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Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1984), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian Hip hop and R&B recording artist and songwriter.[1][2][3][4][5] She first saw fame when she signed a record deal with Young Money Entertainment and then later Cash Money Records.

In August 2009, Minaj signed to Young Money Entertainment with distribution from Universal Motown.[6] In Minaj's early career, she released three mixtapes, Playtime Is Over, Sucka Free, and Beam Me Up Scotty.[7][8] Minaj was discovered by fellow American rapper Lil Wayne and, after the three mixtapes, Minaj signed a deal with Young Money Entertainment.[9] After signing the deal, Minaj began working on her debut album, titled Pink Friday, which charted at number-two on the US Billboard 200.[10] Minaj became the first artist ever to have seven songs within the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.[11] Her second single, "Your Love", reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, making Minaj the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since 2002.[12] Minaj became the first female artist to be included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List[13] One month after the release of Pink Friday, Minaj's album gained a Platinum certification in the United States.[14] Minaj is known for collaborating with numerous artists and guest raps on many popular singles.

Minaj was born on December 8, 1984 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago[3][1][2][16][17] to parents of Indian and Afro-Trinidadian ancestry.[18][19] She lived in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago[3] with her grandmother until age five, because her parents were looking for a place to live in the Queens borough of New York City at the time. Her mother would occasionally visit, and one day, when Minaj was five, her mother picked her up to move to Queens.[1] According to Minaj, her father drank alcohol, took drugs, and once tried to kill her mother by setting the house on fire.[20]

She attended Elizabeth Blackwell Middle School 210, where she played the clarinet.[1] She graduated from LaGuardia High School.[21][22] At LaGuardia, a school specializing in music and the visual and performing arts, Minaj participated in the drama program.[21] She had initially planned to sing at LaGuardia, but lost her voice on the day of the audition.[21]
Music career
2007–09: Career beginnings and mixtapes

Nicki Minaj released her first mixtape in 2007, after releasing, Playtime Is Over with an unknown label. She later released another mixtape on July 7, 2008, titled Sucka Free, under the label of Be. On April 18, 2009, Minaj released a third mixtape and appeared in XXL magazine.[6] Under the label of Trapaholics Records. In 2008 she won the Female Artist of the Year award at the Underground Music Awards.[23] Minaj released Beam Me Up Scotty, another mixtape, in April 2009 which received positive coverage on both BET and MTV.And also made another mixtape named Barbie world in 2010 [24][25]
2010–present: Pink Friday

After a major record label bidding war, Young Money Entertainment announced on August 31, 2009 that Minaj had been released a 360 deal with the label in which she retains and owns all of her 360 rights – including merchandising, sponsorships, endorsements, touring and publishing.[26] In an interview with 95.8 Capital FM, Rihanna stated that after the two collaborated on "Raining Men" from her album Loud that the duo would be teaming up together for a possible second collaboration on Minaj's Pink Friday.[27] Hip-hop rap artist and producer Kanye West was also confirmed for the album.[28]

On August 3, 2010 Minaj revealed on a Ustream.tv channel for her fans that the albums name would be Pink Friday stating, “To carry on a great tradition of Black Friday, we are going to switch it up this year in honor of the Nicki Minaj album and call that day Pink Friday, and call my album Pink Friday,!”[29] A deluxe edition of the album was also released after the standard addition.[30] Nicki Minaj released the artwork for her album cover on Friday, October 15, 2010.[31]

Minaj's debut album, Pink Friday was released on November 19, 2010.[32] A buzz single, "Massive Attack", was released in April.[33] In August, Minaj released "Your Love" as the first official single from her debut album. The single peaked at 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and topped the Rap Songs chart. Minaj became the first female artist to be included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List[13] and the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since 2002.[34] In October 2010, Minaj became the first artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart simultaneously.[11] Minaj released a joint single with The Black Eyed Peas front man, will.i.am titled, "Check It Out", which is Minaj's most successful single to-date around Europe. "Right thru Me" was released September 24, 2010. Written by Stephen Hacker, Joe Satriani, Andrew Thielk, B.Evans and Minaj herself. The music video was released in late October, which featured Minaj a boy-and-girl relationship drama. "Moment 4 Life" followed "Right thru Me" and was released as the fourth overall single. The track featured Canadian rapper, Drake, which was released on December 7, 2010, which is proving to be as successful in the Billboard Hot 100, as it is climbing each week and currently at number 37. The single has so far peaked at number 5 on the Hot Rap Songs.[35] Minaj's album gained a Platinum certification in the United States a month after the release.[14]

On Saturday, January 29, 2011, Minaj appeared on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest. She performed her hit songs "Right Thru Me" and "Moment 4 Life".
Musical style and image
Image

In an interview with Vibe Minaj discussed her sexual image stating, "[w]hen I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do that exactly. The female rappers of my day spoke about sex a lot... and I thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing. When in fact I didn’t have to represent the same thing."[36] In an interview with Interview, Minaj commented on her sexual image again stating, "I made a conscious decision to try to tone down the sexiness, I want people—especially young girls—to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You’ve got to have something else to go with that.”[37]
Alter egos

