It’s here!!
Nicki Minaj and Meek Mill have finally blessed us with their sexy spread for GQ‘s October issue!
And besides the two claiming they’re not actually engaged, it seems this editorial is really what’s going to convince people to take their relationship seriously.
Related: Nicki Shows Off Her Killer Body In A Mesh Outfit!
After all, the Anaconda rapper never did a shoot with her ex, Safaree Samuels!
Anyway, we got a glimpse of the rappers’ spread in their BTS video, but the actual pictures are way hotter!!
Just take a peek at Nicki’s Alexander Wang outfit and Giuseppe Zanotti heels!
Need we say more??
So read on for the HIGHlights and get to know these two better. Oh, and to hear their thoughts on the MTV VMAs controversy, Drake, and MORE…
On how normal their relationship is: Meek Mill: Very un-normal. It still ain’t normal. You think so?
Nicki Minaj: I definitely think we have a normal relationship off-camera. We’re like any other couple in the hood. We’re growing as a couple and as people and as human beings, but we still have our careers. And I think probably the only thing that makes it un-normal is that we’re both successful artists, and that’s probably not normal. But other than that, our feelings are very normal. Like, if I were to speak to a hundred girls right now about what they go through with their boyfriend, we’d probably have stuff in common.
On getting to kiss Meek, Nicki confessed: “Actually I love kissing him. My favorite thing about Meek is kissing him, which is weird. Just now I was like ‘damn, you’ve been asking can I kiss you a lot now,’ and it’s contagious because I used to be always asking him to kiss him when we first started talking. I love kissing him. I love the way his lips feel.”
On touring together, Nicki shared: “I was excited… I was just touring Europe and he kept saying, ‘When are you coming home?, When are you coming home?’ It’s just not the same. But at the same time when we are working and we’re not physically together, it just heightens that excitement for me to see him, because that’s all I can think about is seeing him again. Now when we’re on tour together it just feels like a dream come true. In so many ways.”
On the beginning of their relationship:
MM: You know we were just figuring each other out. We liked each other. We were into each other. Once we learned how to understand each other, it was curtain closed. Everything was a go.
NM: People tell me all the time, it takes a special kind of man to be with a woman who has her own, and it takes a special kind of man to not feel insecure by a woman who is doing her own thing. You know? So, one of the things that made me want to be with him is we spent so much time talking, and he always made me feel like he was ok with me being me. As an artist and just as a woman. Obviously I’m a strong woman in a lot of ways├óΓé¼┬ª I’m not a strong woman in every way. I don’t want to make it seem like I am some superhero because I’m not, but I do know that it takes a certain kind of guy. And time will tell if Meek is that kind of guy, because it’s definitely not easy.
On if anyone objected to their relationship, Nicki said: “Everyone professionally [was on board]. The only person was my mother. My mother only knows Meek from what she sees in public, in the media. She met him now, but she just wants to make sure he’s a nice guy. She’s overprotective of her daughter. Another thing people don’t realize is I’ve only had three boyfriends in my whole life. I’ve never dated around├óΓé¼┬ª I don’t have a whole lot of experience in that department so my mother and my family were very like what? This is a big step, because they’ve only known one thing for over a decade. Even my pastor, who’s like a second mother, was scared. Everybody was just scared. Those women were scared for me because when I love someone I really let them in, and I really let me guard down. And I think it’s only natural for a mother to just, you know, she just wanted to make sure I wasn’t rushing into anything.”
On when she knew she had feelings from him: “Um, oh, I remember. When he came to LA we had only been speaking about rap shit, talking about the Kendrick verse and stuff at that time. And I was just like, ‘yeahhh you need to do this, you need to that├óΓé¼┬ª’ … I was just telling him to be confident as an artist because I liked his music, etc. And then he came down to LA and we went to the studio and after that I didn’t see him for a very long time. We shot a video and I think probably around that time I was like, ‘oh, he’s cool.’ In terms of taking him seriously and going to another level with him: when he went to jail I was left in a house by myself and it was just a tough time for me and it happened to be a tough time for him as well.”
On whether either of them have any regrets:
NM: I’m very happy I tweeted about the VMAs, because ‘Anaconda’ had too much of a cultural impact to not be up. When these pop girls have a moment like that, they get nominated for every award, and they win it. And I was happy that people spoke out for me. People used their voices in the media to say this is true. Taylor Swift called and we’re good now. She didn’t see the bigger picture. We talked. We got over it. She called me and spoke about it, and I told her, I would never come at you. We’re doing so well now collectively. And I want to thank God and my fans. And his fans. We don’t have to do anything to anyone for any bogus reasons.
MM: And of course you know Meek Mill don’t regret nothing.
Well, there you have it!
Sounds like it’s the real thing for both of them.
[Image via Ellen von Unwerth/GQ.]