Pound the alarm: Nicki Minaj is heading to RuPaul’s Drag Race. The rap superstar will guest-judge the 90-minute season 12 premiere episo...
The rap superstar will guest-judge the 90-minute season 12 premiere episode on Friday, Feb. 28, marking her first appearance on the Emmy-winning reality competition series’ runway panel.
“Welcome to the Main Stage of RuPaul’s Drag Race! I’m Nicki Minaj, and I pledge allegiance to the drag!” Minaj said in a promotional video on Instagram, which also shows her praising various contestants — including one for looking “like a Barbie out of the box.”
Though Minaj has never appeared on Drag Race’s panel before, she has played a vital part in the show’s history, as season 10 competitor (and eventual All-Stars 4 champion) Monét X Change gave an epic lip-sync performance to her 2012 single “Pound the Alarm,” while Trinity K. Bonet previously portrayed the rapper during the season 6 Snatch Game celebrity impersonation challenge. Minaj has also judged several reality shows in the past, including a one-season gig on American Idol (alongside Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, and Keith Urban) and a guest spot on America’s Next Top Model‘s cycle 17 All-Stars edition.
More season 12 guest judges are expected to be announced in the weeks ahead.
https://ew.com/tv/2020/01/30/rupauls-drag-race-season-12-guest-judge-nicki-minaj/
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