Nicki Minaj - Biography

Nicki Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj on December 8, 1982 in St. James, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago and raised in Queens, New York City, New York. She grew up in a troubled family with a father that was a drug addict who later changed after he checked into rehab and started going to church. Minaj went to LaGaurdia High School and studied singing and acting.

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BORN : Onika Tanya Maraj December 8, 1982 (age 40) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

OCCUPATIONS : Rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, radio personality

YEARS ACTIVE : 2004–present

MARITAL STATUS : Kenneth Petty (m. 2019)

CHILDREN : 1

ORIGIN : New York City, U.S.

GENRES : Hip hop, pop

BIRTH SIGN : Sagittarius

HEIGHT : 5'2 feet

WEIGHT : in Kilograms- 62 kg in Pounds- 137 lbs

NET WORTH : $ 150 million

She was first spotted by the CEO of Young Money, and was later recruited for The Carter Edition of Young Money's own "The Come Up" DVD series. Her rapping skills caught the eyes of Lil Wayne who later worked with her for many collaborations with his mixtapes.

In April 2007, Minaj released her first mixtape "Playtime Is Over". One year later she made another mixtape "Sucka Free" which made her Female Artist of the Year at the Underground Music Awards. In 2009 she made her third mixtape "Beam Me Up Scotty" which got positive reviews from BET and MTV.

To date, Nicki has released 3 platinum selling studio albums, Pink Friday, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, and the most recent The Pinkprint

BEFORE FAME :

She played the clarinet in middle school, and worked as a waitress at Red Lobster after her acting career failed to take off. She was fired from Red Lobster for being rude to customers and went on to work as an office manager on Wall Street.

TRIVIA :

In 2012, she provided the voice of Steffie in the film Ice Age: Continental Drift and in 2014, she played a supporting role in the romantic comedy The Other Woman.

FAMILY LIFE :

She has brothers named Micaiah, Brandon and Jelani and a sister named Ming. Her mother Carol has been as a gospel singer and her father Robert worked for American Express. Her relationship with producer Safaree Samuels ended in 2014. She then dated rappers Meek Mill and Nas. In 2019, she married Kenneth Petty. On September 30, 2020, she gave birth to her first child, a son whom she refers to as Papa Bear.