While growing up Nicki was surrounded by constant trouble and fighting between her parents.[38] To escape her real life problems she would create characters and live her life through them.[38] In an interview with New York she stated, “[t]o get away from all their fighting, I would imagine being a new person. "Cookie" was my first identity—that stayed with me for a while. I went on to "Harajuku Barbie", then "Nicki Minaj". Fantasy was my reality.”[38]

For her debut album, Minaj created another alter-ego named "Roman Zolanski".[39] She stated that in songs like "Bottoms Up" with Trey Songz it is not Nicki rapping, but instead Roman Zolanski, and claims that Roman is her "twin brother". She claims that he was born inside her, out of rage, and becomes him when she is angry. She has also said 'He is a demon inside her'. Roman has been compared to Eminem's alter ego Slim Shady, and on the song "Roman's Revenge" from Pink Friday, Minaj and Eminem collaborate, using these alter egos. [40] Roman also has a "mother" called "Martha Zolanski"[41], who also appeared on the song Roman's Revenge, with a British accent. [42] Martha Appears in the video for "Moment 4 Life" where she appears to be Nicki's magical Godmother. In songs such as "All I Do Is Win (Remix)" it is Nicki rapping.[39] Minaj stated that on her debut album, fans will get to "meet" Nicki, Roman and Onika.[39]

On November 18, 2010 Nicki Minaj assumed a different alter-ego named "Nicki Teresa".[43] Wearing a colorful scarf around her head, she went around as the "healer to her fans" as she visited them at The Garden of Dreams Foundation at Fuse studios in New York City.[43] Minaj made an appearance on Lopez Tonight on December 6, 2010 and presented a different alter-ego for the Spanish-inspired occasion, named "Rosa" (pronounced Rrrrrosa).[44]
Influences

Minaj has stated that artists who have influenced her musical style include Lil Wayne, Lauryn Hill, Jadakiss, Natasha Bedingfield, Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim and Missy Elliott

