By Jade Watkins


She's had her hair in every colour in the rainbow, often gravitating towards her favourite Barbie pink.

But Nicki Minaj has tried a brand new shade in a new photo shoot for Paper magazine.

The zany 29-year-old singer turned green for the cover of the fashion publication's Spring 2012 edition.

Green with envy? Nicki Minaj sports green hair on the cover of Paper Magazine's Spring 2012 edition

Running her fingers through her emerald curly locks, the Super Bass star also shows off her curves in a pastel-hued range of attire.

For sorbet-inspired inside shots, Nicki's usual fairy-floss coloured hair is paired with a matching low-cut dress, which shows off plenty of her cleavage.

The look is completed with a lemon-coloured fitted blazer.

Dangerous curves: For sorbet-inspired inside shots, Nicki's usual fairy-floss coloured hair is paired with a matching low-cut dress, which shows off plenty of her cleavage

For the cover, the wardrobe is reversed and the singer is seen in a bright yellow dress and melon-coloured jacket.

The outfit are rather low-key for the zany singer, who usually takes to the stage in an assortment of rubber and latex outrageous designs.

Nicki most recently joined Madonna for her spectacular Super Bowl half-time show.

Demure: The outfit are rather low-key for the zany singer, who usually takes to the stage in an assortment of rubber and latex outrageous designs

Alongside British rapper M.I.A., the trio perform the Queen Of Pop's new single Give Me All Your Luvin.

However the performance was meet with some controversy after M.I.A. swore at the camera and gave the middle finger salute.

Madonna has since spoken out about the spectacle labeling it 'negative' and 'such a teenager thing to do'.

Big performance: Nicki most recently took to the stage with Madonna for her spectacular Super Bowl half-time show

She told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show Kiss FM this morning: ‘I was really surprised. I didn’t know anything about it. I mean I wasn’t happy about it. I understand it’s punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity it just seemed negative.’

She added: ‘It’s one of those things it’s such a teenager…irrelevant thing to do…there was such a feeling of love and unity there what was the point? It was just out of place.’

Meanwhile, in an accompanying interview with Paper magazine, Minaj revealed that her style icons included Grace Jones and Cyndi Lauper, which is unsurprising given her quirky fashion choices.

Controversy: The performance was meet with some controversy after M.I.A. swore at the camera and gave the middle finger salute

'Grace Jones definitely. So amazing. And Cyndi Lauper, I loved her right from when I was a little girl,' she said. 'And Janet Jackson of course. And Boy George. I always loved the way he dressed, and his music too.

She also admitted that her guilty pleasure was reality shows such as Mob Wives and the Real Housewives franchise.

'I love Big Ang — what is that? And I love the way those girls talk to each other: “Don’t YOU be coming at ME!!!” I love every freakin’ moment,” she said of Mob Wives.

'And I watch The Real Housewives of Atlantaand Beverly Hills. Taylor and Adrienne and the girls.'


Blonde ambition: In the video clip of Madonna's song, Nicki takes inspiration from Marilyn Monroe



source:dailymail