"When I met her, she was a super sweetheart. The fact that she complimented me, I never forgot that. That stuck with me. I kept on thinking, here is someone who I admire so much just because they are so driven", claimed she.

Earlier Nicki Minaj has praised Kanye West for being her mentor. Singer claimed that rapper has taught her many useful things about modern scene, and helped her with the debut album Pink Friday that was released last month.

"When it came to me putting my album out, I was like "I can't have an album without Kanye, he has to be a part of it". He's become my mentor, he gives me advice, he hits me", said she.