Nicki Minaj is tagged as: rap, hip-hop, hip hop, sexy, cash money records Onika Maraj (Born December 8, 1984) known as Nicki Minaj is a female rapper from Southside Jamaica. She grew up in Queens, New York. Nicki Minaj is of African-American, Trinidadian, and Indo-Asian desent. She lived in a troubled home, with a father on drugs and a struggling single mother. Despite her hectic environment, Minaj went on to graduate from LaGuardia High School in Manhattan where she studied singing and acting. Working as an administrative assistant, she dedicated all of her free time to pursuing a potential music career. Nicki Minaj started off singing, from background vocals, to hooks for local rappers. Minaj wanted to “stand out” more, from the average dime-a-dozen young aspiring singer and began writing raps. Starting out as the lone female in a group, (which she left in 2006) Nicki soon branched out and was noticed on Myspace by Dirty Money CEO Fendi. Who signed her and put her on the front of his Dirty Money Label, and his The Come Up DVD. Appearing on The Carter Edition of the DVD series, Minaj was noticed by rapper Lil’ Wayne who immediately called Fendi to negotiate meeting Nicki. He was convinced by not only her different style of rapping, but her ability to full on write her own material that she was perfect to be th... Read More About Nicki Minaj Biography... Send Nicki Minaj ringtones to your cell |
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