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Nicki Minaj: Queen of Rap
An innovator in switching from Perky Pop Princess to Gritty Gangsta Rapper with ease, Nicki Minaj has risen to stardom. In a genre where men dominate the uppermost echelons and only one woma... Read allAn innovator in switching from Perky Pop Princess to Gritty Gangsta Rapper with ease, Nicki Minaj has risen to stardom. In a genre where men dominate the uppermost echelons and only one woman typically thrives at a time, being at the top is lonely. Nicki Minaj has indelibly chang... Read allAn innovator in switching from Perky Pop Princess to Gritty Gangsta Rapper with ease, Nicki Minaj has risen to stardom. In a genre where men dominate the uppermost echelons and only one woman typically thrives at a time, being at the top is lonely. Nicki Minaj has indelibly changed the landscape for artists in hip hop for the past decade, showing a complex visage: the... Read all
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Nicki Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj on December 8, 1982 in St. James, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago and raised in Queens, New York City, New York. She grew up in a troubled family with a father that was a drug addict who later changed after he checked into rehab and started going to church. Minaj went to LaGaurdia High School and studied singing and acting.
She was first spotted by the CEO of Young Money, and was later recruited for The Carter Edition of Young Money's own "The Come Up" DVD series. Her rapping skills caught the eyes of Lil Wayne who later worked with her for many collaborations with his mixtapes.
In April 2007, Minaj released her first mixtape "Playtime Is Over". One year later she made another mixtape "Sucka Free" which made her Female Artist of the Year at the Underground Music Awards. In 2009 she made her third mixtape "Beam Me Up Scotty" which got positive reviews from BET and MTV.
To date, Nicki has released 3 platinum selling studio albums, Pink Friday, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, and the most recent The Pinkprint
BornDecember 8, 1982
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Nicki Minaj
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Background
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Career
[change | vend source]2009 - 2011: Beginnings and Pink Friday
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