After Nicki Minaj headlined it last year, her Young Money label-mate Drake headlined this year’s Adult Swim upfront party that took place at Terminal 5 in New York City yesterday (May 17th).

During the concert, Drizzy brought out Migos to help him perform “Portland” off More Life before they performed their own songs “T-Shirt” and “Bad And Boujee“.

The 6 God also brought out Playboi Carti to perform “Woke Up Like This” live. You can check out some footage from the evening after the jump below!

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Later today, HoodyBaby will be hosting a release party for his Kitchen 24: Slangin’ Off Key mixtape.

The “House Of Hip-Hop” event will be taking place at Mokai Lounge in Miami, Florida.

You can check out the flyer above for more details, which also hints at there being other Young Money members in attendance tonight!

Nicki Minaj performed live during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards tonight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Young Money Barbie performed her “The Night Is Still Young” single live before David Guetta came out to join her and perform “Hey Mama“.

You can watch Nicki‘s full performance in the video after the jump below!

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Nicki Minaj has been confirmed as a performer at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards, which will be broadcasting live on Sunday, May 17th from 8PM EST at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Young Money Barbie will be performing her “The Night Is Still Young” single, as well as also performing “Hey Mama” live with David Guetta.

If you didn’t already know, Nicki is nominated 4 times at this year’s Billboard Music Awards. Her YM label-mates Lil Wayne and Drake are also nominated too, but there is no word just yet on if they will be in attendance!

The 2015 Billboard Music Awards nominations were revealed today! Out of Young Money, Nicki Minaj received 4 nominations, Drake received 3 nominations, and Lil Wayne received 1 nomination for Chris Brown’s “Loyal” song in the “Top R&B Song” category.

Nicki was nominated in the “Top Streaming Artist” category, the “Top Rap Song” category for “Anaconda“, and she will be going against Drizzy in the “Top Rap Artist” and “Top Rap Album” categories for their albums If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late and The Pinkprint. Drizzy Drake has also been nominated for “Top Male Artist”.

This year’s Billboard Music Awards will air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, May 17th from 8PM EST on ABC. You can check out how the nominations for the categories are picked and the full list of nominations below!

Billboard Music Awards finalists are based on album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social-media interactions — measurements that are tracked year-round by Billboard and its data partners, including Nielsen Music and Next Big Sound. The awards are based on the reporting period of March 10, 2014, through March 8, 2015.

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Nicki Minaj performed live for 30 minutes at Power 106’s 2014 PowerHouse concert last night, which took place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Los Angeles.

During her set, Nicki performed “Lookin’ Ass Nigga“, “Danny Glover (Freestyle)“, “Chi-Raq“, “Did It On ‘Em“, “Beez In The Trap“, “Dance (A$$) (Remix)“, “Love More“, “Boss Ass Bitch (Freestyle)“, “Yasss Bitch!!” with Soulja Boy, “Super Bass“, “Starships“, and “Moment 4 Life“.

The Young Money Barbie also entered the stage to an intro from Denzel Washington’s speech in Training Day, as well as explained to the crowd why she didn’t have any dancers on stage like she normally does at her shows.

You can watch Minaj‘s full performance after the jump below!

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After being announced as a performer at the 2014 Summer Jam music festival five days ago, Nicki Minaj has also just been announced as a performer at the 2014 PowerHouse show.

The Power 106 concert will take place at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Los Angeles on Saturday, May 17th. You will be able to purchase tickets this Friday on April 11th.

Other music artists who will be performing at this year’s PowerHouse show are: Jennifer Lopez, Trey Songz, Wiz Khalifa, ScHoolboy Q, Isaiah Rasha, YG, Childish Gambino, Juicy J, and Sage The Gemini.

Click here to watch the Young Money Barbie perform live at last year’s PowerHouse concert!