No need to be humble here!

We caught up with Nicki Minaj at LAX yesterday and asked her if she agreed with Birdman's assessment that she's the "best female rapper in hip-hop history," and she nodded her head and gave an enthusiastic thumbs up!

Even for her haters, it's hard to argue with her numbers!

She's the first female rapper to sell 5 million copies of all of her studio albums. That's a big deal!

The "Pink Friday" songstress has been out of the spotlight since New Year's working on her upcoming album, but we think she's also been trying to avoid questions about ex Meek Mill and his prison problems and her recent breakup with Nas.

Somewhere, Iggy Azalea is fuming!