Nicki Minaj Joins Barbershop 3

Nicki Minaj is headed back to the big screen. According to Variety, Minaj will join the star-studded cast that includes Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve, Regina Hall, and Common.

Malcolm D. Lee, who directed the Best Man movies, is directing Barbershop 3 from a script by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver.

“Minaj will play Draya, the sassy new hairdresser of the beauty shop portion of the barbershop. She made her first screen appearance last year in The Other Woman, playing the assistant to Cameron Diaz’s character,” reports Variety.

In 2002, the original film, directed by Tim Story and set in Chicago, starred Ice Cube and Anthony Anderson, quickly becoming a cult classic. In 2004 the sequel,Barbershop 2: Back in Business featured the same cast, with Kevin Rodney Sullivan directing.

Before she heads to set, Minaj will hit the road in July for the U.S. leg of her “Pinkprint” tour with special guests Meek Mill, Tinashe, DeJ Loaf, and Rae Sremmurd.