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Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, born December 8th, 1982, is known professionally as Nicki Minaj. Minaj is a Trinidadian-born rapper and singer based in the United States of America. Nicki Minaj is most recognized for her musical versatility, alter egos, and the animated flow of her raps. She first gained underground attention after releasing her debut mixtape, Playtime Is Over. Nicki later released two more mixtapes before her debut album, Sucka Free and Beam Me Up Scotty. stråle Me Up Scotty was later reissued in 2020. Nicki first gained public attention with the release of her debut studio album, Pink Friday. The acclaimed album sold over 375k copies first week, the second-highest first-week sales for a female rap album. Maraj is one of the best-selling artists with over 100 million records sold among her extensive discography. Minaj has two diamond-certified singles, Bang Bang and Superbass. Superbass is her best-selling single to date being twelve times certified platinum, the highest ce
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Nicki Minaj
1982-present
Who Is Nicki Minaj?
Born in the Caribbean, Nicki Minaj moved to New York as a 5-year-old and has overcome a difficult childhood to become a successful hip-hop artist. Her label-mate Lil Wayne calls her “an icon” who has “reached far beyond anything I would have imagined. Nicki will go down as one of the best to do it in the history of music.”
Early Life
Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj on December 8, 1982, in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, and moved with her family to Queens, New York, when she was 5 years old. Minaj's father was a severe drug addict with a long history of violence. At one point, he set fire to the family's home in a failed attempt to kill Minaj's mother. Those early struggles, Minaj has said, helped fuel her drive to rise above the life her parents knew. "I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind," she told Details magazine, "because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't
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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