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Nicki Minaj stages wardrobe malfunction? Dress rips apart

Nicki Minaj holds her dress together as she performs "Bang Bang" during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California August 24, 2014. (REUTERS)

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Remember the Janet Jackson staged chest baring act at the Super Bowl - well we all know it was more than just a “wardrobe malfunction”.

Looks like Nicki Minaj pulled a Janet Jackson during the recent MTV Video Music Awards.

The two-hour show had its most shocking moment when Nicki Minaj was rump-shaking during her performance of "Anaconda" in the show's first minutes.

Nicki Minaj holds her dress together as she performs "Bang Bang" with Jessie J and Ariana Grande (not pictured) on stage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards in Inglewood, California August 24, 2014. Picture taken August 24, 2014. REUTERS

Then her wardrobe malfunction on stage kept the tradition of VMAs night with irreverence and unscripted moment.

Minaj clutched her dress together with both hands looking mockingly shocked as she rapped her part on Ariana Grande's song "Bang Bang,"

The apparent victim of an onstage wardrobe malfunction during Sunday night's MTV VMA Awards looked very well-rehearsed.

"It felt amazing to open the show, and we ran out of time getting the dress zipped up," Minaj said backstage and so had to make do as best she could.

But now TMZ is reporting that Minaj faked the whole thing.

(L-R) Recording artists Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj perform onstage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 24, 2014 in Inglewood, California. (Getty/AFP)

An eyewitness to the "Bang Bang" performance dress rehearsal told the site that she wore the same dress onstage, and it was unzipped then as well.

The source also said she was grabbing it in a "weird" way to get a better idea of how much would be exposed.

Minaj took to Instagram to explain herself.

"God is good. As long as a ****** didn't come out to play, I'm fine. Love my team. CASPER, Rushka, Adam, Oscar, Joyce, Gee... Many more to name but they're all winners! No weak links. There's no greater feeling than having ppl who inspire u and who work passionately and relentlessly to get the job done."

(Front to back) Recording artists Nicki Minaj, Jessie J, and Ariana Grande perform onstage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 24, 2014 in Inglewood, California. (Getty/AFP)

The episode bore an eerie resemblance to Janet Jackson's famous malfunction onstage at the 2004 Super Bowl half-time show with Justin Timberlake.

Jackson also claimed when he ripped her top off that it was an accident, but the elaborate decoration of her chest underneath her top -- and the way Timberlake ripped off her shirt -- made it quite evident.

On purpose or on accident, it's not Minaj's first on-air slip, either. In 2012 her top slid down during a performance on "Good Morning America," giving Americans more than they bargained for that morning.