Video: Nicki Minaj Performs “Bed of Lies” & “Only” on Saturday Night Live

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Nicki Minaj was the musical guest on the 40th season of Saturday Night Live last night alongside host James Franco. She performed two cuts off of her forthcoming highly-anticipated The Pinkprint album, which is due out December 15th on YMCMB. Peep Nicki's performances of "Bed of Lies" and "Only" (no Drake or Lil Wayne, though) on Saturday Night Live after the jump.

Video: Kendrick Lamar Performs “i” and “Pay for It” on Saturday Night Live

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For the sixth episode of Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary season Top Dawg Entertainment's star pupil Kendrick Lamar hit the stage as the musical guest alongside guest host Woody Harrelson. Kendrick performed two songs, one being his radio hit, The Isley Brothers sampled "i" and Jay Rock's "Pay for It". For "i" Kendrick took the stage with unkempt hair and blacked-out contacts (see: above photo), making reference to Method Man whose debut record Tical was released 20 years ago that day. Check out Kendrick's hyped, energetic SNL performances after the jump.

Video: Pharrell On Saturday Night Live

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Pharrell appeared as the musical guest on this week's episode of SNL and performed a couple of hits from his chart-topping G I R L album. Hit the jump to see P's performance of "Marilyn Monroe."