British Princess Rappers Meet Their Idol Nicki Minaj On Ellen

Ellen DeGeneres has some serious A&R muscle. The comedian and talk-show host already emerged as a leader in the post-Scooter Braun YouTube talent-search industry. The single-week turnaround she pulled off this week, though, is next-level. Last Wednesday a “Super Bass” cover, performed by an eight-year-old British girl named Sophie Grace Brownlee and her five-year-old sister Rosie, went viral; by yesterday the two were appearing on Ellen, where they got to meet, and perform with, Nicki Minaj. Six days is, frankly, an astonishing turnaround for a television show like this. (Kudos to the staff of Ellen.) We don’t know that the Brownlee sisters have a Greyson Chance-esque recording career ahead of them anytime soon—Nicki Minaj encourages the girls to put school first and singing second—but the whole thing is completely adorable. They try on Nicki’s wigs!

“The Surprise Of Their Lives” [Ellen]