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Nicki Minaj

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Nicki Minaj
Minaj in 2018
Born
Onika Tanya Maraj

(1982-12-08) December 8, 1982 (age 41)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
Years active2004–present
Works
Spouse
Kenneth Petty
​
(m. 2019)​
PartnersSafaree Samuels (2000–2014)
Meek Mill (2014–2016)[1]
Children1
AwardsFull list
Musical career
OriginNew York City, US
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
Labels
Websitenickiminajofficial.com

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (née Maraj; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj (/ˈnɪki mɪˈnɑːʒ/ NIK-ee min-AHZH), is a Trinidadian-born[a] rapper, singer, and songwriter based in the United States. Often referred to as the "Queen of Rap", she is known for her musical versatility, animated rap flow, and alter egos. She first gained recognition after releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009.

Minaj's debut album, Pink Friday (2010), topped the US Billboard 200 chart. Its single "Super Bass" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified 12-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Her follow-up album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), explored dance-pop, debuted at number one in both the UK and US, and yielded the international top-ten single "Starships". Minaj's collaboration "Bang Bang" (2014) with Jessie J and Ariana Grande became the first female collaboration to be certified diamond in the US.

Minaj's third album, The Pinkprint (2014), marked a return to her hip hop roots. Its second single, "Anaconda", peaked at number two on the Hot 100. Minaj followed it with Queen (2018), which yielded the US top-ten single "Chun-Li". She achieved her first two US number-one singles in 2020 with the collaborations "Say So" with Doja Cat and "Trollz" with 6ix9ine. In 2022, she had her first solo number-one on the Hot 100 with "Super Freaky Girl", the lead single from her fifth studio album, Pink Friday 2 (2023), which also debuted atop the Billboard 200. To promote the album, Minaj embarked on the Pink Friday 2 World Tour in 2024, which became the highest-grossing concert tour by a female rapper.

Minaj is one of the world's best-selling music artists, with over 100 million records sold.[3] Billboard ranked her as the top-selling female rapper of the 2010s and one of the greatest rappers of all time.[4][5] She has the most number-one albums (3) and top-ten songs (23) in the US for a female rapper. Her various accolades include a Brit Award, five Billboard Music Awards, nine American Music Awards, eight MTV Video Music Awards (including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award), 12 BET Awards, three Guinness World Records, and 12 Grammy Award nominations. In 2016, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Throughout her career, her outspoken views, feuds with several rappers, personal life, and fanbase have received significant media attention.[6][7] Outside of music, her ventures have included her Beats 1 radio show Queen Radio, and roles in the animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), and the comedy films The Other Woman (2014) and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016). On television, she served as a judge on the twelfth season of American Idol (2013).

  1. ^ Aniftos, Rania (February 5, 2020). "A Timeline of Nicki Minaj & Meek Mill's Post-Breakup Feud". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Penrose, Nerisha (June 21, 2018). "Nicki Minaj Weighs In on Children Border Crisis: 'I Came to This Country as an Illegal Immigrant'". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "Rapper Nicki Minaj's father killed in hit-and-run". The New Zealand Herald. February 15, 2021. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  4. ^ "Top Artists". Billboard. October 31, 2019. Archived from the original on March 26, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference billboardgreatest1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Nicki Minaj's swipe at Grammys for changing song category pulls Latto into Twitter feud". Los Angeles Times. October 14, 2022. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  7. ^ Elibert, Mark (September 13, 2018). "From Cardi B to Remy Ma, Here's a Look at All of Nicki Minaj's Beefs". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.


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