the anatomy of pop culture

who is roman?

1. MTV: I guess my question is who is Roman?
2. Nicki Minaj: Roman is a crazy boy who lives in me. And he says the things that I do'nt wanna say. He was born, you know just a few months ago. I think he was born out of rage, he was conceived in rage. So he bashes everyone. He threathens to beat people. He's violent.
3. MTV: That must be nice to have like an ignorant loud mouth who you can just sort of blame every-.
4. Nicki Minaj: He wants to be blamed. I don't wanna blame him. I-, I ask him to leave. But he can't. He's here for a reason. People have brought him out. People conjured him up. Now he won't leave.
5. Nicki Minaj: When I write a rap like my brain doesn't compute and I'll right crap. It doesn't. You just have to let it happen and don't second guess yourself too much and it gets done. To me, music is like spiritual So it moves you in a weird way that you can't teach in school. So I'll hear a beat and words just start coming to me. When everything comes together, you feel like this is my castle, the world is my stage, you know, it feels like I'm in control.