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Watch Nicki Minaj Fall To Her Knees While Meeting Idol Lauryn Hill

“I’m in love with you. I’m in love with your spirit, your mind.”

October 16, 2016

After she dragged Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the TIDAL X: 1015 benefit concert last night, Nicki Minaj had the rare opportunity to meet one of her idols. Neo-soul legend Lauryn Hill was also on the bill and decided to come to Nicki's dressing room to greet the Trinidadian rapper. In a Instagram clip, Nicki can be seen falling to her knees crying, "No no no no no," in disbelief. She bowed down to Hill before confessing her admiration for the singer: “I’m in love with you. I’m in love with your spirit, your mind — everything about you." Watch below.

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Nicki also posted two pictures with Lauryn Hill, captioning one of them, "I quoted her in my HS YEARBOOK!!!!!" It turns out Nicki selected a powerful lyric from Lauryn Hill's "Father Forgive Them" from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: "To survive is to stay alive in the face of opposition." View the picture here.

Read Nicki Minaj reference her love for Lauryn Hill in her 2014 FADER cover story.

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