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Nicki Minaj

April 11, 2023

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (née Maraj; born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj (/mɪˈnɑːʒ/ min-AHZH), is a Trinidadian-born[a] rapper, singer and songwriter based in the United States. She is known for her musical versatility, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos and accents. Minaj first gained recognition after releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. Her debut album, Pink Friday (2010), topped the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. Its fifth single, "Super Bass", reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified diamond by the RIAA. Minaj's follow-up album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012) explored dance-pop. The lead single, "Starships", peaked in the top five worldwide.

Nicki Minaj
Minaj at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards
Born
Onika Tanya Maraj

(1982-12-08) December 8, 1982 (age 40)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
EducationFiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • radio personality
Years active2004–present
Works
Spouse
Kenneth Petty
​
(m. 2019)​
PartnerSafaree Samuels (2000–2014)
Children1
AwardsFull list
Musical career
OriginNew York City, U.S.
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels
Websitenickiminajofficial.com

Her third album, The Pinkprint (2014) explored more personal topics and marked a return to her hip hop roots. Its second single, "Anaconda" peaked at number two on the Hot 100 and became the first music video by a solo female rapper to reach one billion views on YouTube. She released her fourth album, Queen, in 2018 and it spawned the U.S. top ten single "Chun-Li". In 2019, her collaboration with Karol G, "Tusa", became the longest-running number-one single on the Argentina Hot 100 chart. Minaj achieved her first two Hot 100 number-one singles in 2020, "Trollz" and "Say So" and her third with the lead single of her forthcoming fifth studio album, "Super Freaky Girl". It became the third solo song by a female rapper to debut at number one in the U.S. since 1998.

Referred to as the "Queen of Rap", Minaj is one of the best-selling music artists, with more than 100 million records sold worldwide. Billboard ranked her as the top selling female rapper of the 2010s.[5] She became the first female artist to have one hundred Billboard Hot 100 entries and has twenty one top 10 hits on the Hot 100, the most for any female rapper. Her various accolades include eight American Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards (including the 2022 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award), twelve BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, a Brit Award and three Guinness World Records. Outside of music, her film career has included voice roles in the animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) as well as supporting roles in the films The Other Woman (2014) and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016). In 2016, Time included her on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Throughout her career, Minaj's outspoken views and social media disputes have received significant media coverage.[6][7]

Life and career

1982–2003: Early life and childhood

Onika Tanya Maraj was born on December 8, 1982, in the Saint James district of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.[8][9] Her father was Robert Maraj (1956–2021),[10] a financial executive and part-time gospel singer of Dougla (Afro-Trinidadian mother and Indo-Trinidadian father) descent.[11] Her mother, Carol Maraj, is also a gospel singer with Afro-Trinidadian ancestry.[12] Carol worked in payroll and accounting departments during Minaj's youth.[13][14] Minaj's father was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine[15] and had a violent temper, burning down their house in December 1987.[16] She has an older brother named Jelani,[17] a younger brother named Micaiah,[18] and a younger sister named Ming.[19]

As a child, Minaj and her older brother, Jelani, grew up with her grandmother in Saint James in a household with 11 cousins.[16] Minaj's mother, Carol Maraj, was working numerous jobs in Saint James before getting her green card at the age of 24. She then moved to the Bronx in New York City to attend Monroe College, leaving both Minaj and Jelani in Trinidad with their grandmother. Eventually, when Minaj was five, Carol got her first house, on 147th Street in South Jamaica, Queens and brought both Minaj and Jelani to live with her and their father.[16] Minaj recalled, "I don't think I had a lot of discipline in my household. My mom motivated me, but it wasn't a strict household. I kind of wanted a strict household."[20] Minaj successfully auditioned for admission to Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, which focuses on visual and performing arts.[8] After graduation, Minaj wanted to become an actress, and she was cast in the Off-Broadway play In Case You Forget in 2001.[21]

Minaj has revealed that she had an abortion as a teenager in her songs "All Things Go" and "Autobiography". She has said that although it has "haunted" her, she stands by her decision.[22] At the age of 19, as she struggled with her acting career, she worked as a waitress at a Red Lobster in the Bronx, but was fired for discourtesy to customers.[23] She said she was fired from "at least 15 jobs" for similar reasons.[24] Other jobs included customer service representative and office management on Wall Street. Minaj recalls buying a BMW as a 19-year-old with the money from waitressing.[25]

2004–2009: Career beginnings and mixtapes

Minaj briefly signed with Brooklyn group Full Force, in which she rapped in a quartet called The Hoodstars composed of Lou$tar (son of "Bowlegged Lou"), Safaree Samuels (Scaff Beezy) and 7even Up.[26][27] In 2004, the group recorded the entrance song for WWE Diva Victoria, "Don't Mess With", which was featured on the compilation album ThemeAddict: WWE The Music, Vol.6. Minaj later left Full Force and uploaded songs on her Myspace profile, sending several of her songs to people in the music industry. Later, Fendi, CEO of Brooklyn label Dirty Money Entertainment, signed Minaj to his label in 2007 under a 180-day contract.[28] Originally adopting the stage name Nicki Maraj, she eventually changed it to Nicki Minaj stating that "my real name is Maraj. Fendi flipped it when he met me because I had such a nasty flow!"[29]

Minaj released her first mixtape, Playtime Is Over, on July 5, 2007,[30] and her second, Sucka Free, on April 12, 2008.[31] She released her third mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty, on April 18, 2009;[32] it received favorable coverage on BET and MTV.[33][34] At the time, she was managed by Debra Antney. One of its tracks, "I Get Crazy", reached number 20 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart and number 37 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[35] After Minaj was discovered by fellow rapper Lil Wayne,[36] she signed a recording contract with his Young Money Entertainment.[37] That November, she appeared with Gucci Mane and Trina on the remix of "5 Star Bitch" by Yo Gotti.[38]

In early February 2010, Minaj made her first two appearances on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 chart with her features on "Knockout" and "Up Out My Face" by Lil Wayne and Mariah Carey respectively.[39][40] Minaj also appeared on "BedRock" and "Roger That" on the compilation album, We Are Young Money (2009).[41][42] The singles peaked at numbers two and 56, respectively, in the U.S. Their parent album reached number nine on the U.S. Billboard 200, and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[43][44] At Jay-Z's suggestion, Robin Thicke featured Minaj on his single "Shakin' It 4 Daddy".[45] Allison Stewart of The Washington Post stated that, during that time, she "became the go-to girl for artists who wanted to add some skank to their tracks without sullying themselves in the process".[46] Minaj became the first female solo artist to have seven singles simultaneously charting in the U.S.[47]

2010–2011: Breakthrough with Pink Friday

 
Minaj performing in 2010

On March 29, 2010, Minaj released "Massive Attack" featuring Sean Garrett.[48] Intended as the lead single from her forthcoming debut album, Pink Friday, the song was dropped from the album due to poor commercial performance.[49][50] The next single, "Your Love", later became the album's lead single.[51] Released in June, it peaked at number 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Rap Songs chart.[35] In September, Minaj released "Check It Out" featuring will.i.am and "Right Thru Me" as follow-up singles.[52][53][54]

In October, Minaj was featured on Kanye West's "Monster", a posse cut with Jay-Z and Rick Ross featuring vocals from Justin Vernon of Bon Iver. Her verse received widespread acclaim with many critics regarding it as the best verse on that song. Complex rated Minaj's "Monster" verse as the number-one best rap verse in the past five years,[55] while Sean Fennessey of The Village Voice stated that "Monster" was "the track that announced Minaj's "brilliance" to most people."[56] Shortly after, she performed "Monster" with West and Jay-Z at Yankee Stadium, becoming the first ever female rapper to perform there. In November 2010, Minaj received her first Grammy Award nomination for her guest verse on Ludacris' song "My Chick Bad".[57]

Pink Friday was released on November 19, 2010, debuting at number two and later reaching number one on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 375,000 copies.[58][59] It had the highest sales week for a female rap album this century and second highest sales week overall after Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998). Upon release, the album received generally positive reviews from critics.[60] The album was certified platinum in December, with it becoming the first album by a solo female rapper to go platinum in seven years.[61][62] "Moment 4 Life" featuring Drake was released as the fourth single from Pink Friday shortly after the album's release.[63] The song served as the third single off the album, released as a single on December 7, 2010. Minaj performed "Right Thru Me" and "Moment 4 Life" as the musical guest on the January 29, 2011, episode of Saturday Night Live.[64]

"Super Bass", the album's fifth single, was released in April 2011.[65] It became a sleeper hit and commercially successful, ultimately peaking at number three in the U.S. and was eventually certified diamond in the U.S.[66][67] Super Bass was at the time the highest-charting solo single by a female rapper since Missy Elliott's "Work It" in 2002.[68] The music video has over 965 million views on YouTube as of March 2023.[69] Early in her career, Minaj identified as bisexual and made several references to it in her music. However, she eventually stated in a 2010 Rolling Stone interview, "I think girls are sexy, but I'm not going to lie and say that I date girls."[70] She once again addressed her sexuality in 2020 on Doja Cat's "Say So" remix. The lyrics divided members of the LGBT community, with some accusing her of "bisexual erasure" while others voicing there is nothing wrong with originally identifying as bisexual, and then later identifying as straight.[71][72]

Minaj was one of the opening acts on Britney Spears' 2011 Femme Fatale Tour.[73] She and Kesha appeared on the remix of Spears' "Till the World Ends", which peaked at number three in the U.S.[74] On August 7, 2011, Nicki experienced a wardrobe malfunction during a live performance on Good Morning America when she revealed her left nipple. Both ABC and Minaj apologized for the incident, with Minaj denying it was a publicity stunt.[75][76] Minaj continued to perform at high-profile events throughout 2011 with Donatella Versace inviting her to perform with Prince for the introduction of a Versace collection for H&M. She also performed "Super Bass" at the 2011 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[77] In July 2011, her cousin Nicholas Telemaque was murdered near his home in Brooklyn, an incident she later references in her songs "All Things Go" and "Champion".[78] In December 2011, Minaj was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album for Pink Friday.[79] Also that year, she won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video for "Super Bass", marking her first VMA win.[80]

2012–2013: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and American Idol

 
Minaj performing in the Hammersmith Apollo during 2012

"Starships" was released in February 2012 as the lead single from Minaj's forthcoming second album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.[81] The song reached number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100,[35] and went on to become the fifth best-selling single of 2012.[82] Her crossover into pop music was criticized by some, despite her commercial success.[83] Follow-up singles "Beez in the Trap" featuring 2 Chainz and "Right by My Side" featuring Chris Brown were released shortly after.[84][85]

Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded was eventually released on April 2, 2012, two months later than initially planned.[86] The album was preceded by the promotional singles "Roman in Moscow" and "Stupid Hoe".[87][88] The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 253,000 copies, and was certified platinum by the RIAA in June 2012.[59][89] However, the mix of hip-hop songs and mainstream pop material received mixed reviews.[90] "Pound the Alarm" and "Va Va Voom" were later released as the final singles from the album.[91][92] Minaj along with fellow rapper M.I.A. joined Madonna to perform the single, "Give Me All Your Luvin" during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show on February 6, 2012.[93] Minaj was the first solo female rapper to perform at the Grammy Awards, performing "Roman Holiday" during the 2012 ceremony on February 12.[94] Her exorcism-themed performance was controversial, with the American Catholic League and its president criticizing her performance.[95][96][97]

Minaj began her headlining Pink Friday Tour on May 16, 2012, which was followed by the Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour beginning October 14, 2012.[98][99] Although she was scheduled to headline the June 3 Hot 97 Summer Jam at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, at the request of Lil Wayne she canceled her appearance the day of the show after Peter Rosenberg of the station dismissed her single "Starships" as "not real hip-hop".[100] The following month, she voiced Steffie in the animated film Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012).[101] Minaj won awards for Best Female Video (for "Starships") at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards and Best Hip-Hop at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards.[102]

An expanded version of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, subtitled The Re-Up, was released on November 19, 2012, with seven new songs.[103] That month, she was the subject of a three-part E! documentary titled Nicki Minaj: My Truth.[104] In September, Minaj joined the judges' panel for the twelfth season of American Idol with Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, and Randy Jackson.[105] Throughout the show there were disagreements between Carey and Minaj, with both of them leaving the series at the end of the season.[106][107][108][109]

2014–2017: The Pinkprint and acting ventures

Minaj's first live-action theatrical film The Other Woman was filmed in spring 2013 and premiered on April 25, 2014.[110] In late 2014, Minaj separated from her longtime boyfriend Safaree Samuels, whom she had dated since 2003.[b] According to Minaj, he had proposed to her, but she declined.[111] Several tracks on her forthcoming third album, The Pinkprint, are believed to have been heavily inspired by the end of their relationship. Minaj began dating rapper Meek Mill in early 2015, shortly after her breakup with Samuels.[112] As she was working on The Pinkprint, she described the album as "a continuation of The Re-Up with a lot more" and said it would focus on her "hip hop roots".[113][114][115] During an MTV interview, she additionally said that it would be "next level" and that she has "much to talk about".[116]

"Pills n Potions" was released as the lead single from The Pinkprint in May 2014.[117] In July, she appeared as a featured artist on the song "Bang Bang" with singers Jessie J and Ariana Grande, which peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Anaconda" was released in August as the second single from the album, peaking at number two, which became her highest-charting single in the U.S. at the time.[118][119] The music video for "Anaconda" went viral upon release online; it set a 24-hour Vevo record, accumulating 19.6 million views on its first day of release, breaking the record previously held by Miley Cyrus for "Wrecking Ball".[120] On November 9, 2014, Minaj hosted the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow, Scotland.[121] She also won the Best Hip-Hop Award for a second time.[121] The Pinkprint was officially released on December 15, 2014, and debuted at number two in the U.S, with first week sales of 244,000 equivalent units (198,000 in pure album sales and 46,000 combined album-equivalent units and streams).[122][123] Upon release, critics praised the production and personal lyrics.[124]

 
Minaj in a 2016 interview

At the 58th Grammy Awards, Minaj received three more Grammy Award nominations, including a second Best Rap Album nomination for The Pinkprint, a Best Rap Song nomination for "Anaconda" and a Best Pop Duo/Group Performance nomination for "Bang Bang".[125][126] In March 2015, Minaj embarked on her third world tour entitled The Pinkprint Tour and also became the first female artist to chart four songs simultaneously in the top 10 of Billboard's Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart.[127] At the 2015 BET Awards, Minaj won her sixth consecutive award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, becoming the female rapper with most wins in that category.[128] In August 2015, Madame Tussauds unveiled a wax figure of Minaj, which depicted a pose from the "Anaconda" music video.[129][130] The attraction received criticism from some, including Angharad Welsh of The Independent, who called it "a sexist, racist mistake".[131][132] Despite this, Minaj voiced her approval of the wax figure on social media.[133]

In May 2015, it was announced that Minaj would feature in the third installment of the Barbershop film series, alongside Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Eve, and other original cast members.[134] Titled Barbershop: The Next Cut, the film was released on April 15, 2016. For Minaj's performance as a "sassy" hairdresser named Draya, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Comedy.[134][135] In September 2015, it was announced that Minaj would executive produce and appear in a scripted single-camera comedy series for ABC Family (now Freeform) based on her life growing up in Queens, New York City.[136] The show was titled Nicki and the pilot episode was filmed in Minaj's hometown in January 2016.[136] In October 2016, Minaj stated the filming was postponed for undisclosed reasons.[137]

