At tonight’s Billboard Music Awards, Nicki Minaj showed just how good she is at changing moods.
After some promotion for her recent album The Pinkprint with a performance of her melancholy single “The Night is Still Young,” Minaj went choreography-heavy with a performance of “Hey Mama,” her collaboration with DJ David Guetta. It may have been the star’s most dance-heavy TV performance ever, and—from vocals to choreography—was certainly her most well-rounded.
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