Nicki Minaj says new album will be loaded with alter ego

"I have a lot of surprises I don't want to give away," Nicki Minaj said.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Singer drops details about her forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album
• Minaj: "If you're not familiar with Roman, you will be familiar with him soon"
• Roman showed up on a track, "Roman's Revenge," that she did with Eminem

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• Hip-Hop and Rap
• Nicki Minaj
• Lil' Kim
• Eminem

(EW.com) -- After taking home the Best Hip Hop Video Moon Man for "Super Bass," female rapper du jour Nicki Minaj sauntered back to the VMA press room for photos and a quick interview, where she dropped a few details about her forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album.
The short of it: It's gonna be filled with her alter ego Roman.
"Well, the new album is going to have a lot of Roman on it, and if you're not familiar with Roman, you will be familiar with him soon," Minaj revealed.
On her first album, Pink Friday, Minaj's alter-ego Roman showed up on a track, "Roman's Revenge," that she did with Eminem. If you remember, many took lyrics in "Revenge" to be a side-slap to fellow female rapper Lil' Kim.
Continued Minaj about Roman and her album: "He's a boy who lives inside of me," she said. "I have a lot of surprises I don't want to give away. Everyone will be more than satisfied with the new album."
About that crazy outfit she was wearing, Minaj explained to the press: "Tokyo inspires this outfit. Harajuku is something I have been absorbing for a very long time."