Nicki Minaj Covers 'Cosmopolitan'

Hip-hop superstar Nicki Minaj covers Cosmopolitan and shows off her bikini body in a series of captivating swimsuits for the July issue, which hits newsstands tomorrow (June 9th).

In the new issue, the hit-making rapper, who will kick off her new tour next month, opens up money, her break-up with Safaree Samuels and how it affected her album ('The PinkPrint'), demanding a climax from her partners and her future. Read excerpts from her entire beneath:

On Openly Discussing Money:
"Women are uncomfortable talking about money. I know it’s taboo to discuss it at work. Technically, you shouldn’t, but you need to know what people around you are making. Otherwise, you’re not going to know what you’re worth. You have to ask questions. ‘What is this person getting?’ Do your research. I’ve always been pretty competitive in terms of my pay."

On Her Break-Up With Safaree Samuels:
"I didn’t [set out] to write a personal album, but The Pinkprint came at a very crucial time in my life. I realized that people can up and take off at any given moment. As women, we are vulnerable and emotional, and that’s OK. I had to learn quickly that if you don’t have a sense of self, you can be destroyed by a man. You can be destroyed by a relationship. I had to ask myself, ‘Who am I? Is this good enough?’ I had to approve of myself and my skills."

On Demanding A Climax From Her Partners:
"I demand that I climax. I think women should demand that. I have a friend who’s never had an orgasm in her life. In her life! That hurts my heart. It’s cuckoo to me. We always have orgasm interventions where we, like, show her how to do stuff. We’ll straddle each other, saying, ‘You gotta get on him like that and do it like this.’ She says she’s a pleaser. I’m a pleaser, but it’s fifty-fifty."

On Where She Sees Herself In The Next Ten Years:
"Ten years from now, I will have two children, unless my husband wants three. I will be into my fitness a lot more, I will stop yo-yo dieting, and I’ll be a housewife with careers that I can run from home. I want to be able to cook for my children, bake cookies for them, and watch them grow up. I just want to be Mommy. Take them to school, go to the parent-teacher conference, help them with their homework, and put their work on the refrigerator."