Nicki Minaj appears as a topless Cleopatra on cover of new album

Nicki Minaj has unveiled the cover of her forthcoming album, Queen, and she looks every inch the Queen of the Nile.

Minaj appears bedecked with sequins and beads sitting atop a wooden log. With nothing but sequin pasties covering her nipples, Minaj wears a distinctly Cleopatra-esque headdress and a beaded panty. 

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