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Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian rapper (born 1982)
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj (NIK-ee min-AHZH), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic rap flow, witty lyrics, musical versatility, and alter egos, and is credited as a driving force in the mainstream resurgence of female rap in the early 2010s. Minaj began rapping professionally in the early 2000s and gained recognition with her three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009.
Her debut studio album, Pink Friday (2010), topped the US Billboard 200 and achieved the largest female rap album sales week of the 21st century. Its top-five single "Super Bass" received a diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Minaj explored dance-pop on her second US number-one album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), which produced the diamond-certified single "Starships". She returned to her hip hop roots with her third and fourth alb
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Nicki Minaj
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj (), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer and songwriter based in the United States. She is known as the Queen of Rap[7] and is the most successful female rapper of all time.
She became the first and only female rapper to be listed on Forbes' Hip Hop Cash Kings list.[8]
Background
[change | change source]Nicki Minaj moved to Queens, New York City at age five. Her father went to rehab for alcoholism in 2012.[9] Minaj claimed he burned down their house in her youth.[10] As a teenager, Minaj had an abortion, which is referenced in her song "All Things Go" from The Pinkprint.[11]
Career
[change | change source]2009 - 2011: Beginnings and Pink Friday
[change | change source]In August 2009, Nicki Minaj signed to Young Money Entertainment with distribution from Universal Motown. Her debut album, Pink Friday, was released on November 9, 2010. It climbed to number one on the US Billboard 200 album chart and contained th
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Nicki Minaj
Birth name: Onika Tanya Maraj
Birthplace: Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Years Active: 2004 – Present
Born in Trinidad and Tobago to parents who both sang Gospel music, rapper and actress Nicki Minaj is of African and Indian descent. At age five, Onika Maraj and her siblings emigrated to New York City to join her mother in the borough of Queens, where she would grow up. Maraj attended LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts in Manhattan, where she majored in drama. In an interview, Minaj said that LaGuardia was the first place where she felt that she fit in because she was surrounded by creatives.
Her career as a rapper took off in the 2000s, after one of the mixtapes she released on the social media platform MySpace caught the attention of Dirty Money Entertainment. Dirty Money released Minaj’s 2007 debut mixtape, Playtime is Over. Minaj then released two more mixtapes, Sucka Free and Beam Me Up Scotty in 2008 and 2009, respectively. In August 2009, Lil Wayne signed Minaj to his label Young Money Enterta
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