However, the American Idol judge revealed that despite some fights, she never submitted to the perpetrators.

Speaking to Teen Vogue, Minaj said that her disruptive parents meant that she was often placed in different schools - meaning that she had to make friends with girls who were less than enamoured with the 'Super Bass' star. She said:

"Every time my parents fought, my mother would have us move and I would have to go to a new school, which meant I'd have to face the task of making new friends. I dreaded it. I had butterflies in my stomach each time: Are people going to like or hate me?"

The singer continued: "I encountered jealous girls a lot. What it came down to is that the bullies wanted me to bow down to them and I just wouldn't. Sometimes there'd be a fight, sometimes not. I let people know I wasn't going to be pushed around."

The chart-topping pair collaborated on Keys' hit track 'Girl On Fire', with Minaj laying down a rap verse for the remix.

Keys would "definitely" love the chance to team up with the 'Starships' songstress again.

She gushed to MTV News: "I saw her at the Met Ball actually and that was the last place I saw her. That's my girl and I definitely have lots of love for her ... she's a girl on fire."

Keys also spoke about long-time American Idol judge Randy Jackson's decision to leave the hit show once the current season has ended.

The stunning singer insists she won't be joining Minaj, Mariah Carey and Keith Urban on the coveted panel anytime soon.

She said: "There's no room for me."

Keys also spoke about her newest single.

She explained: "I actually just finished the video for 'Tears Always Win' last night.

"It's a girl and her working two jobs and she's got all these things going on. But the whole time, she's totally distracted because she's only thinking about how she feels [about her ex], almost at the point [where] you're thinking about the person, but you're also thinking about, kind of, your loneliness and how you feel. How're you gonna get through it? The video is totally beautiful, really unexpected. It has some Vegas pieces in it. I think the way it goes on, it really brings a relevance to the words and you'll really feel it. I'm loving it."

Speaking to In Touch magazine about his shock announcement last night (May 9), the hitmaker explained that he's become the face of the show so it will be a shame to see him go:

"That's so sad. I think he's amazing. I really love him a lot... for lots of years."

When asked if she would consider a judging position on the show, Keys confessed that her current schedule is so busy that it wouldn't allow such a role: "I don't know if I'd want to be a judge."

"I'm about to go to Europe for my tour and then I have Brazil and Rock In Rio with Justin Timberlake, which will be crazy... and Asia and Australia so, that's going to take me right on up through January."

The 'Trespassing' hitmaker posted a link to a video clip via his official Twitter page this afternoon (May 10) and it briefly documents his path from auditioning, to being a contestant and to where he is now.

During the short accompanying interview Lambert opened up about the impact 'American Idol' has had on his musical journey since appearing on it: "I get to travel the world and it's wild. There are moments where I think to myself, 'this is my life'. It's crazy. It's been an amazing journey - the last few years - since 'Idol'. Without this show I wouldn't have this platform, I'm having a great time. I love creating, I love entertaining and I'm not going to stop."

Meanwhile, the current season of the show is drawing to an end after favourite to win Angie Miller was eliminated last night. Kree Harrison will now go head-to-head against Candice Glover for this year's crown.

Jackson made the surprise revelation last night (May 9) and told press that after 12 years of working on the programme he has decided to call it a day, but Minaj admitted that she is thoroughly enjoying being part of it and would do it all again if asked:

"That's a million-dollar question," she said when asked if she will return to the panel for the next series. "I have to say this all the time, but I want people to know it's genuinely from my heart. I love the people on Idol. I genuinely do. If I had to do this all over again, I would have done 'Idol.' Because it's fun, it's laughs."

Minaj added that the negative press can cloud the experience, referring to her spat with Mariah Carey earlier this year, but explained that she has loved every minute so far: "It's kind of sad that what people read all the time is only when something is negative. But they don't realize that we built a family. I feel happy here and I have to thank them for giving me this chance."

"They could have picked anyone in the world. And they picked me. So that's all I'll say about that."

Watch Minaj talk about her relationships with the other judges in a new interview here:

He issued a statement to E! about his surprise departure and confessed that he now wants to turn his attention to his own business ventures, and especially his company Dream Merchant 21:

"Yo! Yo! Yo! To put all of the speculation to the rest, after 12 years of judging on 'American Idol' I have decided it is time to leave after this season."

"I am very proud of how we forever changed television and the music industry. It's been a life changing opportunity but I am looking forward to focusing on my company Dream Merchant 21 and other business ventures."

It was also revealed today that fellow 'American Idol' judge Mariah Carey had dropped Jackson as her manager, citing 'hectic' clashing of schedules as the reason.

Watch Jackson talk about the impact 'American Idol' has on the music industry below:

During an interview with KISS FM, member Jesy Nelson made the revelation and explained that it's something they all want to happen in the future: "We've always wanted our own reality show haven't we!? But we actually want to film it."

Singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock added that if they start collecting footage it might become a genuine project as they would already have the material to make into a programme: "So if we film the footage then hopefully that'll happen. Dreaming big! It's one of our dreams to have our own reality show but if we all had to live in the same house together it would absolutely mental."

The 'Wings' beauties hope to follow in the footsteps of other homegrown acts landing reality shows, such as The Saturdays with their E! series 'Chasing The Saturdays' and The Wanted, who have just announced details of their offering, 'The Wanted Life'. 

It has also recently been confirmed that the 'Glee' cast have recorded a cover of Little Mix's single 'Wings' to use on the hit U.S. show.

New cast member and former 'American Idol' contestant Jessica Sanchez takes lead vocals on the cover and it will be included on the show's season finale episode, which is due to air in America on May 9.

Sanchez was hired by the popular U.S. show's producers to play the temporary role of Frida Romero and writing on her official Twitter page last night (May 6), she asked her fans if they were excited for the next episode: "Excited for everyone to see a little more #FridaRomero. I'm back on @GLEEonFOX this Thursday!!"

Speaking about the honour recently, Little Mix's Perrie Edwards explained that 'Glee' covering one of their tracks is a sign that the group are finally getting noticed by an international audience: "You know you've made it when you're on 'Glee'! I love 'Glee'. I'm excited to see what they're going to do with it and how it's going to be done, what scene it is, who's going to sing what!"

During an interview with Ryan Seacrest, she explained that the supposed date of completion is very soon and the pressure is building because she isn't sure if the record will be done by then:

"Probably we're talking about earlier than mid-summer, which is a lot of pressure on me because I want these last few records to be just as good as the first records I started."

Yesterday (May 6), the hitmaker unveiled her new single '#Beautiful', which is a collaboration with Miguel, and she added that working with him felt very natural as they were very 'in tune' with each other in the studio:

"We got together, he had starting writing this song with just the guitar riff. And I have to say this about him as a collaborator, sometimes when you haven't worked with somebody you don't know really what they do in the studio... And if they have the same kind of love for music that I have... And he's the truth. We just wanted to do something different that has a texture that feels fresh."

The official music video for '#Beautiful' will premiere tomorrow during 'American Idol'.

The rap superstar took to the social networking site this afternoon and told her 16.4 million followers that she's currently designing a few dresses and a jacket:

"Early morning clothing line mtg. *sigh* Exhausted isnt even the word at this point. Might have 2 start drinking coffee. Cpl of dresses i'm wrkng on. Barbz??? Tell me."

Minaj then asked her fans if one of the jackets, which is blue with gold details, included in the range should be tailored (shown below): "Gna make the jacket smaller. Barbz???"

Watch her music video for 'High School', which also features Lil Wayne, below: