Nicki Minaj is a famous
American multitalent ( actress, rapper and songwriter ). Nicki Minaj is
actually her stage name and her real name is Onika Tanya Maraj.
She received public notice
and her fame has risen quickly to become a big star like today after her first
mixtapes: Playtime is Over (2007) , Sucka Free in 2008. and Beam Me Up Scotty
in 2009. Also 2009 Nicki signed a recording contract with Young Money
Entertainment.
Early life
Nicki Minaj was Born in
Jamaica in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago on December 8, 1982. She grew up as
unhappy child who was raised actually by her grandmoter.Her parents(Robert and
Carol Maraj) could not take care of Nicki. Her mother just visited her few
times , and her father was a violent man how was addicted to drugs.
Also he tried to kill her
mother and burn their house. Nicki had to work many jobs to survive in cruel
world since she was a child. She worked as sa waitress for the most of her life
and once as administrative assistant but her love to music never disappeared as
she loved to sing in church.
Career
Her first album, (Pink
Friday in 2010), reached at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and her single
“Super Bass” also achieved the same success.In just a little time her lyrical
skills were sought after by the likes of famous hip hop artist Lil’ Wayne. Nicki
was determined not to fall down like so many other talented female rappers.
Instead she used her lyrical skills through the ranks of the underground mix
tape circuit.
Nicki became the first
female solo artist with seven singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. Her second
album in the U.S. “Roman Reloaded” in 2012, also got the same success whose
lead single (“Starships”) was a long time number 5. on the Billboard Hot 100.
Several months after its initial release,The album was reissued in an expanded
version, named “The Re-Up”,
Nicki’s third album, “The
Pinkprint”, is scheduled to release in 2015. It’s single, “Anaconda”, achieved
again a great success at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and is her highest
charting single in the U.S. Nicki had the ability and star potential at the
renowned school of performing arts which was shown in the movie and television
series FAME.
Immediately she began to
attract the attention of local producers and hip hop artists .In movies Nicki
made her acting debut in The Other Woman(2013). Also she gave her voice in the
animated film Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012). Her fame and talent pushed her
thorough to all the way to a main judge on the twelfth season of American Idol.
Personal life
Nicki’s celebrity dates: Aubrey
Graham, Lil’ Wayne, Safaree Samuels, Meek Mill, Zac Efron
In Short
Name: Nicki Minaj
AKA: Onika Tanya Maraj
Born: 8-Dec-1984
Birthplace: Port of Spain,
Trinidad
Gender: Female
Race: Black
Sexual Orientation:
Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Singer
Nationality: Trinidad
