We told you back in March that Nicki Minaj was in talks to join the cast of ‘Barbershop 3’ but now it has been confirmed and there are definitive details about her character.
According to Variety, Minaj will co-star in the New Line/MGM’s film alongside Ice Cube, Eve, Regina King, Common and Cedric the Entertainer, 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,” portraying the assistant to Cameron Diaz’s character so this will be her second big screen role.
The original 2002 film, directed by Tim Story and set in Chicago, starred Ice Cube and Anthony Anderson. The 2004 sequel “Barbershop 2: Back in Business” featured the same cast, with Kevin Rodney Sullivan directing.’Barbershop’ grossed $75 million domestic in 2002 and the 2004 sequel grossed $65 million domestic.