In February 2017, Minaj was featured on Jason Derulo's single "Swalla" which reached the top ten in several countries, including a peak of number six in the UK.[138][139] The following month, Minaj signed with the major modeling agency, Wilhelmina Models.[140] On March 20, 2017, when her singles "No Frauds", "Changed It", and "Regret in Your Tears" were released simultaneously, Minaj broke the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 entries for a female artist, which at the time was previously held by Aretha Franklin.[141] In May 2017, Minaj opened the 2017 Billboard Music Awards with a medley performance that was described by Elias Leight of Rolling Stone as "flamboyantly produced" and "dexterous".[142]

Throughout the remainder of 2017, Minaj performed guest verses on several singles, including Migos' "MotorSport" and Yo Gotti's "Rake It Up", both of which peaked inside the top ten in the U.S. at numbers six and eight, respectively.[143] She also featured on Katy Perry's "Swish Swish", which was certified platinum in the US and Canada.[144] In January 2017, she announced that she had ended her relationship with Meek Mill.[145][146][147] Shortly after, she briefly dated fellow rapper Nas in 2017 before they broke up in January 2018.[148][149]

2018–2019: Queen and marriage

After a social media hiatus, Minaj released two singles from her fourth studio album Queen. She released "Chun-Li" and "Barbie Tingz" simultaneously on April 12, 2018, with both reaching number ten and number twenty-five in the U.S. respectively.[150] She performed "Chun-Li" on Saturday Night Live and the 2018 BET Awards.[151][152] While "Chun Li" appears on the tracklist of the album, "Barbie Tingz" is only included on the Target version of the album.[153] On the red carpet of the 2018 Met Gala, she announced the title of the album and the original release date.[154] The second single, "Bed", featuring Ariana Grande was released on June 14, 2018, alongside the album pre-order, reaching number 42 on the Hot 100.[155][156][157] Additionally, Minaj appeared as a featured artist on the song "Fefe" along with Murda Beatz and Tekashi 6ix9ine. It debuted at number four in the U.S, marking Minaj's highest debut on the chart at the time, besting the sixth place start of "Bang Bang" in 2014.[158][159] It later peaked at number three and was added to Queen in the middle of its first tracking week.[158][160] The day before the album's release, Minaj launched her own Beats 1 radio show, Queen Radio.[161][162]

 
Minaj performing at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards

Queen received multiple delays before being released on August 10, 2018.[163][164][165] It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 185,000 album-equivalent units, of which 78,000 came from pure album sales.[166] It debuted at number five in the UK and at number four in Australia, marking Minaj's highest debut in the latter country.[167][168] Minaj later expressed frustration and criticized several people including Travis Scott, whose album Astroworld claimed the top spot for a second week in a row, blocking Queen from the top spot. Minaj alleged that Travis Scott sold shirts, merchandise, and ticket passes for an unnannounced tour to boost his album sales.[169] This controversy and Queen's roll-out was documented by several news outlets and commentators.[170][171][172] Queen received generally positive reviews, with some critics deriding the album's length and direction.[173] The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in January 2019, for moving over 1 million equivalent units.[174]

 
Minaj performing with Little Mix at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards

Minaj performed at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards where she also won her fourth MTV Video Music Award for the "Chun-Li" music video.[175] The same month, she featured on the remix of "Idol" by South Korean boy band BTS. It debuted and peaked at number eleven in the U.S. which was the group's second highest charting song at the time.[176] She also featured on the song "Woman Like Me" by British girl group Little Mix, which was released on October 12, 2018.[177] A music video was shortly released after, with Minaj and Little Mix later performing the song together at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards.[178] She was also featured on "Dip" by American rapper Tyga which reached number sixty-three in the U.S. making her the first female artist to have 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[179] She later attended the year-end Billboard Women in Music event, receiving the Game Changer Award for the accomplishment.[180]

In September, Minaj co-headlined the annual Made in America Festival and suffered another wardrobe malfunction when the front of her outfit fell open.[181] In November, she was invited to the DWP music festival in China but did not perform due to problems with the company hosting the event.[182] The next year in April 2019, Minaj made a surprise guest appearance at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival during Ariana Grande's set where they performed their collaborations "Side to Side" and "Bang Bang". However, she experienced technical difficulties with her earpiece.[183] Later that month, Minaj parted ways with her longtime management team after a mutual agreement, with American entertainment executive Irving Azoff serving as her new manager.[184][185]

In June 2019, Minaj released a standalone single titled "Megatron" along with an accompanying music video. In the U.S, the song debuted at number twenty. A month later, she provided information on her upcoming fifth studio album, appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, stating that "there's definitely a new album, of course."[186] She featured on the song "Hot Girl Summer" alongside fellow female rapper Megan Thee Stallion in August 2019, which reached number eleven in the U.S.[187] Minaj began dating her childhood friend Kenneth Petty (nicknamed "Zoo") in December 2018, and after less than a year of dating, filed for a marriage license in August 2019.[188][189] She announced that they had officially married in October, hyphenating his last name to hers upon marriage.[190]

Minaj had a voice role as Pinky in The Angry Birds Movie 2, which was released in August 2019.[191] In November, Minaj appeared on the Charlie's Angels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on the song "Bad To You", along with Ariana Grande and Normani, marking her sixth collaboration with Grande.[192] Minaj also collaborated with Colombian singer Karol G on the song "Tusa", which was released to streaming platforms on November 7. The song reached forty-two in the U.S. and reached the top of many other charts including the "Hot Latin Songs" chart, which made it the first song with two lead female artists to debut in such position.[193] "Tusa" later became the longest-running number one single in Argentina, spending five months on the top of the chart.[194]

2020–2021: Motherhood, Beam Me Up Scotty re-release, and lawsuit

In January 2020, Minaj was featured on "Nice to Meet Ya" by American singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor. The song is from the latter's third studio album, Treat Myself (2020).[195][196] In February, she released a standalone song called "Yikes" as a promotional single.[197][198] By the end of that month, Minaj appeared as a guest judge on the twelfth season's premiere of the reality television show RuPaul's Drag Race.[199][200] In March, her husband Kenneth Petty was entered into the California Megan's Law database after he was charged for failing to register as a sex offender after he relocated to California. Petty had been convicted of attempted rape in New York and had served nearly four years in prison for it.[201][202][203] For this new charge, he was sentenced to one year of house arrest and a fine of $55,000 USD in 2022.[204]

In May, fellow rapper Doja Cat announced a collaboration with Minaj on two remixes of her song "Say So". The remix later debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming both Minaj and Doja Cat's first single to reach number one in the U.S. It became the all-female collaboration that had reached number one in the U.S. since "Fancy" by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring English singer Charli XCX did it in 2014.[205] It marked the first time that a song by two female rappers reached the top, for which Guinness World Records later gave them an award.[206][207] A month later, she released a collaboration with 6ix9ine called "Trollz", which debuted at number one in the U.S. becoming Minaj's second number one single.[208] This made Minaj the first female rapper to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 since Lauryn Hill did so in 1998 with "Doo Wop (That Thing)".[209] The song dropped to number 34 in its second week, at the time breaking the record for biggest fall from number one in the U.S.[210][211][212]

In July, Minaj announced via Instagram that she was expecting her first child.[213] She gave birth to a son on September 30, 2020, whom she refers to publicly as "Papa Bear". His real name is still unknown.[214][215][216][217] She later collaborated with rappers ASAP Ferg and MadeinTYO on a song called "Move Ya Hips".[218] Almost a month later, Minaj featured on rapper Ty Dolla Sign's track "Expensive".[219] She continued to appear as a featured artist on several songs in late 2020,[220][221] and released "What That Speed Bout!?" with producer Mike Will Made It and rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again on November 6.[222] On the 10th anniversary of her debut album Pink Friday (2010), Minaj announced a six-part docuseries about her, produced by Bron Studios and was originally said to premiere on HBO Max.[223][224] However, in 2022, the streaming platform confirmed it dropped the still-unreleased project.[225][226]

The next year in February 2021, Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, died while walking along a road on Long Island in a hit-and-run accident.[10] Charles Polevich, a 70-year-old man, was charged as the suspect of Maraj's death. Polevich was arraigned and charged with two felonies, which were leaving scene of incident involving death of a person and tampering with or suppressing physical evidence.[227] Three months later, she commented on her father's death in a letter, saying, "[..] it has been the most devastating loss of my life. I find myself wanting to call him all the time, more so now that he's gone. [...] May his soul rest in paradise. He was very loved & will be very missed."[228]

In May 2021, Minaj released a reissue of her mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty (2009), including new songs previously unavailable on streaming services. The reissue debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200, which gave it the highest debut for a female rap mixtape in the U.S.[229][230] A song from the reissue, titled "Seeing Green" featuring fellow Young Money rappers Drake and Lil Wayne reached number twelve in the U.S. and appeared in the mid-year "Best Hip Hop Songs of 2021 (so far)" critics list by magazine HipHopDX.[231] Minaj's verse on "Fractions" from the reissue appeared on the mid-year "Best Rap Verses of 2021 So Far" critics list from Complex.[232] In July, Minaj collaborated with fellow rapper Bia on the remix of her song Whole Lotta Money. The remix appeared on several "Best Songs of the Year" lists from publications such as Rolling Stone and NPR.[233][234]

In August, her husband's victim (named Jennifer Hough) filed a lawsuit against Minaj and Petty for alleged harassment and intimidation. She later gave an interview about the accusations on the daytime talk show The Real.[201][235] While Minaj has not publicly commented on the lawsuit, she addressed the accusations in a case filing: "I never asked [Hough] to change her story, I never offered her any money in return for a statement, and I did not threaten her with any type of harm if she chose not to provide a statement."[236] Hough later voluntarily dropped the case against Minaj, with her lawyers claiming "jurisdictional issues" and telling a judge that it was going to be refiled in California.[237][238] Minaj's lawyer countered their claims, saying that the refiling was a "friviolous gambit to avoid sanctions" and that "their claims received an aggresive response."[238] Hough's initial claim of refiling the case was in January 2022.

In September, Minaj collaborated with English singer-songwriter Elton John's fifth collaboration album The Lockdown Sessions (2021). She appeared on the song "Always Love You" with John and rapper Young Thug.[239] Later that month, she split with her previous manager Irving Azoff and is now being managed by Wassim Slaiby, also known by his management company SALXCO, who is best known for managing The Weeknd and Doja Cat.[240] Furthermore, English singer Jesy Nelson released her solo debut, called "Boyz", which Minaj features on. The song peaked at number four in the UK and number sixteen in Ireland.[241][242] In October 2021, Minaj appeared as a surprise host for the season six reunion of the reality television show The Real Housewives of Potomac.[243] In November 2021, her 2011 Pink Friday single "Super Bass" received a Diamond certification by the RIAA, making her the second solo female rapper to receive a diamond certification.[244] Minaj won the Best Hip Hop award in the MTV Europe Music Awards 2021, becoming the sixth time she has won this award.[245]

2022–present: Upcoming fifth studio album

At the beginning of the year, after a social media hiatus, Minaj announced a song collaboration with rapper Lil Baby called "Do We Have a Problem?".[246] The track was released on February 4, along with a music video that featured guest appearances from actors Joseph Sikora and Cory Hardrict.[247][248] The video also contained a snippet of another Lil Baby collaboration titled "Bussin", which was officially released a week later, on February 11.[249][250][251] "Do We Have a Problem?" debuted and peaked at number two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It became Minaj's twentieth top ten entry in the U.S, extending her record as the female rapper with the most U.S. top ten singles. In a promotional Apple Music interview with DJ Zane Lowe, Minaj said her forthcoming fifth studio album is "coming very soon".[252] She described it as "fun, gutta, and back to the basics".[253] Her other ventures also include fronting the campaign for the "Heaven" Spring 2022 collection by Marc Jacobs, which launched on March 3.[254][255]

In March, Minaj collaborated with fellow rapper Coi Leray on a song titled "Blick Blick", from the former's debut studio album, Trendsetter (2022).[256][257] Prior to the song's release, she revealed that her verse was almost scrapped due to American rapper Benzino (who is also Coi Leray's father) leaking the collaboration.[258][259] Later that month, she surprise-released the standalone single "We Go Up" featuring rapper Fivio Foreign.[260][261] The drill track was initially teased on Minaj's social media as a scrapped song from her album, before fans had requested her to release the song.[260][262][263] The next month, Minaj appeared on English television host James Corden's Carpool Karaoke segment, kickstarting its returning broadcast on The Late Late Show with James Corden after a two-year hiatus.[264][265] After that, she was named the new creative director of American men's magazine Maxim and became the new global ambassador and advisor for MaximBet, a sports betting brand launched by Maxim. She also came along on board as a stakeholder.[266][267][268][269]

In early July, Minaj did several live performances by headlining the 2022 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans and the 2022 Wireless Festival in London.[270][271][272] The same month, she posted a snippet of a song on social media that samples American singer Rick James's 1981 song, "Super Freak."[273] On July 22, she announced that the full track would be released on August 12.[274] She revealed the song's title as "Super Freaky Girl" and the accompanying cover art for the song.[275][276] On July 28, 2022, she released a two-minute trailer of her upcoming six-part docu-series titled "Nicki", produced by Canadian production company Bron Studios.[225][226][277] After its initial release, "Super Freaky Girl" received an extended version called the "Roman Remix", which features the return of her alter ego Roman Zolanski.[278][279]

"Super Freaky Girl" debuted at number one in the U.S, making the song Minaj's third U.S. number one and her first unaccompanied number one. It became the first solo song by a female rapper to debut at number one in the U.S. in 22 years, after fellow rapper Lauryn Hill's song "Doo Wop (That Thing)" also debuted at number one in 1998.[280] On August 28, 2022, Minaj released a compilation album called Queen Radio: Volume 1 with one new track, "Likkle Miss (Remix)" with Skeng.[281] On September 9, 2022, Minaj released a remix of "Super Freaky Girl" called "Queen Mix", which features 5 other female rappers: JT, BIA, Katie Got Bandz, Akbar V, and Maliibu Miitch.[282]

On September 12, 2022, Yung Bleu released his single "Love in the Way" featuring Minaj with video released on September 19.[283] On October 6, 2022, Minaj and Skeng released a remix of "Likkle Miss" called "THE FINE NINE REMIX" featuring Spice, Destra Garcia, Patrice Roberts, Lady Leshurr, Pamputtae, Dovey Magnum, Lisa Mercedez, and London Hill.[284] On October 21, 2022, rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again released a collaboration with Minaj titled "I Admit".[285]

In February 2023, Nicki first previewed Red Ruby da Sleeze through her Instagram, announcing that it would eventually release on March 3, 2023.[286] She would also tease the song as she shared a video of her rapping it at the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.[287] The song debuted and peaked at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 while hitting number one on the U.S. Digital Song Sales chart, tying with Drake as the artists with the most number ones on the chart.[288] On April 7, 2023, Nicki would appear as a feature on "WTF," the third single leading up to YoungBoy Never Broke Again's sixth-full-length studio album, Don't Try This At Home.[289][290][291]

Artistry

Musical style

When I started rapping, people were trying to make me like the typical New York rapper, but I'm not that. No disrespect to New York rappers, but I don't want people to hear me and know exactly where I'm from.

