Queen of Anaconda,Nicki Minaj is cover girl for latest edition of Billboard Magazine. In this edition, Nicki gave insight about what it takes to be at the top of her game.

Nicky Minaj graces Billboard cover.

Queen of Anaconda,Nicki Minaj is cover girl for latest edition of Billboard Magazine. In this edition, Nicki gave insight about what it takes to be at the top of her game.

Nicky Minaj is Just As Smart As She Is Beautiful:

"I'm on 15 to 25 conference calls every few days strategizing with my team. I think a lot of artists sit back and have it done for them," Minaj tells Billboard. "Sometimes as women in the industry -- if you're sexy or like doing sexy things -- some people subconsciously negate your brain. They think you're stupid." 

Minaj Makes Her Dreams A Reality

"I was just a little kid in Southside Jamaica, Queens, hoping one day I would have my own perfume," Minaj tells Billboard of those days when fame was a very distant possibility. "And now I have three."

Don't Think You Can Play Her

"Once I did American Idol, a lot of people would come up to me and say, 'Oh, you're smarter than I thought,' " she says. "What does that mean?!"