no, I don’t think he was ready. But he has a very strong mind and he was very convincing and persuasive.
Meek Mill: You liked me… I didn’t have to persuade you. (laughs)
Nicki Minaj: But talking about being in a relationship? I didn’t know if he was ready. I was apprehensive about that.
On how Meek got Nicki’s attention:
Meek Mill: I don’t know. Be you is all I can say. I like being myself.
(GQ: “Meek, that’s bullshit. Come on, give us the secret”).
Meek Mill: Seriously though: what do you want me to say? Being me, that’s how I got her.
On if Meek too Nicki out on any ‘special dates,’ any special gestures and such:
Meek Mill: We’d do everything like what you do with your girlfriend. We do the same thing. Just chill.
Nicki Minaj: What was your secret, baby? Everybody wants to know that.
Meek Mill: I don’t know though! Y’all want me to make up a magazine answer? I liked her. I felt her. I guess she felt me.
Nicki Minaj: What’d you like about me?
Meek Mill: That you was a hustler. That you were doing your thing. A lot of people coming up. People don’t really have a girlfriend that’s doing more than them or the same thing. I like girls that hustle. She a boss. She’s pretty as fuck. Bad as shit. Ambitious. What else do you want?
On friends, family or anyone in their respective circles objecting to their relationship:
Meek Mill: Not on my side.
Nicki Minaj: Everyone professionally [was on board]. The only person was my mother. My mother only knows Meek from what she sees in public, in the media. She met him now, but she just wants to make sure he’s a nice guy. She’s overprotective of her daughter. Another thing people don’t realize is I’ve only had three boyfriends in my whole life. I’ve never dated around… I don’t have a whole lot of experience in that department so my mother and my family were very like what? This is a big step, because they’ve only known one thing for over a decade. Even my pastor, who’s like a second mother, was scared. Everybody was just scared. Those women were scared for me because when I love someone I really let them in, and I really let me guard down. And I think it’s only natural for a mother to just, you know, she just wanted to make sure I wasn’t rushing into anything.
On when they starting courting before dating:
Meek Mill: About a year ago or something like that? I can’t say for sure. Maybe a year and change.
On when Nicki started liking Meek for more than just physical attraction
Nicki Minaj: Um, oh, I remember. When he came to LA we had only been speaking about rap shit, talking about the Kendrick verse and stuff at that time. And I was just like, ‘yeahhh you need to do this, you need to that…’
Meek Mill: She was telling me to bomb everybody.
Nicki Minaj: Shut up. I was just telling him to be confident as an artist because I liked his music, etc. And then he came down to LA and we went to the studio and after that I didn’t see him for a very long time. We shot a video and I think probably around that time I was like, ‘oh, he’s cool.’ In terms of taking him seriously and going to another level with him: when he went to jail I was left in a house by myself and it
