Even if she couldn't secure the Best New Artist award, Nicki Minaj knows how to make heads turn... On the eve of the Grammys, the British rapped turned out decked in a gigantic red Versace cape edged with black beads, red satin gloves and a blonde wig.
Minaj adopted a style inspired by Red Riding Hood. In a controversial move, the rapper arrived arm-in-arm with a man dressed as the Pope.
Check out photographs of the rapper's more... well, let's say, ambitious... outfits...
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