Simon Cowell says Nicki Minaj will have a "Phenominal" year

div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”a href=”https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tpWnF241_4Q/TY4NLaU5TbI/AAAAAAAADDY/MmoYsLRCzHA/s1600/Simon+Cowell.jpg” imageanchor=”1″ style=”clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;”img border=”0″ height=”320″ r6=”true” src=”https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tpWnF241_4Q/TY4NLaU5TbI/AAAAAAAADDY/MmoYsLRCzHA/s320/Simon+Cowell.jpg” width=”240″ //a/divBy The Hip Hop Writerbr /Hip Hop Vibe Staff Writerbr /br /Simon Cowell has been in the middle of the hip hop news because of his new show, “The X Factor.” Already, the former judge on “American Idol” has made waves. L.A. Reid, the longtime executive of Def Jam, left his position to be a judge on the new show.br /br /Rumors suggested Young Money rapstress, Nicki Minaj, would also join the show. Following days of rumors, a story broke that confirmed Nicki having discussions with Cowell. Soon, Simon came out and denied the story. Yesterday, Nicki Minaj revealed she would not be a part of “The X Factor.”br /br /While Simon Cowell will not have the chance to work directly with Nicki Minaj, he believes she will have a long career. Even if he does not have Nicki on any of his other projects, Simon Cowell believes she will have a phenominal year in 2011.div class=”blogger-post-footer”div class=”separator” style=”clear: both; text-align: center;”
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