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Nicki Minaj
Minaj in 2023
Born	Onika Tanya Maraj (1982-12-08) December 8, 1982 (age 42) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Occupations	\n Rapper \n singer \n songwriter \n
Years active	2002\u2013present
Works	\n Discography \n songs \n videography \n performances \n
Spouse	\n Kenneth Petty (m. 2019)
Children	1
Awards	Full list
Musical career
Origin	New York City, US
Genres	\n Hip-hop \n R&B \n pop \n
Labels	\n Young Money \n Cash Money \n Republic \n Heavy On It \n
Website	nickiminajofficial.com\n
\n Musical artist
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Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj (/\u02c8n\u026aki m\u026a\u02c8n\u0251\u02d0\u0292/ NIK-ee min-AHZH), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the \"Queen of Rap\" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic rap flow, witty lyrics, musical versatility, and alter egos, and is credited as a driving force in the mainstream resurgence of female rap in the early 2010s. Minaj began rapping professionally in the early 2000s and gained recognition with her three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009.\n

Her debut studio album, Pink Friday (2010), topped the US Billboard 200 and achieved the largest female rap album sales week of the 21st century, spawning the top-five single \"Super Bass\". Minaj explored dance-pop on her second US number-one album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), which produced another top-five single, \"Starships\". She returned to her hip hop roots with her third and fourth albums, The Pinkprint (2014) and Queen (2018), which yielded the hit singles \"Anaconda\" and \"Chun-Li\". Minaj achieved two Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles with the 2020 duets \"Say So\" and \"Trollz\"; the former is the first female rap collaboration to top the chart. In 2022, she had her first solo US number-one song with \"Super Freaky Girl\", the lead single from her fifth studio album, Pink Friday 2 (2023), which debuted at number one in the US and broke several female rap sales and streaming records. Its concert tour became the fourth-highest grossing tour for a rapper and highest-grossing tour for a female rapper in history.\n

Minaj is one of the world's best-selling music artists, and the best-selling female rapper, with over 100 million records sold.^[1] She has three diamond-certified songs by the RIAA and in 2024 became the first female rapper with multiple diamond-certified solo songs. She is among the RIAA's 50 highest-certified digital singles artists. In 2023, Billboard and Vibe ranked Minaj as the greatest female rapper of all time. 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), 13 BET Awards, a Soul Train Music Award, and three Guinness World Records. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she was honored with the Billboard Women in Music Game Changer Award in 2019.\n

Minaj founded the Heavy On It Records label imprint in 2023. Outside of music, her other endeavors include a fragrance line, a press on nails line, a Loci sneakers collection, and the radio show Queen Radio (2018\u20132023). She also played roles in the animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), and the live action 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). Her outspoken views have received significant media attention.\n

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Preceded by Cee-Lo Green \n	Saturday Night Live musical guest January 29, 2011\n	Succeeded by Linkin Park \n
Preceded by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars \n	Saturday Night Live musical guest December 6, 2014\n	Succeeded by Charli XCX \n

v t e Nicki Minaj
\n Discography \n Videography \n Awards and nominations \n Live performances \n Songs \n
Studio albums	\n Pink Friday (2010) \n Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012) \n The Pinkprint (2014) \n Queen (2018) \n Pink Friday 2 (2023) \n
Compilation albums	\n We Are Young Money \n Rich Gang \n Young Money: Rise of an Empire \n Queen Radio: Volume 1 \n
Mixtapes	\n Playtime Is Over \n Sucka Free \n Beam Me Up Scotty \n
Reissues	\n Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded \u2013 The Re-Up (2012) \n
Concert tours	\n Pink Friday Tour \n Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour \n The Pinkprint Tour \n The Nicki Wrld Tour \n Pink Friday 2 World Tour \n
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v t e Cash Money Records
Discography
Founders	\n Bryan \"Birdman\" Williams \n Ronald \"Slim\" Williams \n
Compilations	\n Rich Gang \n
Singles	\n \"Tapout\" \n \"Lifestyle\" \n
Subsidiaries	\n Young Money Entertainment \n

v t e Young Money Entertainment
Key people	\n Lil Wayne (Founder) \n Mack Maine (President) \n
Compilations	\n We Are Young Money \n Rich Gang (with Rich Gang) \n Young Money: Rise of an Empire \n
Singles	\n \"Every Girl\" \n \"BedRock\" \n \"Roger That\" \n \"Tapout\" \n \"We Alright\" \n \"Trophies\" \n \"Lookin Ass\" \n
Related articles	\n Cash Money Records \n Republic Records \n Sqad Up \n

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Early life

Career

2002\u20132009: Career beginnings and mixtapes

2010\u20132011: Breakthrough with Pink Friday

2012\u20132013: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and American Idol

2014\u20132017: The Pinkprint and acting ventures

2018\u20132019: Queen

2020\u20132021: Beam Me Up Scotty re-release

2022\u2013present: Pink Friday 2

Artistry

Musical style and lyrics

Alter egos

Influences

Cultural impact

Achievements

Public image

Philanthropy

Other activities

Endorsements

Products

Heavy On It Records

Personal life

Relationships

Legal issues

Discography

Filmography

Tours

Headlining

Co-headlining

Opening act

See also

Notes

References

Further reading

External links

Nicki Minaj

Talks

12 April, 2008