— Minaj on her rapping style in a Billboard interview[24]

 
Minaj performing during the Femme Fatale Tour in 2011

Minaj is known for her animated rapping style and "unique" flow.[292] Her rapping is distinctive for its speed and the use of alter egos and accents, primarily British cockney.[293][294] She often both sings and raps in her songs, and has made use of metaphors, punch lines, and word play. The alter egos are incorporated with her lyrics in British accents (Roman Zolanski) or soft-spokenness (Harajuku Barbie). Ice-T said about Minaj's rapping style, "[Minaj] does her thing. She has her own way of doing it. She has an ill vocal delivery. She kind of reminds me of a female Busta Rhymes, like how she throws her voice in different directions."[295]

Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called Minaj "a sparkling rapper with a gift for comic accents and unexpected turns of phrase. She's a walking exaggeration, outsize in sound, personality and look. And she's a rapid evolver, discarding old modes as easily as adopting new ones."[294] Although many critics describe her technique as bubblegum rap, Minaj said: "What people don't know is that before I was doing that craziness I was doing me, I was just doing regular sounding rap that anyone could hear and identify with. But once I started doing all that weird shit—I'm not mad at it because it got everyone's attention."[296] Robby Seabrook III of XXL included Minaj in list of "most unique flows from rappers over the last five years", saying that she "has solidified her spot as a leader of the pack for her animated flows, inspiring many other women in hip-hop to play with their vocals. She goes from campy to bellicose, excited to eccentric, oftentimes all on one song."[297]

Noted as a rap artist, she also occasionally lends herself to electronic music genres (especially electropop).[298] Pink Friday marked her exploration of the genres, spawning electro songs including the pop-laden "Super Bass".[299][300] Also combining rap with synthesizer music, Minaj's second album, Pink Friday Roman Reloaded, had a number of electro-hop and electro pop songs: "HOV Lane", "Whip It", "Automatic", "Come on a Cone", "Young Forever", "Fire Burns",[301] "Roman Holiday",[302] "The Boys" and "Beez in the Trap";[303] while "Starships" is a eurodance song.[304]

Her verse on Kanye West's "Monster" was critically acclaimed and contributed greatly to her popularity; many critics said she had the best verse in the song.[305][306] West claimed at one point he considered deleting her verse from the track, because he was worried it would outshine his own work:

It was like that moment when I thought about taking Nicki's verse off of 'Monster' because I knew people would say that was the best verse on the best Hip Hop album of all time or arguably top ten albums of all time. And I would do all that work, eight months of work on Dark Fantasy and people to this day would say to me 'My favorite thing was Nicki Minaj's verse'. So if I let my ego get the best of me instead of letting that girl get the shot to get that platform to be all she could be, I would take it off or marginalize her, try to stop her from having that shining moment…[307]

Tara Colley of The Conversation described Minaj as a "pre-eminent female rapper" and that she has "consistently straddled the distinct personas of gangsta boss and sexy pop siren without truly committing to either" and that "her chameleonic ability" matches "some of rap's most verbose, witty, filthy and pop-friendly" stars such as Eminem and Lil Wayne.[308] Zoe Johnson of XXL, stated that in recent years Minaj's "beat selection has moved to refined production full of grit and hip-hop flare in recent years".[309]

Alter egos

"Roman Zolanski" redirects here. Not to be confused with Roman Polanski.

With her parents frequently fighting during her childhood, Minaj lived through characters she created as a means of escape. She recalled that "fantasy was my reality" and her first identity was Cookie, who became Harajuku Barbie and (later) Nicki Minaj.[310] In November 2010, Minaj assumed the alter ego Nicki Teresa, wearing a colorful headdress and calling herself "healer to her fans" during a visit to the Garden of Dreams Foundation at Fuse Studios in New York.[311] She introduced another alter ego, Rosa (pronounced with an exaggerated R), to commemorate her December 2010 appearance on Lopez Tonight.[312]

One of Minaj's most well-known alter-egos is "a demon inside her" named Roman Zolanski (named after film director Roman Polanski with modified surname), Minaj's "twin brother", whose character she assumes when she is angry.[313] Roman has been compared to Eminem's alter ego Slim Shady, and on "Roman's Revenge" Minaj and Eminem collaborate as their alter egos.[314] On her next album, she said that there would be a lot of Roman: "And if you're not familiar with Roman, then you will be familiar with him very soon. He's the boy that lives inside of me. He's a lunatic and he's gay and he'll be on there a lot."[315] Roman has a mother, Martha Zolanski,[316] who appeared on "Roman's Revenge" with a British accent[317] and singing on "Roman Holiday" for the first time.[318][319] Martha appeared in the "Moment 4 Life" video as Minaj's apparent fairy godmother.[313]

Influences

 
 
 
According to Minaj, rappers Jay-Z (left), Foxy Brown (center) and Lil Wayne (right) are her three biggest influences.

Minaj cites Lil Wayne, Foxy Brown, and Jay-Z as major influences: "I can't even imagine my career, um, my creative spirit without Wayne. [...] I feel like I'm still intertwined with him creatively." Minaj has called Lil Wayne her mentor and credited him with discovering her.[320][321] On Foxy Brown and Jay-Z, Minaj said: "I really loved [Foxy] as a female rapper. I was really interested in her mind and her aura [and] I was really, really into Jay-Z. Me and my friends in high school, we were reciting all of the Jay lyrics. His words were our words in our conversations all the time."[322]

She said, further: "I never really told Foxy how much she has influenced me and how much she changed my life" adding that Foxy Brown was "the most influential female rapper" for her.[323] Minaj said in a T Magazine interview in 2017: "Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Foxy Brown... [...] Those are the three I keep in my head when I'm writing because they've influenced me so much, [...] I feel like I'm a part of all of them."[324]

Jada Pinkett Smith is one of Minaj's role models in her acting career.[325] Minaj was inspired by R&B singer Monica, singing "Why I Love You So Much" at every talent show she entered. While performing in Atlanta as part of her Pink Friday Tour, she called Monica one of her all-time greatest musical influences. Lauryn Hill is also one of Minaj's major influences, with Minaj quoting her lyrics in a high school yearbook.[326][327] Minaj has also cited Beyoncé,[328][329] Marilyn Monroe,[330]Madonna,[331] Enya,[332] Eminem,[333] Kanye West, Trina, Drake[334],Lil' Kim[335][336][337],Lisa Left Eye Lopes,[338]Janet Jackson[339],Grace Jones [340][341],Remy Ma and Missy Elliott as influences.[342]

She called Betsey Johnson a fashion inspiration: "[Betsey] is a free spirit. When I met her the other day, I felt like I knew her for my whole life. She's so warm and considerate and caring. She's amazingly talented and I've been wearing her clothes forever, so to meet her was like, 'Yay!' [I was] bowing down to her; she's dope!"[343] Minaj has also expressed appreciation for Cyndi Lauper's style and how her videos inspired her as a teenager: "When I first went to get my hair colored, I was about 14 and I wanted blonde highlights. The beautician said, 'No, you have to get your mother on the phone,' and I was just crying and begging. I've always been experimenting. Cyndi Lauper's videos – that's what intrigued me."[344]

Public image

 
Early in her career, Minaj often wore colorful costumes, cosmetics, and wigs

Billboard listed Minaj the fourth-most-active musician on social media on its March 2011 Social 50 chart.[345] Minaj is also the most followed rapper on Instagram with over 200 million followers, the first to surpass that number, as well as one of the most followed female musicians on the social media platform.[346][347] On Twitter, she is one of the most followed rappers, with over 26 million followers on the app, as of September 2022.[348][349] She joined American Idol as a judge in 2013.[350][351] BET has named Minaj as a "gay icon".[352] Minaj was a vocal proponent of streams counting towards an artist's RIAA certifications. The organization later announced in 2016 that it would be modernizing the certification process for albums, including on-demand audio and video streams, as reported by Yahoo! News.[353][354]

Minaj has been called as a "fashion icon" by Allure, Time, XXL and has been called a "camp style icon" by Refinery29.[355][356][357][358] She has cited Alexander McQueen, Gianni Versace, and Christian Louboutin as her favorite designers.[359] The Huffington Post described her style as "risk-taking" and "far-out", with "bold sartorial choices";[360] Minaj has been included on the annual Maxim Hot 100 list several times.[361][362] In 2014, Minaj underwent a reinvention in her image sporting a "natural" and "softer" look, wearing fewer wigs and less colourful costumes.[363] She stated that she "went so far to the other side that there's only one place to go from there. You can either continue doing costumes or you can just say, "Hey guess what? This will shock them even more. Doing nothing will shock them even more"".[363][364]

Her physique, notably her buttocks, has attracted significant attention from the media.[365][366] Early in her career, she made autographing breasts part of her movement to empower women.[367] In 2010, she said that although she originally felt obligated to mimic the provocative behavior of the "female rappers of [her] day", she intended to subdue her sexuality because she "[wants] people—especially young girls—to know that in life, nothing is going to be based on sex appeal. You've got to have something else to go with that."[368][369]

Minaj talked about feminism in an interview with Vogue in 2015, saying "There are things that I do that feminists don't like, and there are things that I do that they do like. I don't label myself. I just say the truth about what I feel. I feel like women can do anything that they put their minds to."[370] In 2018, an interview with Elle, in which she discussed sex workers, her own sex appeal, and sexuality in music and on social media, attracted criticism.[371][372] In The New York Times Magazine, music critic Vanessa Grigoriadis said that Minaj "has become expert at modelling the ways that women can wield power in the industry. But she has also drawn attention to the ways in which power can be embodied by a woman standing up for herself and speaking her own mind."[373]

The cover art and music video for her 2014 single, "Anaconda", attracted significant media attention upon release.[374] The music video was viewed 19.6 million times in its first 24 hours of release.[375] The Guardian called the video "racy" but noted that she "doesn't shy from ruffling her audience's feathers",[376] while others praised Minaj for "owning her sexuality",[377] examining her work through a feminist perspective.[374][378][379][380] Another writer for The Guardian said, of the "Anaconda" video, Minaj turns "the classic song into a conversation, and [refuses] to let the camera objectify her lap dance by keeping it zoomed out, at a distance."[381]

Minaj's fanbase, known as the "Barbz", have been reported as often being militant towards Minaj's critics, including incidents reportedly involving cyberbullying and death threats.[382][383][384][385]

Philanthropy

 
Katy Perry (left) and Minaj perform for service members during the 2010 VH1 Divas Salute the Troops concert

In 2010, Minaj performed a cover of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", alongside singer Katy Perry, for service members during the 2010 VH1 Divas Salute the Troops concert.[386][387] The two would later collaborate in 2017 on "Swish Swish". In 2011, Mattel created a Barbie doll with Minaj's likeness to auction for Project Angel Food, a charity that provides food for people afflicted with HIV and AIDS.[388] In 2012, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Minaj donated $15,000 to the Food Bank For New York City and held a turkey drive at her alma mater, PS 45.[389]

In May 2017, Minaj offered via Twitter to pay college tuition fees and student loans for 30 of her fans. She appeared to grant their requests, ranging from $500 to school supplies to $6,000 for tuition, promising to respond to more requests in a month or two.[390] She also announced that she would launch an official charity for student loans and tuition payments in the near future.[391] In the same month, Minaj revealed on Instagram that she has been donating money to a village in India for a few years via her pastor, Lydia Sloley. These donations helped the village get a computer center, a tailoring institute, a reading program, and two water wells. "This is the kind of thing that makes me feel the most proud", she said about the new additions to the village.[392]

In August 2017, after Hurricane Harvey hit the city of Houston, Texas, Minaj answered a social media challenge by comedian and actor Kevin Hart and donated $25,000 to the Red Cross, saying she was "praying for everyone there".[393][394] On September 4, 2018, Minaj appeared as a guest and performed several songs on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[395] Throughout the episode, Minaj and Degeneres, with the participation of Walmart, gave out over $150,000 in donations to fans.[396][169] In 2019, Minaj pulled out of headlining a concert in Saudi Arabia following online backlash from activists, after women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was detained and arrested for speaking out against the Saudi regime. Minaj was praised by Thor Halvorssen of The Human Rights Foundation, who criticized her initial plan to perform in a letter, and released a statement saying, "After careful reflection ... I believe it is important for me to make clear my support for the rights of women, the LGBTQ community and freedom of expression."[397][398]

In 2020, Minaj donated $25,000 to the St. Jude's Home for Girls school after visiting the school in her native country of Trinidad. In a speech, Minaj encouraged the girls to push through hard obstacles, even referencing her own experience with domestic violence: "I've experienced being in a home with domestic violence. I've experienced, you know, being at a very difficult crossroads in my life as a teenager. And sometimes as a teenager when things happen, you feel like there's no up from there."[399] In the same year, following the release of Minaj and 6ix9ine's collaboration, "Trollz", Minaj announced that a portion of the proceeds from the song, along with profits from all merchandise, will go towards the Bail Project amid the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd.[400]

Legacy

Various media outlets, such as Billboard, Time, NME, Rolling Stone, NBC News and Cosmopolitan, have referred to Minaj as the "Queen of Rap" and The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, and The Los Angeles Times have referred to her as the "Queen of Hip Hop".[401][402] Several media outlets, including The New York Times, Evening Standard, and Nylon, have also called her one of the most influential rappers.[403] Billboard and Vibe ranked her as the seventh greatest rapper of all time.[404]

In 2012, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called Minaj "the most influential female rapper of all time", and in 2015 Vanessa Grigoriadis from its magazine called her "the world's biggest female rap superstar".[294][373] In Evening Standard, Jochan Embley called her one of the most influential rap artists of all time, saying that "Everything she does is bold, fearless and distinct – whether that be her eye-popping stage attire or her expertly delivered lyrics, which stare gender and race dead in the eye."[405] Zoe Johnson from XXL called her "one of the most versatile MCs" and that she has "made millions off upbeat pop hits and traditional hip-hop sounds that cater to both her femininity and her assertive side".[309]

For NPR Music, Sowmya Krishnamurthy noted that Minaj has portrayed "the quirky, life-size Barbie, glamorous vixen and girl-next-door", arguing that she "changed the landscape for artists in hip-hop for the past decade" with said alter egos.[406] In 2017, Patrik Sandberg of Dazed argued that Minaj has "surpassed every other female hip hop artist to become the most successful in history" in 2017.[407] In 2020, Nick Soulsby of PopMatters called her the "best female rapper and the best rapper of the past ten years – no gender preposition required."[408] Glamour included Minaj in their list of 104 women who defined 2010s pop culture.[409]

In XXL, Madeline Roth commented that Minaj "has helped birth a new generation of rappers that mimic her style".[309] She has influenced several artists, including Tinashe,[410] Cher Lloyd,[411] Cupcakke,[412] Billie Eilish,[413] Lil Nas X,[414] Ms Banks,[415] Asian Doll,[416] Doja Cat,[417] Megan Thee Stallion,[418] Latto,[419] Shenseea,[420] BIA,[421] Lakeyah,[422] Luísa Sonza,[423] Coi Leray,[424] Maliibu Miitch,[425] City Girls,[426] Baby Tate,[427] Ice Spice,[428] Rico Nasty,[429] Flo Milli,[430] Ivorian Doll,[431] Angel Haze,[432] Rubi Rose, and Saweetie.[433] Billboard credited her for bringing female rap back to the mainstream in the US.[434] With over 140 features, the magazine has called Minaj a "rap and pop icon" adding that "she's been one of popular music's most reliable guest performers, notching dozens of chart hits as a supporting presence on other artists' singles."[435] Minaj has been credited by Complex for being able to "take a simple song and turn it into a smash hit just because she's featured on it."[436] In 2012, Caramanica in The New York Times said that:

