Nicki Minaj voices cartoon figure

Rapper Nicki Minaj is part of an animation series for children called Steven Universe.

The Starships hitmaker has given the voiceover to a character called Sugilite in the Cartoon Network show about a group of aliens who use the power of special stones to protect the world from evil threats, reports contactmusic.com.

Minaj has acted in a romantic comedy The Other Woman and has also voiced an animated mammoth named Steffie in the 2012 Ice Age: Continental Drift.

The episode will go on air on Cartoon Network next month.