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Nicki Minaj

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By Shante HernandezPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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Nicki, Nicki, Nicki!! Nicki Minaj was born Onika Maraj on December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. She moved to the USA when she was younger. Nicki hadn't always had the luxury life. Her father had problems with drugs and being abusive towards Nicki's mother. He even went as far as burning their house down. Nicki and her mother survived the house fire, but she always had a passion for music at a young age. When she was in middle school, she played the clarinet, which gained her an admission to a school of arts. Her dream was to do acting, but after so many attempts she decided to get a job. After working so many jobs, she was fired for poor customer service. Then one day she decided to pull a group together called "The Hoodstars." They released a few mixtapes, but Nicki left the group and started working on her solo mixtapes. She caught the attention of the CEO of "Dirty Money Entertainment," who signed her a contract. Some of her popular mixtapes like Playtime is Over, and a follow-up that really got her career started on the way to fame as a rapper. Then in 2009, she released her third mixtape and got her hits on the Top 20 Billboard's Hot Rap Song. This caught the attention of rapper Lil Wayne, who signed her a contract with "Young Money Entertainment." She started by making cameos in videos with people like Robin Thicke and Mariah Carey. The day finally came, her debut album Massive Attack, which changed to Pink Friday was released in 2010. That was when her career as an artist started and took off. She had hits off the album that made the Top Billboard Top 20 Rap Songs. Her song "Your Love" was one of her number one hits. "Super Bass" was another top hit that went platinum. There were a lot more hit songs on the album that you can name. In 2012, she collaborated with one of top 80s queens, Madonna and fellow artist MIA on a song called "Give Me All Your Luvin." Later on that year, she debuted her studio album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Popular songs like "Stupid Hoe" and "Roman in Moscow" were on the album. And they became very popular songs on the chart.

One day Nicki Minaj decided she wanted to try acting in movies. She finally got the role of Steffie in the movie Ice Age: Continental Drift with other artists like Drake, Keke Palmer, and Queen Latifah. Nicki's career was finally at the top where she always wanted it to be. She got invited to become a host on the TV Show American Idol with Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, and Randy Jackson, but left the show the following year to focus on her music and acting again. Then she became the opposite role of Cameron Diaz in a hit movie called The Other Woman. Just when you thought she was gonna take a break. She released her album The Pinkprint in 2014, which featured her biggest hit today, "Anaconda." That hit was so catchy that it hit number 2 on the top billboard.

Nicki Minaj has accomplished so many goals in her life. She won awards from Artist of the Year, Best Hip Hop, and Best Hip Hop Video for "Starships." She became engaged to rapper Meek Mill in 2015 then broke it off later down the road. Now Nicki Minaj is still working on her own music and she's working with other artist like DJ Khaled, Migos, Chris Brown, and other artist you can name. I love Nicki Minaj! She is a really talented artist. I would love to work with her. And she never lets anything get in her way of following her dreams. She is a hard working woman. Stay strong and thank you for being you, Nicki.

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