Minaj "became a nimble, evocative rapper. She became an intricate lyricist. She became a thoughtful singer. She became a risky performer. She invented new personae. More than any other rapper in the mainstream, she pushed hard against expectations ... with no one around to compare herself to, or for others to compare her to, she became her own watermark."[437]

In 2014, NPR's Erik Nielson said that Minaj's "success over the last decade has stood as an exception to the unwritten rule that women rappers no longer have a place among elite artists".[438] Nylon writer, Demicia Inman, also credited Minaj for her influence which "stands as one of the most successful rappers of the millennium", also going on to say that Minaj "battled misogyny and industry bias against black women to carve her own identity and sound" thus impacting her career. Complex also commented that, "From her bold outfits to her multi-colored wigs, Minaj oozed confidence that inspired others who were watching closely... [she] doesn't need anything but her art to speak for itself".[439][440]

Achievements

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Nicki Minaj

Minaj is the recipient of numerous accolades, including eight American Music Awards, twelve BET Awards, seven BET Hip Hop Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, six MTV Europe Music Awards, two People's Choice Awards, one Soul Train Music Award, and four Teen Choice Awards. Minaj has received a total of 10 Grammy Award nominations. She received her first Grammy nomination in 2010 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ("My Chick Bad" with Ludacris). In 2012, Minaj received three nominations, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album (Pink Friday). In 2014, she received her second nomination for Best Rap Album (The Pinkprint). She has won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video four times ("Super Bass", "Anaconda", "Chun-Li" and "Do We Have a Problem?") and has won the Best Female Video Award once ("Starships"). Minaj is the first woman to have appeared on the Forbes "Hip Hop Cash Kings" list since its inception in 2007, having made four consecutive appearances between 2011 and 2014.[441][442][443][444]

In 2010, Minaj became the first female solo artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, and the first woman to appear on MTV's Annual Hottest MC List since its inception in 2007.[445][446] In 2011, Minaj was ranked sixth on the Rolling Stone master ranking of the "Kings of Hip Hop" which is based on record sales and social media metrics.[447] She is the only rapper to win the BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist seven consecutive times.[448][449] In 2013, Minaj became the most-charted female rapper on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time, with 44 entries, tying Mariah Carey as seventh among women of all genres.[450]

Minaj has twenty-one top 10 singles on the chart, the most for any female rapper, with six of those being solo songs.[451][452] In 2017, Minaj broke the record for most Hot 100 entries by any female artist, surpassing Aretha Franklin, and in 2018, she became the first female artist to accumulate 100 entries on the Hot 100. She held the mentioned record for most Hot 100 entries by a female artist until it was broken in December 2020 by singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.[453][454][455][456] She is the female artist with the second-most Hot 100 entries, behind Swift.[457][458] In 2019, Billboard Women in Music awarded her with the Game Changer Award.[459][460]

In 2019, her collaboration with Karol G, named "Tusa", received two nominations at the Latin Grammys.[461] The song became the longest-running number-one single on the Argentina Hot 100, having spent 25 weeks on the position.[462][209] In 2020, Minaj become the second female rapper to chart at number one on the Hot 100 more than once with her 6ix9ine collaboration "Trollz".[209] She also became the second female to debut atop the chart since Lauryn Hill in 1998.[209] In the same year, she also was the most streamed female rapper on Spotify.[463] In 2021, the music video for "Anaconda" became the first female rap solo song to reach one billion views on YouTube.[464][465]

In total, Minaj has eight music videos with more than one billion views across all credits on YouTube, becoming the first female rapper to do so. She is only one of two female artists to have eight music videos reaching more than one billion views, tying with Rihanna .[466][467] In 2016, she was listed on the Time 100 annual list of the most influential people in the world. She was also featured on one of the physical covers of the issue.[468][469] Complex ranked her eighth on their list of best rappers of the 2010s, being the only female rapper on the list,[470] and named her "Best Rapper Alive" of 2014.[471]

Other activities

Fragrances

 
Minaj promoting her first fragrance "Pink Friday" in 2012

Minaj has a line of fragrances first launched in September 2012. She partnered with 'Give Back Brands' to introduce her first fragrance, "Pink Friday",[472] which was nominated for three 2013 FiFi Awards for Fragrance of the Year, Best Packaging, and Media Campaign of the Year.[473] A "Pink Friday: Special Edition" was released in April 2013 and a deluxe edition version of the fragrance, titled "Pink Friday: Deluxe Edition", was launched in December 2013.[474][475]

Her fourth and fifth fragrance line, "Minajesty", was launched in September 2013[476] followed by a flanker fragrance, "Minajesty: Exotic Edition", which was released exclusively to the Home Shopping Network in June 2014. This was followed by the launch of her sixth fragrance line, "Onika", in September 2014.[477] A year later in 2015, Minaj released "The Pinkprint", her seventh fragrance in support of her third studio album of the same name.[478] In 2016, Minaj launched her eighth fragrance "Trini Girl."[479] In 2018, in support of her fourth studio album, she released her ninth fragrance, "Queen."[480]

Products and endorsements

Minaj has been affiliated with several manufacturing companies and has endorsed a number of products during her career. She has also stated that she has learned the ins and outs of business so she could do it herself.[481] In November 2010, she teamed up with MAC Cosmetics and launched a lipstick, "Pink 4 Friday", which was sold for four consecutive Fridays to promote her debut studio album Pink Friday.[482] In 2011, Mattel crafted a Barbie doll with the avatar of Minaj, inspired by the rapper's likeness for charity, which she described as a "major moment" in her career.[483] It was auctioned on the Charitybuzz website; proceeds benefited nonprofit Project Angel Food.[484] A spokesperson for Mattel stated that, "Barbie is obviously a pop culture icon [...] and Nicki is a big part of pop culture and also huge within the fashion industry, as well as a big Barbie fan."[484] Matthew Perpetua of Rolling Stone stated that the "Minaj Barbie doll is notable in that the rapper has made Barbie dolls a crucial part of her aesthetic."[485] Minaj helped introduce the Casio TRYX in Times Square, and created a six-piece nail polish collection for OPI Products with colors named after her songs.[486][487]

In February 2012, Minaj launched her own range of lip products for MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam.[488][489][490] In April 2012, Minaj helped launch the Nokia Lumia 900 in Times Square.[491] The following month, Minaj appeared in television and internet advertisements for Pepsi's "LiveForNow" campaign, which featured a remix of her single "Moment 4 Life".[492][493] She endorsed the 2012 Viva Glam campaign with Ricky Martin – which raised $270 million for the Mac AIDS Fund[494][495] – and was the face of the lip product line that year along with him.[496] With designer Jeremy Scott, Minaj signed an endorsement deal with Adidas for the brand's fall and winter 2012 campaign to appear in internet advertisements and commercials for Adidas Originals.[497] Set to her song, "Masquerade", her segment of the advertisement was filmed in Brooklyn and also featured Big Sean, Derrick Rose, Sky Ferreira and 2NE1 in other locations worldwide.[498] She fronted the Viva Glam spring campaign by herself, which also introduced her limited-edition lip product collection, "Nicki 2", which was launched in early 2013.[499][500]

In February 2013, Minaj starred in Bluewater Comics' Fame biographical-comic series, with her comic book, titled Fame: Nicki Minaj.[501][502] She partnered with Beats Electronics to introduce her "Pink Pill" speakers in April 2013, appearing with DeRay Davis in a commercial for the speakers that same month.[503][504] She introduced her lifestyle product line, "The Nicki Minaj Collection" for Kmart, composed of clothing, accessories and houseware.[505][506][507] In June 2013, Minaj and Mona Scott-Young launched MYX Fusions, a line of fruit-infused, single serve moscato wine beverage, available in flavors: sangria, rose, chardonnay, peach, coconut, mango, and watermelon.[508] Minaj serves as a co-owner, creative director, and ambassador of the brand.[509]

Throughout 2014, Minaj released spring, summer, and fall clothing collections for Kmart.[510][511][512][513] Minaj served as the face of Roberto Cavalli's spring and summer campaign of that year.[514][515][516] In March 2015, it was announced that Minaj was a co-owner of the music streaming service Tidal. The service specializes in lossless audio and high definition music videos. In addition to Minaj and company owner Jay Z, sixteen stakeholders including Beyoncé, Madonna, Rihanna, and Kanye West own a 3% equity stake in the service.[517] In November 2015, Minaj released a holiday capsule clothing collection for Kmart and its affiliated e-commerce platform, ShopYourWay.[518] She also released a limited-edition couture collection for the retailer, which was also available at her website.[519][520]

In September 2017, she released a duo of lipsticks, called "Nicki's Nude" and "The Pinkprint" (named after her third studio album) in collaboration with MAC Cosmetics.[521][522] In November 2017, Minaj starred in H&M's holiday campaign along with Anna Ewers, Mariacarla Boscono, Jesse Williams, Charlee Fraser, and Elibeidy Dani.[523] In March 2018, the rapper appeared in a commercial for the Mercedes-Benz A-class car.[524] August 2018, Minaj starred in the trailer for EA Sports' Madden NFL 19 video game alongside Lil Dicky, Quavo and other celebrities.[525][526] The following month, she appeared alongside Gucci Mane, Bella Thorne, Tommy Dorfman, Yoo Ah-in, and Jonathan Bellini in the campaign for Italian clothing brand Diesel's "Haute Coture" collection; she also co-designed a t-shirt and denim jacket, titled "The Bad Guy".[527] In November 2018, she co-starred with Quavo and Saturday Night Live member Chris Redd in the holiday advertisement campaign for Madden NFL 19.[528][529]

In 2019, Minaj announced a collaboration with luxury fashion house Fendi, whose chief executive officer Serge Brunschwig stated the brand "shares great affinity with her. [Minaj represents] the fun aspect of the brand", and that the collaboration "made sense [...] [Minaj would] present it extremely well."[530] Minaj's capsule collection with the brand, titled "Fendi Prints On"—inspired by the lyric containing the same words on her 2018 single, "Chun-Li"—was officially announced in September that year,[531] and released on October 14, 2019.[532]

In March 2022, Minaj fronted the campaign for the "Heaven" Spring 2022 collection by Marc Jacobs.[533] In July 2022, she collaborated with Rap Snacks and released her own potato chip flavor, "Barbie-Que Honey Truffle".[534] The following month, Mattel sued Rap Snacks, claiming the company violated the Barbie trademark and had made a "deliberate and calculated" choice to do so. The lawsuit was settled in September after the company changed the snack's name to "Bar-B-Quin".[535] Minaj released a "variety pack" with Rap Snacks in October,[536] and a "Nocho Nachos" nachos flavor in March 2023, inspired by a lyric on her 2023 single, "Red Ruby Da Sleeze".[537] Also in October 2022, the rapper appeared alongside Lil Baby, Kane Brown, Pete Davidson, and Bukayo Saka in a trailer for the video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.[538]

COVID-19 vaccine controversy

In September 2021, Minaj announced she would not be attending the 2021 Met Gala due to the COVID-19 vaccine requirement. She stated that she has avoided public appearances and traveling after contracting the virus herself and having to quarantine from her son as a result.[539][540][541] She shared several tweets about her unvaccinated status and claimed she wanted to do more research and be comfortable with her decision first.[542] She alleged in a Tweet that her cousin's friend in Trinidad suffered swollen testicles and became impotent as a result of the vaccine.[543] These tweets received backlash where her story about her cousin's friend became the subject of jokes and memes.[544] Trinidad and Tobago health minister Terrence Deyalsingh declared that her claims were false and that no such report existed.[545]

Shortly after, Minaj recommended other people get the vaccine and set up a Twitter poll on COVID-19 vaccine brands. She tweeted that she was sure she would get vaccinated herself because of touring.[546][547] The White House offered her a phone call with a doctor to answer questions about the safety of the vaccine.[548] In an Instagram Live response two days later, she claimed that she was simply asking questions and she did not give any facts about the vaccine.[549] Minaj alleged that reporters harassed her family for a story, with her sharing some text messages she alleged were harassment on social media.[550] In May 2022, Olivia Truffaut-Wong of The Cut alleged that Minaj had gotten vaccinated, as the 2022 Met Gala (which Minaj attended) requires proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 PCR test to attend.[551]

Discography

Main articles: Nicki Minaj discography and List of songs recorded by Nicki Minaj

Studio albums

Filmography

Main article: Nicki Minaj videography

Tours

Main article: List of Nicki Minaj live performances

Headlining

Co-headlining

Opening act

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Minaj claims she came to the United States as an illegal immigrant, although by the time she moved to the United States her mother and subsequently her father had lawful permanent residency. (See early life and childhood.)[4]
  2. ^ Minaj states in the "My Time Again" documentary, released in 2014, that she was in an 11-year relationship.

