Nicki Minaj’s promotional onslaught continues.  After taping “106 & Park” on Monday, the green-haired diva rose bright and early on her album release day to pay a visit to SiriusXM Radio’s “Sway in the Morning,” where she discussed her evolution, newfound confidence, “Beez in the Trap” video with 2 Chainz, M.I.A.’s Super Bowl stunt, and her controversial Grammy performance. 

On her evolution: “I think I went from being a caricature in people’s eyes to someone with a lot of layers.  You just gotta realize that I’m never gonna be one dimensional.  Even my core fans at times thought I was one dimensional when I was doing the mixtapes.  However, even on the mixtapes, I was singing and I was doing songs like ‘Can Anybody Hear Me.'” …  When mainstream got a hold of Nicki Minaj, they turned her into a girl that wears wigs and has funny voices.  So then we had to get past that.  And then I had to reel it in and say, ‘Hey, actually I’m a businesswoman.'” 

On her newfound confidence: “I am not nervous, I am not fearful.  All of those emotions have left.  The stuff that I felt from the first album, I no longer care.” 

On 2 Chainz: “He’s an incredible person.  He’s a hard worker and I love seeing hard-working people that’s like, by any means necessary.  That makes me passionate because that’s how I was.” 

On the video for “Beez in the Trap”: “That video is very sexy, a lot of big booty girls in that video.  We actually had to do a clean and a dirty.” 

On M.I.A.’s Super Bowl incident: “I don’t think M.I.A. should have done it.  It’s possible that she didn’t even plan to do it.  Sometimes when you are nervous, you do things that you normally don’t do.  I feel that may have been a defense mechanism at that time out of nervousness.  I was kind of disappointed because it was on Madonna’s set.  We were her guests and so if it was something planned, I think it was corny.  I wouldn’t have done it, but M.I.A. is still cool with me.” 

On her polarizing Grammy performance: “It was my favorite performance that I’ve ever done in my life.  When I watched it back, I was jumping for joy.  I wish I could watch that performance over and over like a fan.”