Nicki Minaj had plenty of outfit changes throughout her night at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday.

For her final look, the 39-year-old music artist turned heads in a skintight patterned brown and black dress by Roberto Cavalli.

Earlier in the night the New York-raised star gave an emotional speech as she accepted the 2022 Video Vanguard Award, stating, ‘I wish that people took mental health seriously.’

With the dress, Minaj switched up her hair, which was a bright pink color most of the night.

She took the stage in a long, jet black wig with blunt bangs. The hair was ironed bone straight and was extremely long, stretching down to her thighs.

The sleeveless Cavalli dress is from the designer’s Resort 2023 Womenswear Collection and cropped below her knees.

It boasted lace-up side cutouts that bared the curvy entertainer’s smooth and radiant skin.

In her impassioned speech, Minaj said, ‘I wrote this down. I don’t know why, but this was in my spirit to say: I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here.’

As she tearfully accepted the renowned award, which was named after the late Jackson, she added, ‘I wish that people understood what they meant and what they were going through.’

Then she named other artists who died prematurely. ‘I wish Pop Smoke and Juice Wrld and Nipsey Hussle were here,’ she continued.

Nicki also gave a quick shoutout to her father, Robert Maraj, who died suddenly when he was struck by a car in February 2021.

She also named ‘my cousin Richard, and my business manager Angela, who I never got to say “rest in peace” to publicly.’

‘I wish that people took mental health seriously—even for the people that you think have the perfect lives,’ she told the audience.