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nicki, minaj, onika, tanya, maraj, petty, née, maraj, born, december, 1982, known, professionally, ɑː, ahzh, trinidadian, born, rapper, singer, songwriter, based, united, states, known, musical, versatility, animated, flow, rapping, alter, egos, accents, minaj. Onika Tanya Maraj Petty nee Maraj born December 8 1982 known professionally as Nicki Minaj m ɪ ˈ n ɑː ʒ min AHZH is a Trinidadian born a rapper singer and songwriter based in the United States She is known for her musical versatility animated flow in her rapping alter egos and accents Minaj first gained recognition after releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009 Her debut album Pink Friday 2010 topped the U S Billboard 200 chart Its fifth single Super Bass reached number three on the U S Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified diamond by the RIAA Minaj s follow up album Pink Friday Roman Reloaded 2012 explored dance pop The lead single Starships peaked in the top five worldwide Nicki MinajMinaj at the 2018 MTV Video Music AwardsBornOnika Tanya Maraj 1982 12 08 December 8 1982 age 40 Port of Spain Trinidad and TobagoEducationFiorello H LaGuardia High SchoolOccupationsRapper singer songwriter actress radio personalityYears active2004 presentWorksDiscography songs recorded videography performancesSpouseKenneth Petty m 2019 wbr PartnerSafaree Samuels 2000 2014 Children1AwardsFull listMusical careerOriginNew York City U S GenresHip hop 1 2 pop 3 Instrument s VocalsLabelsYoung Money Cash Money RepublicWebsitenickiminajofficial wbr comHer third album The Pinkprint 2014 explored more personal topics and marked a return to her hip hop roots Its second single Anaconda peaked at number two on the Hot 100 and became the first music video by a solo female rapper to reach one billion views on YouTube She released her fourth album Queen in 2018 and it spawned the U S top ten single Chun Li In 2019 her collaboration with Karol G Tusa became the longest running number one single on the Argentina Hot 100 chart Minaj achieved her first two Hot 100 number one singles in 2020 Trollz and Say So and her third with the lead single of her forthcoming fifth studio album Super Freaky Girl It became the third solo song by a female rapper to debut at number one in the U S since 1998 Referred to as the Queen of Rap Minaj is one of the best selling music artists with more than 100 million records sold worldwide Billboard ranked her as the top selling female rapper of the 2010s 5 She became the first female artist to have one hundred Billboard Hot 100 entries and has twenty one top 10 hits on the Hot 100 the most for any female rapper Her various accolades include eight American Music Awards five MTV Video Music Awards including the 2022 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award twelve BET Awards four Billboard Music Awards a Brit Award and three Guinness World Records Outside of music her film career has included voice roles in the animated films Ice Age Continental Drift 2012 and The Angry Birds Movie 2 2019 as well as supporting roles in the films The Other Woman 2014 and Barbershop The Next Cut 2016 In 2016 Time included her on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world Throughout her career Minaj s outspoken views and social media disputes have received significant media coverage 6 7 Contents 1 Life and career 1 1 1982 2003 Early life and childhood 1 2 2004 2009 Career beginnings and mixtapes 1 3 2010 2011 Breakthrough with Pink Friday 1 4 2012 2013 Pink Friday Roman Reloaded and American Idol 1 5 2014 2017 The Pinkprint and acting ventures 1 6 2018 2019 Queen and marriage 1 7 2020 2021 Motherhood Beam Me Up Scotty re release and lawsuit 1 8 2022 present Upcoming fifth studio album 2 Artistry 2 1 Musical style 2 2 Alter egos 2 3 Influences 3 Public image 4 Philanthropy 5 Legacy 6 Achievements 7 Other activities 7 1 Fragrances 7 2 Products and endorsements 7 3 COVID 19 vaccine controversy 8 Discography 9 Filmography 10 Tours 10 1 Headlining 10 2 Co headlining 10 3 Opening act 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 Further reading 15 External linksLife and career1982 2003 Early life and childhood Onika Tanya Maraj was born on December 8 1982 in the Saint James district of Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago 8 9 Her father was Robert Maraj 1956 2021 10 a financial executive and part time gospel singer of Dougla Afro Trinidadian mother and Indo Trinidadian father descent 11 Her mother Carol Maraj is also a gospel singer with Afro Trinidadian ancestry 12 Carol worked in payroll and accounting departments during Minaj s youth 13 14 Minaj s father was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine 15 and had a violent temper burning down their house in December 1987 16 She has an older brother named Jelani 17 a younger brother named Micaiah 18 and a younger sister named Ming 19 As a child Minaj and her older brother Jelani grew up with her grandmother in Saint James in a household with 11 cousins 16 Minaj s mother Carol Maraj was working numerous jobs in Saint James before getting her green card at the age of 24 She then moved to the Bronx in New York City to attend Monroe College leaving both Minaj and Jelani in Trinidad with their grandmother Eventually when Minaj was five Carol got her first house on 147th Street in South Jamaica Queens and brought both Minaj and Jelani to live with her and their father 16 Minaj recalled I don t think I had a lot of discipline in my household My mom motivated me but it wasn t a strict household I kind of wanted a strict household 20 Minaj successfully auditioned for admission to Fiorello H LaGuardia High School of Music amp Art and Performing Arts which focuses on visual and performing arts 8 After graduation Minaj wanted to become an actress and she was cast in the Off Broadway play In Case You Forget in 2001 21 Minaj has revealed that she had an abortion as a teenager in her songs All Things Go and Autobiography She has said that although it has haunted her she stands by her decision 22 At the age of 19 as she struggled with her acting career she worked as a waitress at a Red Lobster in the Bronx but was fired for discourtesy to customers 23 She said she was fired from at least 15 jobs for similar reasons 24 Other jobs included customer service representative and office management on Wall Street Minaj recalls buying a BMW as a 19 year old with the money from waitressing 25 2004 2009 Career beginnings and mixtapes Minaj briefly signed with Brooklyn group Full Force in which she rapped in a quartet called The Hoodstars composed of Lou tar son of Bowlegged Lou Safaree Samuels Scaff Beezy and 7even Up 26 27 In 2004 the group recorded the entrance song for WWE Diva Victoria Don t Mess With which was featured on the compilation album ThemeAddict WWE The Music Vol 6 Minaj later left Full Force and uploaded songs on her Myspace profile sending several of her songs to people in the music industry Later Fendi CEO of Brooklyn label Dirty Money Entertainment signed Minaj to his label in 2007 under a 180 day contract 28 Originally adopting the stage name Nicki Maraj she eventually changed it to Nicki Minaj stating that my real name is Maraj Fendi flipped it when he met me because I had such a nasty flow 29 Minaj released her first mixtape Playtime Is Over on July 5 2007 30 and her second Sucka Free on April 12 2008 31 She released her third mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty on April 18 2009 32 it received favorable coverage on BET and MTV 33 34 At the time she was managed by Debra Antney One of its tracks I Get Crazy reached number 20 on the U S Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart and number 37 on the Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs chart 35 After Minaj was discovered by fellow rapper Lil Wayne 36 she signed a recording contract with his Young Money Entertainment 37 That November she appeared with Gucci Mane and Trina on the remix of 5 Star Bitch by Yo Gotti 38 In early February 2010 Minaj made her first two appearances on the U S Billboard Hot 100 chart with her features on Knockout and Up Out My Face by Lil Wayne and Mariah Carey respectively 39 40 Minaj also appeared on BedRock and Roger That on the compilation album We Are Young Money 2009 41 42 The singles peaked at numbers two and 56 respectively in the U S Their parent album reached number nine on the U S Billboard 200 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA 43 44 At Jay Z s suggestion Robin Thicke featured Minaj on his single Shakin It 4 Daddy 45 Allison Stewart of The Washington Post stated that during that time she became the go to girl for artists who wanted to add some skank to their tracks without sullying themselves in the process 46 Minaj became the first female solo artist to have seven singles simultaneously charting in the U S 47 2010 2011 Breakthrough with Pink Friday Minaj performing in 2010 On March 29 2010 Minaj released Massive Attack featuring Sean Garrett 48 Intended as the lead single from her forthcoming debut album Pink Friday the song was dropped from the album due to poor commercial performance 49 50 The next single Your Love later became the album s lead single 51 Released in June it peaked at number 14 on the U S Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Rap Songs chart 35 In September Minaj released Check It Out featuring will i am and Right Thru Me as follow up singles 52 53 54 In October Minaj was featured on Kanye West s Monster a posse cut with Jay Z and Rick Ross featuring vocals from Justin Vernon of Bon Iver Her verse received widespread acclaim with many critics regarding it as the best verse on that song Complex rated Minaj s Monster verse as the number one best rap verse in the past five years 55 while Sean Fennessey of The Village Voice stated that Monster was the track that announced Minaj s brilliance to most people 56 Shortly after she performed Monster with West and Jay Z at Yankee Stadium becoming the first ever female rapper to perform there In November 2010 Minaj received her first Grammy Award nomination for her guest verse on Ludacris song My Chick Bad 57 Pink Friday was released on November 19 2010 debuting at number two and later reaching number one on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 375 000 copies 58 59 It had the highest sales week for a female rap album this century and second highest sales week overall after Lauryn Hill s The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 1998 Upon release the album received generally positive reviews from critics 60 The album was certified platinum in December with it becoming the first album by a solo female rapper to go platinum in seven years 61 62 Moment 4 Life featuring Drake was released as the fourth single from Pink Friday shortly after the album s release 63 The song served as the third single off the album released as a single on December 7 2010 Minaj performed Right Thru Me and Moment 4 Life as the musical guest on the January 29 2011 episode of Saturday Night Live 64 Super Bass the album s fifth single was released in April 2011 65 It became a sleeper hit and commercially successful ultimately peaking at number three in the U S and was eventually certified diamond in the U S 66 67 Super Bass was at the time the highest charting solo single by a female rapper since Missy Elliott s Work It in 2002 68 The music video has over 965 million views on YouTube as of March 2023 69 Early in her career Minaj identified as bisexual and made several references to it in her music However she eventually stated in a 2010 Rolling Stone interview I think girls are sexy but I m not going to lie and say that I date girls 70 She once again addressed her sexuality in 2020 on Doja Cat s Say So remix The lyrics divided members of the LGBT community with some accusing her of bisexual erasure while others voicing there is nothing wrong with originally identifying as bisexual and then later identifying as straight 71 72 Minaj was one of the opening acts on Britney Spears 2011 Femme Fatale Tour 73 She and Kesha appeared on the remix of Spears Till the World Ends which peaked at number three in the U S 74 On August 7 2011 Nicki experienced a wardrobe malfunction during a live performance on Good Morning America when she revealed her left nipple Both ABC and Minaj apologized for the incident with Minaj denying it was a publicity stunt 75 76 Minaj continued to perform at high profile events throughout 2011 with Donatella Versace inviting her to perform with Prince for the introduction of a Versace collection for H amp M She also performed Super Bass at the 2011 Victoria s Secret Fashion Show 77 In July 2011 her cousin Nicholas Telemaque was murdered near his home in Brooklyn an incident she later references in her songs All Things Go and Champion 78 In December 2011 Minaj was nominated for three Grammy Awards including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album for Pink Friday 79 Also that year she won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video for Super Bass marking her first VMA win 80 2012 2013 Pink Friday Roman Reloaded and American Idol Minaj performing in the Hammersmith Apollo during 2012 Starships was released in February 2012 as the lead single from Minaj s forthcoming second album Pink Friday Roman Reloaded 81 The song reached number five on the U S Billboard Hot 100 35 and went on to become the fifth best selling single of 2012 82 Her crossover into pop music was criticized by some despite her commercial success 83 Follow up singles Beez in the Trap featuring 2 Chainz and Right by My Side featuring Chris Brown were released shortly after 84 85 Pink Friday Roman Reloaded was eventually released on April 2 2012 two months later than initially planned 86 The album was preceded by the promotional singles Roman in Moscow and Stupid Hoe 87 88 The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 253 000 copies and was certified platinum by the RIAA in June 2012 59 89 However the mix of hip hop songs and mainstream pop material received mixed reviews 90 Pound the Alarm and Va Va Voom were later released as the final singles from the album 91 92 Minaj along with fellow rapper M I A joined Madonna to perform the single Give Me All Your Luvin during the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show on February 6 2012 93 Minaj was the first solo female rapper to perform at the Grammy Awards performing Roman Holiday during the 2012 ceremony on February 12 94 Her exorcism themed performance was controversial with the American Catholic League and its president criticizing her performance 95 96 97 Minaj began her headlining Pink Friday Tour on May 16 2012 which was followed by the Pink Friday Reloaded Tour beginning October 14 2012 98 99 Although she was scheduled to headline the June 3 Hot 97 Summer Jam at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey at the request of Lil Wayne she canceled her appearance the day of the show after Peter Rosenberg of the station dismissed her single Starships as not real hip hop 100 The following month she voiced Steffie in the animated film Ice Age Continental Drift 2012 101 Minaj won awards for Best Female Video for Starships at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards and Best Hip Hop at the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards 102 An expanded version of Pink Friday Roman Reloaded subtitled The Re Up was released on November 19 2012 with seven new songs 103 That month she was the subject of a three part E documentary titled Nicki Minaj My Truth 104 In September Minaj joined the judges panel for the twelfth season of American Idol with Mariah Carey Keith Urban and Randy Jackson 105 Throughout the show there were disagreements between Carey and Minaj with both of them leaving the series at the end of the season 106 107 108 109 2014 2017 The Pinkprint and acting ventures Minaj s first live action theatrical film The Other Woman was filmed in spring 2013 and premiered on April 25 2014 110 In late 2014 Minaj separated from her longtime boyfriend Safaree Samuels whom she had dated since 2003 b According to Minaj he had proposed to her but she declined 111 Several tracks on her forthcoming third album The Pinkprint are believed to have been heavily inspired by the end of their relationship Minaj began dating rapper Meek Mill in early 2015 shortly after her breakup with Samuels 112 As she was working on The Pinkprint she described the album as a continuation of The Re Up with a lot more and said it would focus on her hip hop roots 113 114 115 During an MTV interview she additionally said that it would be next level and that she has much to talk about 116 Pills n Potions was released as the lead single from The Pinkprint in May 2014 117 In July she appeared as a featured artist on the song Bang Bang with singers Jessie J and Ariana Grande which peaked at number three on the U S Billboard Hot 100 chart Anaconda was released in August as the second single from the album peaking at number two which became her highest charting single in the U S at the time 118 119 The music video for Anaconda went viral upon release online it set a 24 hour Vevo record accumulating 19 6 million views on its first day of release breaking the record previously held by Miley Cyrus for Wrecking Ball 120 On November 9 2014 Minaj hosted the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow Scotland 121 She also won the Best Hip Hop Award for a second time 121 The Pinkprint was officially released on December 15 2014 and debuted at number two in the U S with first week sales of 244 000 equivalent units 198 000 in pure album sales and 46 000 combined album equivalent units and streams 122 123 Upon release critics praised the production and personal lyrics 124 Minaj in a 2016 interview At the 58th Grammy Awards Minaj received three more Grammy Award nominations including a second Best Rap Album nomination for The Pinkprint a Best Rap Song nomination for Anaconda and a Best Pop Duo Group Performance nomination for Bang Bang 125 126 In March 2015 Minaj embarked on her third world tour entitled The Pinkprint Tour and also became the first female artist to chart four songs simultaneously in the top 10 of Billboard s Mainstream R amp B Hip Hop airplay chart 127 At the 2015 BET Awards Minaj won her sixth consecutive award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist becoming the female rapper with most wins in that category 128 In August 2015 Madame Tussauds unveiled a wax figure of Minaj which depicted a pose from the Anaconda music video 129 130 The attraction received criticism from some including Angharad Welsh of The Independent who called it a sexist racist mistake 131 132 Despite this Minaj voiced her approval of the wax figure on social media 133 In May 2015 it was announced that Minaj would feature in the third installment of the Barbershop film series alongside Ice Cube Cedric the Entertainer Eve