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Before she became the black Barbie, and channeled Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj was rapping on the streets of Queens, where she was raised at an early age. Check out back-in-the-day Nicki in this previously unreleased video of her freestyling on the streets of New York.

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For 2024’s iteration of MadameNoire and HelloBeautiful’s annual series Women to Know, we knew we wanted to celebrate the people who help make the joys of film and television possible. To create art is to create magic. This year, we spotlight Hollywood Executive’s changing the face of cinema.