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Watch: Nicki Minaj Performs "Super Bass" Live With Taylor Swift

10:50 a.m. · August 29, 2011 · by Andrew Martin

Although the Rihanna-assisted "Fly" might be the latest single off Pink Friday, Nick Minaj isn't done with the album's smash single (and bonus cut) "Super Bass." With good reason, really, as the track made her the first female rapper to reach the top three on Billboard's Hot 100 rap chart since Missy Elliott hit number two in 2002 with "Work It."

So you can't really blame Minaj for milking the song for all it's worth, which includes huffing it over to the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night while also appearing at the MTV Video Music Awards. Her apparent BFF Taylor Swift was playing the arena and invited Minaj onstage to perform "Super Bass" in front of a shrieking crowd. Someone thankfully held their breath and shot some decent footage of the performance, which you can check out below. The audio gets a little muddy at times because of all the screaming, but it's actually pretty intelligible.

[Rap Radar]