Nicki Minaj is Interview Magazine’s Fall 2022 cover star.

During the interview, which was conducted by actress and Red Table Talk co-host Jada Pinkett Smith, the rapper spoke about the importance of saving money throughout her career.

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“My first year, before I even put out my first album, I bought my girlfriends a Benz, a BMW, and two Range Rovers,” she started. “I shouldn’t have been buying those kinds of vehicles. They should have been getting a decent vehicle until maybe later on when I was really stacking bread. Thank god I did keep getting money, because I was spending kinda crazy at that time. But I wish people understood, save your money. Every time people come to my house, they think they’re going to see 20 cars in the driveway, living la vida loca. No, no, no. I don’t have nobody to prove anything to. I’m quite happy. Thank god that I could not work for the last couple of years and still be good.