and other original cast members 134 Titled Barbershop The Next Cut the film was released on April 15 2016 For Minaj s performance as a sassy hairdresser named Draya she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress Comedy 134 135 In September 2015 it was announced that Minaj would executive produce and appear in a scripted single camera comedy series for ABC Family now Freeform based on her life growing up in Queens New York City 136 The show was titled Nicki and the pilot episode was filmed in Minaj s hometown in January 2016 136 In October 2016 Minaj stated the filming was postponed for undisclosed reasons 137 In February 2017 Minaj was featured on Jason Derulo s single Swalla which reached the top ten in several countries including a peak of number six in the UK 138 139 The following month Minaj signed with the major modeling agency Wilhelmina Models 140 On March 20 2017 when her singles No Frauds Changed It and Regret in Your Tears were released simultaneously Minaj broke the record for the most Billboard Hot 100 entries for a female artist which at the time was previously held by Aretha Franklin 141 In May 2017 Minaj opened the 2017 Billboard Music Awards with a medley performance that was described by Elias Leight of Rolling Stone as flamboyantly produced and dexterous 142 Throughout the remainder of 2017 Minaj performed guest verses on several singles including Migos MotorSport and Yo Gotti s Rake It Up both of which peaked inside the top ten in the U S at numbers six and eight respectively 143 She also featured on Katy Perry s Swish Swish which was certified platinum in the US and Canada 144 In January 2017 she announced that she had ended her relationship with Meek Mill 145 146 147 Shortly after she briefly dated fellow rapper Nas in 2017 before they broke up in January 2018 148 149 2018 2019 Queen and marriage After a social media hiatus Minaj released two singles from her fourth studio album Queen She released Chun Li and Barbie Tingz simultaneously on April 12 2018 with both reaching number ten and number twenty five in the U S respectively 150 She performed Chun Li on Saturday Night Live and the 2018 BET Awards 151 152 While Chun Li appears on the tracklist of the album Barbie Tingz is only included on the Target version of the album 153 On the red carpet of the 2018 Met Gala she announced the title of the album and the original release date 154 The second single Bed featuring Ariana Grande was released on June 14 2018 alongside the album pre order reaching number 42 on the Hot 100 155 156 157 Additionally Minaj appeared as a featured artist on the song Fefe along with Murda Beatz and Tekashi 6ix9ine It debuted at number four in the U S marking Minaj s highest debut on the chart at the time besting the sixth place start of Bang Bang in 2014 158 159 It later peaked at number three and was added to Queen in the middle of its first tracking week 158 160 The day before the album s release Minaj launched her own Beats 1 radio show Queen Radio 161 162 Minaj performing at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards Queen received multiple delays before being released on August 10 2018 163 164 165 It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 185 000 album equivalent units of which 78 000 came from pure album sales 166 It debuted at number five in the UK and at number four in Australia marking Minaj s highest debut in the latter country 167 168 Minaj later expressed frustration and criticized several people including Travis Scott whose album Astroworld claimed the top spot for a second week in a row blocking Queen from the top spot Minaj alleged that Travis Scott sold shirts merchandise and ticket passes for an unnannounced tour to boost his album sales 169 This controversy and Queen s roll out was documented by several news outlets and commentators 170 171 172 Queen received generally positive reviews with some critics deriding the album s length and direction 173 The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in January 2019 for moving over 1 million equivalent units 174 Minaj performing with Little Mix at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards Minaj performed at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards where she also won her fourth MTV Video Music Award for the Chun Li music video 175 The same month she featured on the remix of Idol by South Korean boy band BTS It debuted and peaked at number eleven in the U S which was the group s second highest charting song at the time 176 She also featured on the song Woman Like Me by British girl group Little Mix which was released on October 12 2018 177 A music video was shortly released after with Minaj and Little Mix later performing the song together at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards 178 She was also featured on Dip by American rapper Tyga which reached number sixty three in the U S making her the first female artist to have 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100 chart 179 She later attended the year end Billboard Women in Music event receiving the Game Changer Award for the accomplishment 180 In September Minaj co headlined the annual Made in America Festival and suffered another wardrobe malfunction when the front of her outfit fell open 181 In November she was invited to the DWP music festival in China but did not perform due to problems with the company hosting the event 182 The next year in April 2019 Minaj made a surprise guest appearance at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival during Ariana Grande s set where they performed their collaborations Side to Side and Bang Bang However she experienced technical difficulties with her earpiece 183 Later that month Minaj parted ways with her longtime management team after a mutual agreement with American entertainment executive Irving Azoff serving as her new manager 184 185 In June 2019 Minaj released a standalone single titled Megatron along with an accompanying music video In the U S the song debuted at number twenty A month later she provided information on her upcoming fifth studio album appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon stating that there s definitely a new album of course 186 She featured on the song Hot Girl Summer alongside fellow female rapper Megan Thee Stallion in August 2019 which reached number eleven in the U S 187 Minaj began dating her childhood friend Kenneth Petty nicknamed Zoo in December 2018 and after less than a year of dating filed for a marriage license in August 2019 188 189 She announced that they had officially married in October hyphenating his last name to hers upon marriage 190 Minaj had a voice role as Pinky in The Angry Birds Movie 2 which was released in August 2019 191 In November Minaj appeared on the Charlie s Angels Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on the song Bad To You along with Ariana Grande and Normani marking her sixth collaboration with Grande 192 Minaj also collaborated with Colombian singer Karol G on the song Tusa which was released to streaming platforms on November 7 The song reached forty two in the U S and reached the top of many other charts including the Hot Latin Songs chart which made it the first song with two lead female artists to debut in such position 193 Tusa later became the longest running number one single in Argentina spending five months on the top of the chart 194 2020 2021 Motherhood Beam Me Up Scotty re release and lawsuit In January 2020 Minaj was featured on Nice to Meet Ya by American singer songwriter Meghan Trainor The song is from the latter s third studio album Treat Myself 2020 195 196 In February she released a standalone song called Yikes as a promotional single 197 198 By the end of that month Minaj appeared as a guest judge on the twelfth season s premiere of the reality television show RuPaul s Drag Race 199 200 In March her husband Kenneth Petty was entered into the California Megan s Law database after he was charged for failing to register as a sex offender after he relocated to California Petty had been convicted of attempted rape in New York and had served nearly four years in prison for it 201 202 203 For this new charge he was sentenced to one year of house arrest and a fine of 55 000 USD in 2022 204 In May fellow rapper Doja Cat announced a collaboration with Minaj on two remixes of her song Say So The remix later debuted at number one on the U S Billboard Hot 100 becoming both Minaj and Doja Cat s first single to reach number one in the U S It became the all female collaboration that had reached number one in the U S since Fancy by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea featuring English singer Charli XCX did it in 2014 205 It marked the first time that a song by two female rappers reached the top for which Guinness World Records later gave them an award 206 207 A month later she released a collaboration with 6ix9ine called Trollz which debuted at number one in the U S becoming Minaj s second number one single 208 This made Minaj the first female rapper to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 since Lauryn Hill did so in 1998 with Doo Wop That Thing 209 The song dropped to number 34 in its second week at the time breaking the record for biggest fall from number one in the U S 210 211 212 In July Minaj announced via Instagram that she was expecting her first child 213 She gave birth to a son on September 30 2020 whom she refers to publicly as Papa Bear His real name is still unknown 214 215 216 217 She later collaborated with rappers ASAP Ferg and MadeinTYO on a song called Move Ya Hips 218 Almost a month later Minaj featured on rapper Ty Dolla Sign s track Expensive 219 She continued to appear as a featured artist on several songs in late 2020 220 221 and released What That Speed Bout with producer Mike Will Made It and rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again on November 6 222 On the 10th anniversary of her debut album Pink Friday 2010 Minaj announced a six part docuseries about her produced by Bron Studios and was originally said to premiere on HBO Max 223 224 However in 2022 the streaming platform confirmed it dropped the still unreleased project 225 226 The next year in February 2021 Minaj s father Robert Maraj died while walking along a road on Long Island in a hit and run accident 10 Charles Polevich a 70 year old man was charged as the suspect of Maraj s death Polevich was arraigned and charged with two felonies which were leaving scene of incident involving death of a person and tampering with or suppressing physical evidence 227 Three months later she commented on her father s death in a letter saying it has been the most devastating loss of my life I find myself wanting to call him all the time more so now that he s gone May his soul rest in paradise He was very loved amp will be very missed 228 In May 2021 Minaj released a reissue of her mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty 2009 including new songs previously unavailable on streaming services The reissue debuted at number two on the U S Billboard 200 which gave it the highest debut for a female rap mixtape in the U S 229 230 A song from the reissue titled Seeing Green featuring fellow Young Money rappers Drake and Lil Wayne reached number twelve in the U S and appeared in the mid year Best Hip Hop Songs of 2021 so far critics list by magazine HipHopDX 231 Minaj s verse on Fractions from the reissue appeared on the mid year Best Rap Verses of 2021 So Far critics list from Complex 232 In July Minaj collaborated with fellow rapper Bia on the remix of her song Whole Lotta Money The remix appeared on several Best Songs of the Year lists from publications such as Rolling Stone and NPR 233 234 In August her husband s victim named Jennifer Hough filed a lawsuit against Minaj and Petty for alleged harassment and intimidation She later gave an interview about the accusations on the daytime talk show The Real 201 235 While Minaj has not publicly commented on the lawsuit she addressed the accusations in a case filing I never asked Hough to change her story I never offered her any money in return for a statement and I did not threaten her with any type of harm if she chose not to provide a statement 236 Hough later voluntarily dropped the case against Minaj with her lawyers claiming jurisdictional issues and telling a judge that it was going to be refiled in California 237 238 Minaj s lawyer countered their claims saying that the refiling was a friviolous gambit to avoid sanctions and that their claims received an aggresive response 238 Hough s initial claim of refiling the case was in January 2022 In September Minaj collaborated with English singer songwriter Elton John s fifth collaboration album The Lockdown Sessions 2021 She appeared on the song Always Love You with John and rapper Young Thug 239 Later that month she split with her previous manager Irving Azoff and is now being managed by Wassim Slaiby also known by his management company SALXCO who is best known for managing The Weeknd and Doja Cat 240 Furthermore English singer Jesy Nelson released her solo debut called Boyz which Minaj features on The song peaked at number four in the UK and number sixteen in Ireland 241 242 In October 2021 Minaj appeared as a surprise host for the season six reunion of the reality television show The Real Housewives of Potomac 243 In November 2021 her 2011 Pink Friday single Super Bass received a Diamond certification by the RIAA making her the second solo female rapper to receive a diamond certification 244 Minaj won the Best Hip Hop award in the MTV Europe Music Awards 2021 becoming the sixth time she has won this award 245 2022 present Upcoming fifth studio album At the beginning of the year after a social media hiatus Minaj announced a song collaboration with rapper Lil Baby called Do We Have a Problem 246 The track was released on February 4 along with a music video that featured guest appearances from actors Joseph Sikora and Cory Hardrict 247 248 The video also contained a snippet of another Lil Baby collaboration titled Bussin which was officially released a week later on February 11 249 250 251 Do We Have a Problem debuted and peaked at number two on the U S Billboard Hot 100 It became Minaj s twentieth top ten entry in the U S extending her record as the female rapper with the most U S top ten singles In a promotional Apple Music interview with DJ Zane Lowe Minaj said her forthcoming fifth studio album is coming very soon 252 She described it as fun gutta and back to the basics 253 Her other ventures also include fronting the campaign for the Heaven Spring 2022 collection by Marc Jacobs which launched on March 3 254 255 In March Minaj collaborated with fellow rapper Coi Leray on a song titled Blick Blick from the former s debut studio album Trendsetter 2022 256 257 Prior to the song s release she revealed that her verse was almost scrapped due to American rapper Benzino who is also Coi Leray s father leaking the collaboration 258 259 Later that month she surprise released the standalone single We Go Up featuring rapper Fivio Foreign 260 261 The drill track was initially teased on Minaj s social media as a scrapped song from her album before fans had requested her to release the song 260 262 263 The next month Minaj appeared on English television host James Corden s Carpool Karaoke segment kickstarting its returning broadcast on The Late Late Show with James Corden after a two year hiatus 264 265 After that she was named the new creative director of American men s magazine Maxim and became the new global ambassador and advisor for MaximBet a sports betting brand launched by Maxim She also came along on board as a stakeholder 266 267 268 269 In early July Minaj did several live performances by headlining the 2022 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans and the 2022 Wireless Festival in London 270 271 272 The same month she posted a snippet of a song on social media that samples American singer Rick James s 1981 song Super Freak 273 On July 22 she announced that the full track would be released on August 12 274 She revealed the song s title as Super Freaky Girl and the accompanying cover art for the song 275 276 On July 28 2022 she released a two minute trailer of her upcoming six part docu series titled Nicki produced by Canadian production company Bron Studios 225 226 277 After its initial release Super Freaky Girl received an extended version called the Roman Remix which features the return of her alter ego Roman Zolanski 278 279 Super Freaky Girl debuted at number one in the U S making the song Minaj s third U S number one and her first unaccompanied number one It became the first solo song by a female rapper to debut at number one in the U S in 22 years after fellow rapper Lauryn Hill s song Doo Wop That Thing also debuted at number one in 1998 280 On August 28 2022 Minaj released a compilation album called Queen Radio Volume 1 with one new track Likkle Miss Remix with Skeng 281 On September 9 2022 Minaj released a remix of Super Freaky Girl called Queen Mix which features 5 other female rappers JT BIA Katie Got Bandz Akbar V and Maliibu Miitch 282 On September 12 2022 Yung Bleu released his single Love in the Way featuring Minaj with video released on September 19 283 On October 6 2022 Minaj and Skeng released a remix of Likkle Miss called THE FINE NINE REMIX featuring Spice Destra Garcia Patrice Roberts Lady Leshurr Pamputtae Dovey Magnum Lisa Mercedez and London Hill 284 On October 21 2022 rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again released a collaboration with Minaj titled I Admit 285 In February 2023 Nicki first previewed Red Ruby da Sleeze through her Instagram announcing that it would eventually release on March 3 2023 286 She would also tease the song as she shared a video of her rapping it at the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival 287 The song debuted and peaked at number thirteen on the Billboard Hot 100 while hitting number one on the U S Digital Song Sales chart tying with Drake as the artists with the most number ones on the chart 288 On April 7 2023 Nicki would appear as a feature on WTF the third single leading up to YoungBoy Never Broke Again s sixth full length studio album Don t Try This At Home 289 290 291 ArtistryMusical style When I started rapping people were trying to make me like the typical New York rapper but I m not that No disrespect to New York rappers but I don t want people to hear me and know exactly where I m from Minaj on her rapping style in a Billboard interview 24 Minaj performing during the Femme Fatale Tour in 2011 Minaj is known for her animated rapping style and unique flow 292 Her rapping is distinctive for its speed and the use of alter egos and accents primarily British cockney 293 294 She often both sings and raps in her songs and has made use of metaphors punch lines and word play The alter egos are incorporated with her lyrics in British accents Roman Zolanski