Videos: Nicki Minaj

Beez In The Trap

Come On A Cone

Fly

Freedom

High School

I Am Your Leader

Itty Bitty Piggy

Jumpoff

Massive Attack

Moment 4 Life

Pound The Alarm

Right By My Side

Right Thru Me

Starships

Stupid Hoe

Super Bass

The Boys

Va Va Voom

Your Love


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	Videos: Nicki Minaj Beez In The Trap Come On A Cone Fly Freedom High School I Am Your Leader Itty Bitty Piggy Jumpoff Massive Attack Moment 4 Life Pound The Alarm Right By My Side Right Thru Me Starships Stupid Hoe Super Bass The Boys Va Va Voom Your Love Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1984), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian Hip hop and R&B recording artist and songwriter.[1][2][3][4][5] She first saw fame when she signed a record deal with Young Money Entertainment and then later Cash Money Records. In August 2009, Minaj signed to Young Money Entertainment with distribution from Universal Motown.[6] In Minaj's early career, she released three mixtapes, Playtime Is Over, Sucka Free, and Beam Me Up Scotty.[7][8] Minaj was discovered by fellow American rapper Lil Wayne and, after the three mixtapes, Minaj signed a deal with Young Money Entertainment.[9] After signing the deal, Minaj began working on her debut album, titled Pink Friday, which charted at number-two on the US Billboard 200.[10] Minaj became the first artist ever to have seven songs within the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.[11] Her second single, "Your Love", reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart, making Minaj the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since 2002.[12] Minaj became the first female artist to be included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List[13] One month after the release of Pink Friday, Minaj's album gained a Platinum certification in the United States.[14] Minaj is known for collaborating with numerous artists and guest raps on many popular singles. Minaj was born on December 8, 1984 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago[3][1][2][16][17] to parents of Indian and Afro-Trinidadian ancestry.[18][19] She lived in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago[3] with her grandmother until age five, because her parents were looking for a place to live in the Queens borough of New York City at the time. Her mother would occasionally visit, and one day, when Minaj was five, her mother picked her up to move to Queens.[1] According to Minaj, her father drank alcohol, took drugs, and once tried to kill her mother by setting the house on fire.[20] She attended Elizabeth Blackwell Middle School 210, where she played the clarinet.[1] She graduated from LaGuardia High School.[21][22] At LaGuardia, a school specializing in music and the visual and performing arts, Minaj participated in the drama program.[21] She had initially planned to sing at LaGuardia, but lost her voice on the day of the audition.[21] Music career 2007–09: Career beginnings and mixtapes Nicki Minaj released her first mixtape in 2007, after releasing, Playtime Is Over with an unknown label. She later released another mixtape on July 7, 2008, titled Sucka Free, under the label of Be. On April 18, 2009, Minaj released a third mixtape and appeared in XXL magazine.[6] Under the label of Trapaholics Records. In 2008 she won the Female Artist of the Year award at the Underground Music Awards.[23] Minaj released Beam Me Up Scotty, another mixtape, in April 2009 which received positive coverage on both BET and MTV.And also made another mixtape named Barbie world in 2010 [24][25] 2010–present: Pink Friday After a major record label bidding war, Young Money Entertainment announced on August 31, 2009 that Minaj had been released a 360 deal with the label in which she retains and owns all of her 360 rights – including merchandising, sponsorships, endorsements, touring and publishing.[26] In an interview with 95.8 Capital FM, Rihanna stated that after the two collaborated on "Raining Men" from her album Loud that the duo would be teaming up together for a possible second collaboration on Minaj's Pink Friday.[27] Hip-hop rap artist and producer Kanye West was also confirmed for the album.[28] On August 3, 2010 Minaj revealed on a Ustream.tv channel for her fans that the albums name would be Pink Friday stating, “To carry on a great tradition of Black Friday, we are going to switch it up this year in honor of the Nicki Minaj album and call that day Pink Friday, and call my album Pink Friday,!”[29] A deluxe edition of the album was also released after the standard addition.[30] Nicki Minaj released the artwork for her album cover on Friday, October 15, 2010.[31] Minaj's debut album, Pink Friday was released on November 19, 2010.[32] A buzz single, "Massive Attack", was released in April.[33] In August, Minaj released "Your Love" as the first official single from her debut album. The single peaked at 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, 7 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and topped the Rap Songs chart. Minaj became the first female artist to be included on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List[13] and the first female artist to top the chart unaccompanied since 2002.[34] In October 2010, Minaj became the first artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart simultaneously.[11] Minaj released a joint single with The Black Eyed Peas front man, will.i.am titled, "Check It Out", which is Minaj's most successful single to-date around Europe. "Right thru Me" was released September 24, 2010. Written by Stephen Hacker, Joe Satriani, Andrew Thielk, B.Evans and Minaj herself. The music video was released in late October, which featured Minaj a boy-and-girl relationship drama. "Moment 4 Life" followed "Right thru Me" and was released as the fourth overall single. The track featured Canadian rapper, Drake, which was released on December 7, 2010, which is proving to be as successful in the Billboard Hot 100, as it is climbing each week and currently at number 37. The single has so far peaked at number 5 on the Hot Rap Songs.[35] Minaj's album gained a Platinum certification in the United States a month after the release.[14] On Saturday, January 29, 2011, Minaj appeared on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest. She performed her hit songs "Right Thru Me" and "Moment 4 Life". Musical style and image Image In an interview with Vibe Minaj discussed her sexual image stating, "[w]hen I grew up I saw females doing certain things, and I thought I had to do that exactly. The female rappers of my day spoke about sex a lot... and I thought that to have the success they got, I would have to represent the same thing. When in fact I didn’t have to represent the same thing."[36] In an interview with Interview, Minaj commented on her sexual image again stating, "I made a conscious decision to try to tone down the sexiness, I want people—especially young girls—to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You’ve got to have something else to go with that.”[37] Alter egos While growing up Nicki was surrounded by constant trouble and fighting between her parents.[38] To escape her real life problems she would create characters and live her life through them.[38] In an interview with New York she stated, “[t]o get away from all their fighting, I would imagine being a new person. "Cookie" was my first identity—that stayed with me for a while. I went on to "Harajuku Barbie", then "Nicki Minaj". Fantasy was my reality.”[38] For her debut album, Minaj created another alter-ego named "Roman Zolanski".[39] She stated that in songs like "Bottoms Up" with Trey Songz it is not Nicki rapping, but instead Roman Zolanski, and claims that Roman is her "twin brother". She claims that he was born inside her, out of rage, and becomes him when she is angry. She has also said 'He is a demon inside her'. Roman has been compared to Eminem's alter ego Slim Shady, and on the song "Roman's Revenge" from Pink Friday, Minaj and Eminem collaborate, using these alter egos. [40] Roman also has a "mother" called "Martha Zolanski"[41], who also appeared on the song Roman's Revenge, with a British accent. [42] Martha Appears in the video for "Moment 4 Life" where she appears to be Nicki's magical Godmother. In songs such as "All I Do Is Win (Remix)" it is Nicki rapping.[39] Minaj stated that on her debut album, fans will get to "meet" Nicki, Roman and Onika.[39] On November 18, 2010 Nicki Minaj assumed a different alter-ego named "Nicki Teresa".[43] Wearing a colorful scarf around her head, she went around as the "healer to her fans" as she visited them at The Garden of Dreams Foundation at Fuse studios in New York City.[43] Minaj made an appearance on Lopez Tonight on December 6, 2010 and presented a different alter-ego for the Spanish-inspired occasion, named "Rosa" (pronounced Rrrrrosa).[44] Influences Minaj has stated that artists who have influenced her musical style include Lil Wayne, Lauryn Hill, Jadakiss, Natasha Bedingfield, Foxy Brown, Lil' Kim and Missy Elliott
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