Nicki Minaj is a famous rap singer and song writer of the United States who is best known for her songs ‘I Get Crazy’ and ‘Super Bass’
Nicki Minaj
@ESFP, Life Achievements and Family
Dec 8, 1982
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: December 8, 1982
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Black Female Singers, Illuminati Members, Millionaires, Singers, Rhythm & Blues Singers, Hip Hop Singers, Pop Singers, Rappers, ESFP
- Nick names: Nicki Minaj, Nicki Lewinski, Nicki The Harujuku Barbie, Nicki The Ninja, Roman
- Siblings: Brandon Lamar, Jelani Maraj, Micaiah Maraj, Ming Maraj
- Known as: Onika Tanya Maraj
- Universities:
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Nicki Minaj born at
Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago
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Birth Place
In 2015, Nicki Minaj became engaged to hip-hop recording artist Meek Mill. She does not currently have any children, though they have speculated that they might be interested in having them in the future.
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Personal Life
“Nicki Minaj” is a stage name, a persona adopted by the famous rapper. She was born Onika Tanya Maraj on December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Childhood & Early Life
Her father is Robert Maraj, who worked as a financial executive. Her mother, Carol Maraj, was a foreign exchange teller and gospel singer. She also has four siblings, brothers Brandon Lamar and Michaiah Maraj, and sisters Ming Maraj and Jelani Maraj.
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Childhood & Early Life
Her parents emigrated to the United States when Nicki was very young. She lived with her grandmother in Saint James until her mother sent for her and her brother when she was five.
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Childhood & Early Life
Her father was addicted to drugs and abusive, particularly towards her mother. He once set fire to the family home in an apparent and unsuccessful attempt to kill her mother.
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Childhood & Early Life
With a keen ear for music since an early age, she played the clarinet in her middle school band. Afterward, she auditioned and gained admission to ‘La Guardia High School’, a magnet school for the arts.
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Childhood & Early Life
She began her musical career rapping in a foursome called ‘The Hoodstars’, which included 7even Up, Lou$tar, and Scaff Breezy.
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Career
In 2004, ‘The Hoodstars’ recorded the song ‘Don’t Mess With,’ which was a contribution to a compilation album for the WWE, entitled ‘ThemeAddict: WWE The Music’, Vol. 6.
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Career
Minaj left ‘The Hoodstars’ and uploaded much of her work to her Myspace profile page. This caught the attention of Fendi, CEO of ‘Dirty Money Entertainment’, who signed her for a 180-day contract, in 2007.
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Career
She released her first mixtape, ‘Playtime is Over’ on July 5, 2007, and she released a follow-up entitled ‘Sucka Free’ in April of the following year.
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Career
On April 18, 2009, she released her third mixtape ‘Beam Me Up Scotty.’ The album featured the hit song ‘I Get Crazy,’ which reached number 20 on the US Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs.
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Career
The famous singer songwriter has given numerous chart-topping numbers which include ‘I Get Crazy’ from the 2008 album ‘Beam Me Up Scotty. The song hit number 20 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs. The following year the song ‘Super Bass’ from the album ‘Pink Friday’ reached number 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
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Major Works
In 2014 the song ‘Anaconda’ from ‘The Pinkprint’ reached number 2 on Billboard’s Hot 100.
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Major Works