or soft spokenness Harajuku Barbie Ice T said about Minaj s rapping style Minaj does her thing She has her own way of doing it She has an ill vocal delivery She kind of reminds me of a female Busta Rhymes like how she throws her voice in different directions 295 Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called Minaj a sparkling rapper with a gift for comic accents and unexpected turns of phrase She s a walking exaggeration outsize in sound personality and look And she s a rapid evolver discarding old modes as easily as adopting new ones 294 Although many critics describe her technique as bubblegum rap Minaj said What people don t know is that before I was doing that craziness I was doing me I was just doing regular sounding rap that anyone could hear and identify with But once I started doing all that weird shit I m not mad at it because it got everyone s attention 296 Robby Seabrook III of XXL included Minaj in list of most unique flows from rappers over the last five years saying that she has solidified her spot as a leader of the pack for her animated flows inspiring many other women in hip hop to play with their vocals She goes from campy to bellicose excited to eccentric oftentimes all on one song 297 Noted as a rap artist she also occasionally lends herself to electronic music genres especially electropop 298 Pink Friday marked her exploration of the genres spawning electro songs including the pop laden Super Bass 299 300 Also combining rap with synthesizer music Minaj s second album Pink Friday Roman Reloaded had a number of electro hop and electro pop songs HOV Lane Whip It Automatic Come on a Cone Young Forever Fire Burns 301 Roman Holiday 302 The Boys and Beez in the Trap 303 while Starships is a eurodance song 304 Her verse on Kanye West s Monster was critically acclaimed and contributed greatly to her popularity many critics said she had the best verse in the song 305 306 West claimed at one point he considered deleting her verse from the track because he was worried it would outshine his own work It was like that moment when I thought about taking Nicki s verse off of Monster because I knew people would say that was the best verse on the best Hip Hop album of all time or arguably top ten albums of all time And I would do all that work eight months of work on Dark Fantasy and people to this day would say to me My favorite thing was Nicki Minaj s verse So if I let my ego get the best of me instead of letting that girl get the shot to get that platform to be all she could be I would take it off or marginalize her try to stop her from having that shining moment 307 Tara Colley of The Conversation described Minaj as a pre eminent female rapper and that she has consistently straddled the distinct personas of gangsta boss and sexy pop siren without truly committing to either and that her chameleonic ability matches some of rap s most verbose witty filthy and pop friendly stars such as Eminem and Lil Wayne 308 Zoe Johnson of XXL stated that in recent years Minaj s beat selection has moved to refined production full of grit and hip hop flare in recent years 309 Alter egos Roman Zolanski redirects here Not to be confused with Roman Polanski With her parents frequently fighting during her childhood Minaj lived through characters she created as a means of escape She recalled that fantasy was my reality and her first identity was Cookie who became Harajuku Barbie and later Nicki Minaj 310 In November 2010 Minaj assumed the alter ego Nicki Teresa wearing a colorful headdress and calling herself healer to her fans during a visit to the Garden of Dreams Foundation at Fuse Studios in New York 311 She introduced another alter ego Rosa pronounced with an exaggerated R to commemorate her December 2010 appearance on Lopez Tonight 312 One of Minaj s most well known alter egos is a demon inside her named Roman Zolanski named after film director Roman Polanski with modified surname Minaj s twin brother whose character she assumes when she is angry 313 Roman has been compared to Eminem s alter ego Slim Shady and on Roman s Revenge Minaj and Eminem collaborate as their alter egos 314 On her next album she said that there would be a lot of Roman And if you re not familiar with Roman then you will be familiar with him very soon He s the boy that lives inside of me He s a lunatic and he s gay and he ll be on there a lot 315 Roman has a mother Martha Zolanski 316 who appeared on Roman s Revenge with a British accent 317 and singing on Roman Holiday for the first time 318 319 Martha appeared in the Moment 4 Life video as Minaj s apparent fairy godmother 313 Influences According to Minaj rappers Jay Z left Foxy Brown center and Lil Wayne right are her three biggest influences Minaj cites Lil Wayne Foxy Brown and Jay Z as major influences I can t even imagine my career um my creative spirit without Wayne I feel like I m still intertwined with him creatively Minaj has called Lil Wayne her mentor and credited him with discovering her 320 321 On Foxy Brown and Jay Z Minaj said I really loved Foxy as a female rapper I was really interested in her mind and her aura and I was really really into Jay Z Me and my friends in high school we were reciting all of the Jay lyrics His words were our words in our conversations all the time 322 She said further I never really told Foxy how much she has influenced me and how much she changed my life adding that Foxy Brown was the most influential female rapper for her 323 Minaj said in a T Magazine interview in 2017 Jay Z Lil Wayne Foxy Brown Those are the three I keep in my head when I m writing because they ve influenced me so much I feel like I m a part of all of them 324 Jada Pinkett Smith is one of Minaj s role models in her acting career 325 Minaj was inspired by R amp B singer Monica singing Why I Love You So Much at every talent show she entered While performing in Atlanta as part of her Pink Friday Tour she called Monica one of her all time greatest musical influences Lauryn Hill is also one of Minaj s major influences with Minaj quoting her lyrics in a high school yearbook 326 327 Minaj has also cited Beyonce 328 329 Marilyn Monroe 330 Madonna 331 Enya 332 Eminem 333 Kanye West Trina Drake 334 Lil Kim 335 336 337 Lisa Left Eye Lopes 338 Janet Jackson 339 Grace Jones 340 341 Remy Ma and Missy Elliott as influences 342 She called Betsey Johnson a fashion inspiration Betsey is a free spirit When I met her the other day I felt like I knew her for my whole life She s so warm and considerate and caring She s amazingly talented and I ve been wearing her clothes forever so to meet her was like Yay I was bowing down to her she s dope 343 Minaj has also expressed appreciation for Cyndi Lauper s style and how her videos inspired her as a teenager When I first went to get my hair colored I was about 14 and I wanted blonde highlights The beautician said No you have to get your mother on the phone and I was just crying and begging I ve always been experimenting Cyndi Lauper s videos that s what intrigued me 344 Public image Early in her career Minaj often wore colorful costumes cosmetics and wigs Billboard listed Minaj the fourth most active musician on social media on its March 2011 Social 50 chart 345 Minaj is also the most followed rapper on Instagram with over 200 million followers the first to surpass that number as well as one of the most followed female musicians on the social media platform 346 347 On Twitter she is one of the most followed rappers with over 26 million followers on the app as of September 2022 348 349 She joined American Idol as a judge in 2013 350 351 BET has named Minaj as a gay icon 352 Minaj was a vocal proponent of streams counting towards an artist s RIAA certifications The organization later announced in 2016 that it would be modernizing the certification process for albums including on demand audio and video streams as reported by Yahoo News 353 354 Minaj has been called as a fashion icon by Allure Time XXL and has been called a camp style icon by Refinery29 355 356 357 358 She has cited Alexander McQueen Gianni Versace and Christian Louboutin as her favorite designers 359 The Huffington Post described her style as risk taking and far out with bold sartorial choices 360 Minaj has been included on the annual Maxim Hot 100 list several times 361 362 In 2014 Minaj underwent a reinvention in her image sporting a natural and softer look wearing fewer wigs and less colourful costumes 363 She stated that she went so far to the other side that there s only one place to go from there You can either continue doing costumes or you can just say Hey guess what This will shock them even more Doing nothing will shock them even more 363 364 Her physique notably her buttocks has attracted significant attention from the media 365 366 Early in her career she made autographing breasts part of her movement to empower women 367 In 2010 she said that although she originally felt obligated to mimic the provocative behavior of the female rappers of her day she intended to subdue her sexuality because she wants people especially young girls to know that in life nothing is going to be based on sex appeal You ve got to have something else to go with that 368 369 Minaj talked about feminism in an interview with Vogue in 2015 saying There are things that I do that feminists don t like and there are things that I do that they do like I don t label myself I just say the truth about what I feel I feel like women can do anything that they put their minds to 370 In 2018 an interview with Elle in which she discussed sex workers her own sex appeal and sexuality in music and on social media attracted criticism 371 372 In The New York Times Magazine music critic Vanessa Grigoriadis said that Minaj has become expert at modelling the ways that women can wield power in the industry But she has also drawn attention to the ways in which power can be embodied by a woman standing up for herself and speaking her own mind 373 The cover art and music video for her 2014 single Anaconda attracted significant media attention upon release 374 The music video was viewed 19 6 million times in its first 24 hours of release 375 The Guardian called the video racy but noted that she doesn t shy from ruffling her audience s feathers 376 while others praised Minaj for owning her sexuality 377 examining her work through a feminist perspective 374 378 379 380 Another writer for The Guardian said of the Anaconda video Minaj turns the classic song into a conversation and refuses to let the camera objectify her lap dance by keeping it zoomed out at a distance 381 Minaj s fanbase known as the Barbz have been reported as often being militant towards Minaj s critics including incidents reportedly involving cyberbullying and death threats 382 383 384 385 Philanthropy Katy Perry left and Minaj perform for service members during the 2010 VH1 Divas Salute the Troops concert In 2010 Minaj performed a cover of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun alongside singer Katy Perry for service members during the 2010 VH1 Divas Salute the Troops concert 386 387 The two would later collaborate in 2017 on Swish Swish In 2011 Mattel created a Barbie doll with Minaj s likeness to auction for Project Angel Food a charity that provides food for people afflicted with HIV and AIDS 388 In 2012 in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy Minaj donated 15 000 to the Food Bank For New York City and held a turkey drive at her alma mater PS 45 389 In May 2017 Minaj offered via Twitter to pay college tuition fees and student loans for 30 of her fans She appeared to grant their requests ranging from 500 to school supplies to 6 000 for tuition promising to respond to more requests in a month or two 390 She also announced that she would launch an official charity for student loans and tuition payments in the near future 391 In the same month Minaj revealed on Instagram that she has been donating money to a village in India for a few years via her pastor Lydia Sloley These donations helped the village get a computer center a tailoring institute a reading program and two water wells This is the kind of thing that makes me feel the most proud she said about the new additions to the village 392 In August 2017 after Hurricane Harvey hit the city of Houston Texas Minaj answered a social media challenge by comedian and actor Kevin Hart and donated 25 000 to the Red Cross saying she was praying for everyone there 393 394 On September 4 2018 Minaj appeared as a guest and performed several songs on The Ellen DeGeneres Show 395 Throughout the episode Minaj and Degeneres with the participation of Walmart gave out over 150 000 in donations to fans 396 169 In 2019 Minaj pulled out of headlining a concert in Saudi Arabia following online backlash from activists after women s rights activist Loujain al Hathloul was detained and arrested for speaking out against the Saudi regime Minaj was praised by Thor Halvorssen of The Human Rights Foundation who criticized her initial plan to perform in a letter and released a statement saying After careful reflection I believe it is important for me to make clear my support for the rights of women the LGBTQ community and freedom of expression 397 398 In 2020 Minaj donated 25 000 to the St Jude s Home for Girls school after visiting the school in her native country of Trinidad In a speech Minaj encouraged the girls to push through hard obstacles even referencing her own experience with domestic violence I ve experienced being in a home with domestic violence I ve experienced you know being at a very difficult crossroads in my life as a teenager And sometimes as a teenager when things happen you feel like there s no up from there 399 In the same year following the release of Minaj and 6ix9ine s collaboration Trollz Minaj announced that a portion of the proceeds from the song along with profits from all merchandise will go towards the Bail Project amid the Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd 400 LegacyVarious media outlets such as Billboard Time NME Rolling Stone NBC News and Cosmopolitan have referred to Minaj as the Queen of Rap and The New York Times The Washington Post NPR and The Los Angeles Times have referred to her as the Queen of Hip Hop 401 402 Several media outlets including The New York Times Evening Standard and Nylon have also called her one of the most influential rappers 403 Billboard and Vibe ranked her as the seventh greatest rapper of all time 404 In 2012 Jon Caramanica of The New York Times called Minaj the most influential female rapper of all time and in 2015 Vanessa Grigoriadis from its magazine called her the world s biggest female rap superstar 294 373 In Evening Standard Jochan Embley called her one of the most influential rap artists of all time saying that Everything she does is bold fearless and distinct whether that be her eye popping stage attire or her expertly delivered lyrics which stare gender and race dead in the eye 405 Zoe Johnson from XXL called her one of the most versatile MCs and that she has made millions off upbeat pop hits and traditional hip hop sounds that cater to both her femininity and her assertive side 309 For NPR Music Sowmya Krishnamurthy noted that Minaj has portrayed the quirky life size Barbie glamorous vixen and girl next door arguing that she changed the landscape for artists in hip hop for the past decade with said alter egos 406 In 2017 Patrik Sandberg of Dazed argued that Minaj has surpassed every other female hip hop artist to become the most successful in history in 2017 407 In 2020 Nick Soulsby of PopMatters called her the best female rapper and the best rapper of the past ten years no gender preposition required 408 Glamour included Minaj in their list of 104 women who defined 2010s pop culture 409 In XXL Madeline Roth commented that Minaj has helped birth a new generation of rappers that mimic her style 309 She has influenced several artists including Tinashe 410 Cher Lloyd 411 Cupcakke 412 Billie Eilish 413 Lil Nas X 414 Ms Banks 415 Asian Doll 416 Doja Cat 417 Megan Thee Stallion 418 Latto 419 Shenseea 420 BIA 421 Lakeyah 422 Luisa Sonza 423 Coi Leray 424 Maliibu Miitch 425 City Girls 426 Baby Tate 427 Ice Spice 428 Rico Nasty 429 Flo Milli 430 Ivorian Doll 431 Angel Haze 432 Rubi Rose and Saweetie 433 Billboard credited her for bringing female rap back to the mainstream in the US 434 With over 140 features the magazine has called Minaj a rap and pop icon adding that she s been one of popular music s most reliable guest performers notching dozens of chart hits as a supporting presence on other artists singles 435 Minaj has been credited by Complex for being able to take a simple song and turn it into a smash hit just because she s featured on it 436 In 2012 Caramanica in The New York Times said that Minaj became a nimble evocative rapper She became an intricate lyricist She became a thoughtful singer She became a risky performer She invented new personae More than any other rapper in the mainstream she pushed hard against expectations with no one around to compare herself to or for others to compare her to she became her own watermark 437 In 2014 NPR s Erik Nielson said that Minaj s success over the last decade has stood as an exception to the unwritten rule that women rappers no longer have a place among elite artists 438 Nylon writer Demicia Inman also credited Minaj for her influence which stands as one of the most successful rappers of the millennium also going on to say that Minaj battled misogyny and industry bias against black women to carve her own identity and sound thus impacting her career Complex also commented that From her bold outfits to her multi colored wigs Minaj oozed confidence that inspired others who were watching closely she doesn t need anything but her art to speak for itself 439 440 AchievementsMain article List of awards and nominations received by Nicki Minaj Minaj is the recipient of numerous accolades including eight American Music Awards twelve BET Awards seven BET Hip Hop Awards four Billboard Music Awards five MTV Video Music Awards six MTV Europe Music Awards two People s Choice Awards one Soul Train Music Award and four Teen Choice Awards Minaj has received a total of 10 Grammy Award nominations She received her first Grammy nomination in 2010 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group My Chick Bad with Ludacris In 2012 Minaj received three nominations including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album Pink Friday In 2014 she received her second nomination for Best Rap Album The Pinkprint She has won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip Hop Video four times Super Bass Anaconda Chun Li and Do We Have a Problem and has won the Best Female Video Award once Starships Minaj is the first woman to have appeared on the Forbes Hip Hop Cash Kings list since its inception in 2007 having made four consecutive appearances between 2011 and 2014 441 442 443 444 In 2010 Minaj became the first