Nicki Minaj
Emma McKellips
3/16/17
Onika Tanya Maraj, better known as Nicki Minaj, is a hip hop Queen. She was born on December 8th, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad. She was raised in Jamaica, Queens, and New York. When she was young her father was a drug addicted and abusive. Nicki has four siblings, Jalani Maraj, Ming Maraj, Micaiah Maraj, and Brandon Lamar. She attended LaGuardia High school and studied singing and acting. In 2009 Nicki Minaj was spotted by the CEO of Young Money. Then soon got signed to Young Money Entertainment. Since then she has accomplished many things. Nicki minaj isn’t just known for her good rap skills she’s also very well-known for throwing shade. Her first few mixtapes where released in 2007 to
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She also features with many well-known rappers like Drake, Lil Wayne., and many more. She has over 140 features on other people’s tracks. She recently released a song called “no frauds” that was released in March of 2017. Nicki is a fun outgoing person that always have an upbeat attitude. She likes to take her career seriously but have fun with it at the same time. She is loving and caring for all of her fans and her family.
“Don’t get it twisted it’s not about money, it’s not about fame, it’s about if my little brother is gonna be able to get a new toy for Christmas. It’s those little tiny things that really make up the bigger picture. So my happiness doesn’t come from money or fame, my happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.” In the song “Moment 4 Life” Nicki talks about how she grew up. That song is a very personal song that has a lot of meaning to it. That is one of her only songs that have meaning to it most of her songs talk about other things that aren’t as deep and meaningful as that song. Like most of her songs talk about her relationships but this talks about her child hood and how it made her the person she is
After onwards, she joined modeling which was one of her nicest decision to secure her career path. She has starred in a number of music videos including a music video of J. Cole and Rick Ross. She was gaining fame and popularity through her modeling career and was also featured on MTV's Wild 'N Out. In the early 2000s, she can also be seen in many men’s magazine cover. Some of the magazines that featured her include, Show Magazine, KING Magazine, XXL Eye Candy, The Source, and SHOW Black Lingerie. Although she rose to fame as a model, she didn’t leave her job as a bartender. Some of the music videos in which she has appeared are Diced Pineapples, Ain’t Leaving Without You, Southern Hospitality and Work
attention who later on tagged her for a number of collaborations in his mixtapes. In April 2007,
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Nicki’s apparent feminist agenda through her music and identity is being distributed to her wide audience, which covers a massive array of hip-hop and pop music fans. Her wide reach and continual influence has the potential to lastingly correct the anti-feminist, misogynistic tone of the male-dominated genre and culture. Despite her hyper sexualized image and defamatory lyrics, she is arguably a positive, albeit controversial, feminist role model, which is evident in her motivation for success, lyrical discourse, and use of and meanings behind her alter egos.
She was scheduled to release her first full-length studio album in April 2018. Adding to her success, cardi B. also collaborated on G-Eazy’s “No Limit,” Migos’ “Motorsport,” Puerto Rican sensation Ozuna’s “La Modelo” and in December, she released her second single “Bartier Cardi”. Minaj collaborated with Lil Wayne on a series of mixtapes, the first of which, Playtime Is Over, was released in April 2007. She solidified her growing rep with appearances on the We Are Young Money compilation album. All together, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B. are the best female
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Started smoking at 9, and continued for years. Amazingly her first tattoo was at 12, and got her tongue pierced that year, perhaps the tough girl image persona? She wrote her first song at 12, and by 13 was involved with a rap group, called Schools of Thought, run by the Philly Club (Advameg Inc,
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Many people only recognize her as a pretty face with a nice voice, but I can assure you she is much more than that. Let's start from the very beginning... Onika Tanya Maraj, also known as Nicki Minaj, was born December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. At about age 5 her parents went to the U.S.A. for a better life, leaving her with her grandmother. Eventually, her parents came back for her, and then moved to Queens, New York. Soon after, her father became a crack addict, endangering her family.
She composed her first song at the age of 16 in 2004. She graduated in May 2006 from the BRIT school where she studied together with Leona Lewis, and Jessie J. Adele acknowledges that the school helped her nature her talent immensely. These are some of the facts about Adele you may be conversant with. Now, what don’t you know about her?
Her first music was done in the movie Another Cinderella Story with the song Tell Me Something I Don’t Know. Then she did the theme song for Shake It Up; her first official solo album was Stars Dance with singles such as: The Heart Wants What It Wants, Do It, and other of her older songs, but without the scene being involved. Her next album was Revival which is her most recent album with singles such as: Me & The Rhythm, Good For You, and Same Old Love. Her most recent Album is very mature and goes with her age.