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Nicki Minaj levitates during her performance at the 2012 Grammy Awards held at Staples Center on Sunday (February 12) in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old rapper kicked it off by confessing the lyrics to her new single, \u201cRoman Holiday,\u201d while sitting next to The Pope, the same man she walked with on the red carpet earlier in the evening.<\/p>\n

The performance, called \u201cThe exorcism of [Nicki\u2019s alter ego] Roman,\u201d was choreograhed by Laurieann Gibson and featured religious imagery, pyrotechnics, and backup dancers dressed as monks.<\/p>\n

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