Nicki Minaj was a teenage thief

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NICKI MINAJ says she was a bit of a tea-leaf in her youth.

The rap superstar admitted she had her collar felt for shoplifting as a teen in New York.
She said: "I remember me and my friend, when we were in high school, we always used to steal clothes. I'll always remember the one time we got busted. It's always stuck with me.
"We didn't get taken away by the cops, but we got manhandled and taken away to the basement. We had to give them our names and they were basically like, 'Because you're so young we'll just ban you from the store.'"
And rightly so.
Now Nicki's on the straight and narrow, she's using every opportunity she can to keep her income topped up.
Take her foray into horticulture for instance.
As a special Valentine's Day promotion, the colourful rap queen has teamed up with an online florist to offer her fans a treat when the use they site to order bouquets.
Anyone who uses t'internet to send a bunch of flowers to their loved ones will get a free download of one of her album tracks, Moment 4 Life, Save Me or Right Thru Me.
She tweeted: "Yes! I've teamed up with 1-800-FLOWERS to ensure all my dudes get some a** this Valentine's Day."
Very kind of you Nicki.