Singer/rapper Nicki Minaj throws one helluva party. Last night at the State Theatre, she played a 70-minute set that featured everything you’d expect (gyrating dancers, colorful visuals, costume changes) from one of hip-hop’s biggest stars. Credit the fact that Minaj, as she confessed mid-way through last night’s concert, cut her musical teeth playing dance clubs. She knows how to work a crowd, and during a show divided into four “acts,” she made the most of a two-tiered stage and went through elaborate costume changes that even found her changing hairstyles.
This article appears in Jul 18-24, 2012.
