Biography of Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, December 8, 1984), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj is a Trinidadian singer and songwriter hip hop and rap.

In August 2009, Minaj signed a contract with the record label Young Money Entertainment with distribution from Universal Motown and began appearing in singles of other artists like Mariah Carey, Ludacris, Usher, Sean Garrett and Christina Aguilera among others, before launching their singles "Massive Attack", "your Love", "Check It Out", "Right Thru me" and "Moment 4 Life" detached from her debut album Pink Friday released on November 19, 2010. the album debuted in the US. UU. at number 2 on the Billboard 200 this marked her as the second female hip hop artist of higher sales in a week, behind Lauryn Hill album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998. In Canada , the album debuted at number 8, at 34 in the UK and 45 in Ireland. Early Nicki Minaj was born in St James a suburb in Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago daughter of parents of Indian-Trinidadian and Afro-Trinidadian descent. He lived in St James with her ​​grandmother until eda

d five years because their parents were looking for a place to live in the Queens borough of New York. His mother occasionally came to visit, and one day, when Minaj was five, her mother picked her up to go to Queens. According to Minaj, her father drank alcohol, took drugs, and once tried to kill his mother to burn down his house. He attended Elizabeth Blackwell Middle School 210, where he played the clarinet. He graduated from LaGuardia High School. At La Guardia, a company specializing in music and visual and performing arts, Minaj participated in the school drama program. He had originally planned to sing at LaGuardia, but lost his voice in the audition day. She worked for a time at the Red Lobster restaurant in Bronx, New York. 2004-2009: Early career and mixtapes Minaj was discovered on MySpace by Dirty Money CEO Fendi, who signed her to his label Dirty Money. After appearing in the Carter DVD edition of Young Money's The Come Up, Minaj was contacted by Lil Wayne, the two collaborated on a series of mixed tracks. In April 2007, he released his first mixtape, Playtime Is Over, where it appears as a Barbie doll on the cover. Lil Wayne appeared on the song "Can not Stop, Will not Stop". In 2008, Minaj released her mixtape Sucka Free. She appeared in the July issue of XXL magazine, giving a brief account of his life so far. Later that year, Minaj won the Female Artist of the Year at the Underground Music Awards. Nicki Beam Me Up Scotty released another mixtape, in 2009. He received generally positive coverage on both BET and MTV. Minaj also appeared on the album Beauty Killer Jeffree Star on "Lollipop Luxury". 2010-present: Pink Fridaydebut album Nicki Pink Friday was released on November 19, 2010. A single, "Massive Attack" it was released months earlier. In August, Minaj released "Your Love" as the first official single from his debut album. The single reached # 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, 7 on the Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs topped the list of songs Rap Songs. Minaj became the first female artist not accompanied, at the top of the charts since 2002. In October 2010, Minaj became the first artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time. Backed by its commercial success in the United States, in 2011 Nicki Minaj is the most important opening act of the musical tour Femme Fatale Tour American singer Britney Spears, which is intended to promote the seventh studio album of the latter, Femme Fatale. image in an interview with Vibe magazine, Minaj discussed her sexual image stating, "when I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do exactly that. the female rappers of my day talk a lot about sex ... and thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing when I actually had to do so ".. in an interview with interview magazine, she said again sexual image saying" I made ​​a conscious decision to try to lower the tone of sensuality, i want people to know that especially young in life, nothing will be based on sex appeal. You have to have something else to go with that. " Conflict with Lil 'Kim Lil' Kim lunged Nicki Minaj stating that the rapper has not granted due respect and copied his image ... It all started in early June 2010 during a concert in Buffalo, New York, where Kim alluded to Minaj wearing a wig neon Carmelo, equal to that Nicki used on the cover of Vibe Magazine, which wassubsequently removed and threw to the crowd saying "Everyone knows who is I like tocreate trends. I'm on another level, I like wigs and all but I'm over it. "After these statements, the fight continued and Lil 'Kim released a song in response to the debut album by Nicki, called Black Friday Alter egos While he grew Nicki, was surrounded by problems and the constant struggle between their parents. to escape their problems of real life she created characters and lived his life through them. in an interview with New York, said, "to get away from all his fights, I imagined as a new person. "Cookie" was my first identity, which stayed with me for a while. I was a "Harajuku Barbie", then "Nicki Minaj". Fantasy was my reality. " For their debut album, Minaj created another alter ego named" Roman Zolanski. "She said that in songs like" Bottoms Up "with Trey Songz was not Nicki rapping, but Zolanski, and claims that Roman is his "twin sister." Roman has been compared to the alter ego of Eminem, "Slim Shady" and the song "Roman's Revenge" Pink Friday, Minaj and Eminem collaborated, using these alter egos. on songs like "All I Do is Win (Remix) "is Nicki rapping. Minaj stated that on her debut album, fans can get to" meet "Nicki, Roman and Onika. on November 18, 2010 Nicki Minaj is another alter ego called" Nicki Teresa ". I wearing a colorful scarf around her head, was presented as the "healer his fans" when he visited in the Garden of Dreams Foundation at Fuse Studios in New York City. Personal life While some songs and interviews suggest that Minaj it is bisexual, has said she so far has not had sex with women, but also added in an interview with Out magazine, "I do not date men either." In an interview with Vibe she commented, "I tolerate people from all walks of life and not tell them that they are bad people. I tell women who are beautiful and girls are sexy because I think they need it and sometimes not have anyone to do it. I feel like people always want to define and do not want them to . " He reiterated his displeasure at being labeled in an interview, saying, "The point is that everyone is not black and white, there are many shades in between, have to let people feel comfortable to say what they want to say when they want speak. "During an interview in May 2010 with Details, Minaj was asked if he felt that hip-hop was becoming more gay friendly. She replied: "I think the world is getting more gay-friendly time, therefore the hip-hop so is But it's hard to imagine that a gay male rapper can be easily assimilated, people view gay men as people. who has no experience on the streets. However, I think it 'll catch up to see one in my life. "