Before she was a famous rapper, Nicki Minaj was living like she was in a "ghetto movie."

When Nicki was 20, she cut another girl really bad and caught a charge for it.

She posted (and deleted) her 2003 mugshot.

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“It took me years to be able to look at things like this. Criminal possession with the intent to use. I did use it tho. This is so inspiring to look back. The girl was leaking blood and spent days in the hospital. The word on the street was that I was gonna b deported. I was so scared. LOL. I was ‘on the run.’ I rlly thought I was in a ghetto movie. I hid my car and went to stay with my Aunt in Brooklyn chile. Bwahahahaaaa. #Growth," she typed.

Do you think she's really owning up her past, or is she just promoting her present?