting interview on ARISE Entertainment 360, which you can watch below.

Mack spoke on why he stays out the spotlight, his upcoming Food For Thought mixtape, how it will be different than his previous tapes, singing, taking care of business, how he has grown as a music artist, education, his Soothe Your Soul Records label, how he spots talent to sign to Young Money, and more.

The YM President also discussed Lil Wayne‘s focus, his health after he had those seizures last year, if he knew that Wayne was going to be a star when they were back in high school together, and confirmed that Tha Carter V will be released on December 9th and Nicki Minaj‘s The Pinkprint album will drop on December 15th.

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Louie Knows from BLKDMNDS recently spoke with Short Dawg over the phone for an interview.

They spoke about Short‘s Elvis Freshley nickname, his Southern Flame Spitta mixtape series, why he thinks his The Adventures Of Drankenstein mixtape is the strongest project of his career, what he has learned from Lil Wayne and Birdman on a business level, alternate music, his forthcoming single titled “I Can’t Do It” from his Pharmaceutical Fresh album, Too $hort inviting him on tour, his video game, and more!

You can listen to the full interview after the jump below.

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After chatting about Drake‘s “Started From The Bottom” song, Birdman then spoke to MTV about Nicki Minaj and her work ethic during NBA All-Star weekend in Houston. Baby also confirmed that he watches American Idol to support the YMCMB Barbie and shared his thoughts on the Mariah Carey feud.

“We rep Nick, that’s our little sister, so we support everything she do, so we definitely watch. It ain’t no secret. I don’t consider it beef, they both getting paid to do a job and they’re just doing their job. Ain’t nobody get hurt, so it ain’t no big deal.”

“I saw the whole play, been a part of it so I think it’s amazing. We ain’t never had a female in the business to accomplish what she’s accomplishing, period. I never saw a woman in this business, especially in my time of doing this, work as hard as her.”

In related news, hit the jump to watch another interview of Nicki talking about her VIVA GLAM “Lavender Is The New Pink” lipstick with M.A.C.

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While at the launch of her “Pink Friday” fragrance at Macy’s Herald Square in New York City on September 24th, Nicki Minaj sat down with Perez Hilton for a one on one interview.

They talked about Nicki‘s new fragrance, what fashion business she would like to venture into next, her clothing line that will drop in 2013, how American Idol is going for her so far, her Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up album dropping in November, maybe coming out with a reality TV show, and more!