female solo artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously and the first woman to appear on MTV s Annual Hottest MC List since its inception in 2007 445 446 In 2011 Minaj was ranked sixth on the Rolling Stone master ranking of the Kings of Hip Hop which is based on record sales and social media metrics 447 She is the only rapper to win the BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist seven consecutive times 448 449 In 2013 Minaj became the most charted female rapper on the Billboard Hot 100 at the time with 44 entries tying Mariah Carey as seventh among women of all genres 450 Minaj has twenty one top 10 singles on the chart the most for any female rapper with six of those being solo songs 451 452 In 2017 Minaj broke the record for most Hot 100 entries by any female artist surpassing Aretha Franklin and in 2018 she became the first female artist to accumulate 100 entries on the Hot 100 She held the mentioned record for most Hot 100 entries by a female artist until it was broken in December 2020 by singer songwriter Taylor Swift 453 454 455 456 She is the female artist with the second most Hot 100 entries behind Swift 457 458 In 2019 Billboard Women in Music awarded her with the Game Changer Award 459 460 In 2019 her collaboration with Karol G named Tusa received two nominations at the Latin Grammys 461 The song became the longest running number one single on the Argentina Hot 100 having spent 25 weeks on the position 462 209 In 2020 Minaj become the second female rapper to chart at number one on the Hot 100 more than once with her 6ix9ine collaboration Trollz 209 She also became the second female to debut atop the chart since Lauryn Hill in 1998 209 In the same year she also was the most streamed female rapper on Spotify 463 In 2021 the music video for Anaconda became the first female rap solo song to reach one billion views on YouTube 464 465 In total Minaj has eight music videos with more than one billion views across all credits on YouTube becoming the first female rapper to do so She is only one of two female artists to have eight music videos reaching more than one billion views tying with Rihanna 466 467 In 2016 she was listed on the Time 100 annual list of the most influential people in the world She was also featured on one of the physical covers of the issue 468 469 Complex ranked her eighth on their list of best rappers of the 2010s being the only female rapper on the list 470 and named her Best Rapper Alive of 2014 471 Other activitiesFragrances Minaj promoting her first fragrance Pink Friday in 2012 Minaj has a line of fragrances first launched in September 2012 She partnered with Give Back Brands to introduce her first fragrance Pink Friday 472 which was nominated for three 2013 FiFi Awards for Fragrance of the Year Best Packaging and Media Campaign of the Year 473 A Pink Friday Special Edition was released in April 2013 and a deluxe edition version of the fragrance titled Pink Friday Deluxe Edition was launched in December 2013 474 475 Her fourth and fifth fragrance line Minajesty was launched in September 2013 476 followed by a flanker fragrance Minajesty Exotic Edition which was released exclusively to the Home Shopping Network in June 2014 This was followed by the launch of her sixth fragrance line Onika in September 2014 477 A year later in 2015 Minaj released The Pinkprint her seventh fragrance in support of her third studio album of the same name 478 In 2016 Minaj launched her eighth fragrance Trini Girl 479 In 2018 in support of her fourth studio album she released her ninth fragrance Queen 480 Products and endorsements Minaj has been affiliated with several manufacturing companies and has endorsed a number of products during her career She has also stated that she has learned the ins and outs of business so she could do it herself 481 In November 2010 she teamed up with MAC Cosmetics and launched a lipstick Pink 4 Friday which was sold for four consecutive Fridays to promote her debut studio album Pink Friday 482 In 2011 Mattel crafted a Barbie doll with the avatar of Minaj inspired by the rapper s likeness for charity which she described as a major moment in her career 483 It was auctioned on the Charitybuzz website proceeds benefited nonprofit Project Angel Food 484 A spokesperson for Mattel stated that Barbie is obviously a pop culture icon and Nicki is a big part of pop culture and also huge within the fashion industry as well as a big Barbie fan 484 Matthew Perpetua of Rolling Stone stated that the Minaj Barbie doll is notable in that the rapper has made Barbie dolls a crucial part of her aesthetic 485 Minaj helped introduce the Casio TRYX in Times Square and created a six piece nail polish collection for OPI Products with colors named after her songs 486 487 In February 2012 Minaj launched her own range of lip products for MAC Cosmetics Viva Glam 488 489 490 In April 2012 Minaj helped launch the Nokia Lumia 900 in Times Square 491 The following month Minaj appeared in television and internet advertisements for Pepsi s LiveForNow campaign which featured a remix of her single Moment 4 Life 492 493 She endorsed the 2012 Viva Glam campaign with Ricky Martin which raised 270 million for the Mac AIDS Fund 494 495 and was the face of the lip product line that year along with him 496 With designer Jeremy Scott Minaj signed an endorsement deal with Adidas for the brand s fall and winter 2012 campaign to appear in internet advertisements and commercials for Adidas Originals 497 Set to her song Masquerade her segment of the advertisement was filmed in Brooklyn and also featured Big Sean Derrick Rose Sky Ferreira and 2NE1 in other locations worldwide 498 She fronted the Viva Glam spring campaign by herself which also introduced her limited edition lip product collection Nicki 2 which was launched in early 2013 499 500 In February 2013 Minaj starred in Bluewater Comics Fame biographical comic series with her comic book titled Fame Nicki Minaj 501 502 She partnered with Beats Electronics to introduce her Pink Pill speakers in April 2013 appearing with DeRay Davis in a commercial for the speakers that same month 503 504 She introduced her lifestyle product line The Nicki Minaj Collection for Kmart composed of clothing accessories and houseware 505 506 507 In June 2013 Minaj and Mona Scott Young launched MYX Fusions a line of fruit infused single serve moscato wine beverage available in flavors sangria rose chardonnay peach coconut mango and watermelon 508 Minaj serves as a co owner creative director and ambassador of the brand 509 Throughout 2014 Minaj released spring summer and fall clothing collections for Kmart 510 511 512 513 Minaj served as the face of Roberto Cavalli s spring and summer campaign of that year 514 515 516 In March 2015 it was announced that Minaj was a co owner of the music streaming service Tidal The service specializes in lossless audio and high definition music videos In addition to Minaj and company owner Jay Z sixteen stakeholders including Beyonce Madonna Rihanna and Kanye West own a 3 equity stake in the service 517 In November 2015 Minaj released a holiday capsule clothing collection for Kmart and its affiliated e commerce platform ShopYourWay 518 She also released a limited edition couture collection for the retailer which was also available at her website 519 520 In September 2017 she released a duo of lipsticks called Nicki s Nude and The Pinkprint named after her third studio album in collaboration with MAC Cosmetics 521 522 In November 2017 Minaj starred in H amp M s holiday campaign along with Anna Ewers Mariacarla Boscono Jesse Williams Charlee Fraser and Elibeidy Dani 523 In March 2018 the rapper appeared in a commercial for the Mercedes Benz A class car 524 August 2018 Minaj starred in the trailer for EA Sports Madden NFL 19 video game alongside Lil Dicky Quavo and other celebrities 525 526 The following month she appeared alongside Gucci Mane Bella Thorne Tommy Dorfman Yoo Ah in and Jonathan Bellini in the campaign for Italian clothing brand Diesel s Haute Coture collection she also co designed a t shirt and denim jacket titled The Bad Guy 527 In November 2018 she co starred with Quavo and Saturday Night Live member Chris Redd in the holiday advertisement campaign for Madden NFL 19 528 529 In 2019 Minaj announced a collaboration with luxury fashion house Fendi whose chief executive officer Serge Brunschwig stated the brand shares great affinity with her Minaj represents the fun aspect of the brand and that the collaboration made sense Minaj would present it extremely well 530 Minaj s capsule collection with the brand titled Fendi Prints On inspired by the lyric containing the same words on her 2018 single Chun Li was officially announced in September that year 531 and released on October 14 2019 532 In March 2022 Minaj fronted the campaign for the Heaven Spring 2022 collection by Marc Jacobs 533 In July 2022 she collaborated with Rap Snacks and released her own potato chip flavor Barbie Que Honey Truffle 534 The following month Mattel sued Rap Snacks claiming the company violated the Barbie trademark and had made a deliberate and calculated choice to do so The lawsuit was settled in September after the company changed the snack s name to Bar B Quin 535 Minaj released a variety pack with Rap Snacks in October 536 and a Nocho Nachos nachos flavor in March 2023 inspired by a lyric on her 2023 single Red Ruby Da Sleeze 537 Also in October 2022 the rapper appeared alongside Lil Baby Kane Brown Pete Davidson and Bukayo Saka in a trailer for the video game Call of Duty Modern Warfare II 538 COVID 19 vaccine controversy In September 2021 Minaj announced she would not be attending the 2021 Met Gala due to the COVID 19 vaccine requirement She stated that she has avoided public appearances and traveling after contracting the virus herself and having to quarantine from her son as a result 539 540 541 She shared several tweets about her unvaccinated status and claimed she wanted to do more research and be comfortable with her decision first 542 She alleged in a Tweet that her cousin s friend in Trinidad suffered swollen testicles and became impotent as a result of the vaccine 543 These tweets received backlash where her story about her cousin s friend became the subject of jokes and memes 544 Trinidad and Tobago health minister Terrence Deyalsingh declared that her claims were false and that no such report existed 545 Shortly after Minaj recommended other people get the vaccine and set up a Twitter poll on COVID 19 vaccine brands She tweeted that she was sure she would get vaccinated herself because of touring 546 547 The White House offered her a phone call with a doctor to answer questions about the safety of the vaccine 548 In an Instagram Live response two days later she claimed that she was simply asking questions and she did not give any facts about the vaccine 549 Minaj alleged that reporters harassed her family for a story with her sharing some text messages she alleged were harassment on social media 550 In May 2022 Olivia Truffaut Wong of The Cut alleged that Minaj had gotten vaccinated as the 2022 Met Gala which Minaj attended requires proof of vaccination and a negative COVID 19 PCR test to attend 551 DiscographyMain articles Nicki Minaj discography and List of songs recorded by Nicki Minaj Studio albums Pink Friday 2010 Pink Friday Roman Reloaded 2012 The Pinkprint 2014 Queen 2018 FilmographyMain article Nicki Minaj videography Ice Age Continental Drift 2012 The Other Woman 2014 Barbershop The Next Cut 2016 The Angry Birds Movie 2 2019 ToursMain article List of Nicki Minaj live performances Headlining Pink Friday Tour 2012 Pink Friday Reloaded Tour 2012 The Pinkprint Tour 2015 16 Co headlining The Nicki Wrld Tour 2019 Opening act Lil Wayne America s Most Wanted Tour 2008 Lil Wayne I Am Music II Tour 2011 Britney Spears Femme Fatale Tour 2011 See also Trinidad and Tobago portal New York City portalList of Trinidadians Music of Trinidad and Tobago East Coast hip hop Honorific nicknames in popular music List of most followed Instagram accounts List of best selling music artists List of best selling female music artistsNotes Minaj claims she came to the United States as an illegal immigrant although by the time she moved to the United States her mother and subsequently her father had lawful permanent residency See early life and childhood 4 Minaj states in the My Time Again documentary released in 2014 that she was in an 11 year relationship References Haramis Nick August 3 2011 In the pink First lady of hip hop Nicki Minaj is a 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2018 Drake Dominates Hot 100 for Fourth Week With In My Feelings DJ Khaled s All Star No Brainer Debuts at No 5 Billboard Retrieved August 7 2018 Trust Gary July 30 2018 Drake s In My Feelings No 1 For Third Week on Hot 100 Drake Passes Rihanna For Most Weeks at No 1 This Decade Billboard Retrieved July 31 2018 Nicki Minaj Adds 6ix9ine Collaboration Fefe to Queen Tracklist Billboard August 15 2018 Retrieved August 15 2018 Goldfine Jael August 8 2018 Nicki Minaj Launches Queen Radio Paper Retrieved August 10 2018 McKinney Jessica August 8 2018 Nicki Minaj Announces Queen Radio On Beats 1 Vibe Retrieved August 10 2018 Garca Anna May 24 2018 Nicki Minaj Delays Queen Album Release to August Spin Retrieved August 10 2018 Nicki Minaj Pushes Back Queen Album to August 17 Billboard Retrieved September 6 2018 Melas Chloe Nicki Minaj drops Queen CNN Retrieved August 11 2018 Travis Scott s Astroworld Spends Second Week at No 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart Billboard August 19 2018 Retrieved 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MTV VMAs XXL XXL Mag Retrieved August 23 2018 BTS IDOL Featuring Nicki Minaj Debuts at No 11 on Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved September 6 2018 Little Mix Announces New Single Woman Like Me Featuring Nicki Minaj Billboard Retrieved October 26 2018 Legaspi Althea October 26 2018 Watch Little Mix Nicki Minaj Challenge Stereotypes in Woman Like Me Video Rolling Stone Retrieved October 26 2018 Trust Gary November 5 2018 Nicki Minaj Makes History as First Woman With 100 Appearances on Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Retrieved November 20 2018 Alanis Morissette Nicki Minaj Brandi Carlile amp Desiree Perez to Be Honored at Billboard s 2019 Women in Music Billboard November 15 2019 Retrieved November 15 2019 Lockett Dee The Best and Worst Moments From the 2018 Made in America Festival Vulture Retrieved September 6 2018 Nicki Minaj flew 6 000 miles to China for a counterfeit music festival Consequence of Sound November 21 2018 Retrieved April 24 2019 Oldham Stuart April 15 2019 Sound Fails Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande During Coachella Performance Variety Retrieved April 15 2019 Aswad Jem April 18 2019 Nicki Minaj Parts Ways With Longtime Managers Variety Retrieved March 8 2022 Willman Chris June 24 2019 Irving Azoff Assures Nicki Minaj That Travis Scott Doesn t Hate Her It s All Show Biz Variety Retrieved March 8 2022 Nicki Minaj Takes Jimmy Fallon to Red Lobster Plays Wheel of Freestyle and Talks New Album Watch Billboard June 28 2019 Retrieved March 8 2022 Anderson Trevor August 21 2019 Megan Thee Stallion Nicki Minaj amp Ty Dolla ign s Hot Girl Summer Debuts in Top 10 on Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard Retrieved March 8 2022 Henderson Cydney Nicki Minaj marries Kenneth Petty after a year of dating The Clyde to my Bonnie USA TODAY Retrieved March 8 2022 Bailey Alyssa October 22 2019 Nicki Minaj Announces She Married Kenneth Petty ELLE Retrieved March 8 2022 Kaufman Gil October 22 2019 Nicki Minaj Announces She s Married to Kenneth Zoo Petty Billboard Retrieved October 22 2019 McNary Dave December 24 2018 Nicki Minaj Joins Angry Birds Movie 2 Voice Cast EXCLUSIVE Variety Retrieved December 24 2018 Zemler Emily October 11 2019 Ariana Grande to Collaborate With Normani and Nicki Minaj on Charlie s Angels Soundtrack Rolling Stone Retrieved March 8 2022 Karol G amp Nicki Minaj s Tusa Becomes First Song by Two Lead Female Artists to Debut at No 1 on Hot Latin Songs Billboard November 20 2019 Retrieved March 28 2021 Armendariz Josefina June 11 2020 Billboard Argentina Hot 100 Anuel AA y Bad Bunny lograron el Hot Shot Debut Billboard Argentina in Spanish Archived from the original on June 11 2020 Retrieved June 11 2020 Saponara Michael January 31 2020 Meghan Trainor Links Up With Nicki Minaj at the Office for Colorful Nice to Meet Ya Video Billboard Retrieved February 6 2020 Mamo Heran February 13 2020 Here Are the Lyrics to Meghan Trainor s Nice to Meet Ya Feat Nicki Minaj Billboard Retrieved August 13 2022 Saponara Michael February 4 2020 Nicki Minaj Slammed For Rosa Parks Reference in Preview of New Song Yikes Billboard Retrieved February 6 2020 Kaufman Gil February 7 2020 In Case You Forgot Nicki Minaj Proclaims Herself Queen on Fiery Yikes Listen Billboard Retrieved August 12 2022 Nolfi Joey February 25 2020 Nicki Minaj comes for RuPaul s throne in Drag Race premiere clip Entertainment Weekly Retrieved February 28 2022 Griffiths George February 26 2020 Nicki Minaj replaces RuPaul on Drag Race season 12 runway Metro Retrieved August 12 2022 a b Jacobs Julia August 13 2021 Nicki Minaj and Husband Sued Accused of Harassing Sexual Assault Victim The New York Times Retrieved August 14 2021 The case dates back to 1994 when Jennifer Hough then 16 reported to the police that Mr Petty a 16 year old she had known growing up in Jamaica Queens had raped her after leading her into a home at knife point the lawsuit says Aniftos Rania March 9 2020 Nicki Minaj s Husband Kenneth Petty Registers as Sex Offender in California Billboard Retrieved June 9 2020 Henderson Cydney March 4 2020 Nicki Minaj s husband Kenneth Petty arrested for failing to register as a sex offender USA Today Retrieved September 8 2021 Nicki Minaj s husband Kenneth Petty sentenced to one year house arrest BBC News July 7 2022 Retrieved August 13 2022 Trust Gary May 11 2020 Doja Cat s Say So Featuring Nicki Minaj Tops Billboard Hot 100 Becoming Their First No 1 Each Billboard Retrieved May 11 2020 Five Burning Questions Doja Cat amp Nicki Minaj s Say So Billboard May 12 2020 Retrieved May 14 2020 and the first collaboration between two female rappers to reach the chart s apex Robinson Joshua December 15 2021 Doja Cat amp Nicki Minaj s Say So Remix Earns Them A New Guinness World Record HotNewHipHop Retrieved March 26 2022 Over a year later that achievement has now been recorded in the history books as the Guinness World Records have officially recognized the Say So remix as the first song from a female rap duo to become a Hot 100 chart topper Trust Gary June 22 2020 6ix9ine amp Nicki Minaj s Trollz Launches at No 1 on Billboard Hot 100 Lil Baby s The Bigger Picture Debuts at No 3 Billboard Retrieved June 22 2020 a b c d Nicki Minaj Reacts to Going Number One in 2020 Again PAPER June 22 2020 Retrieved September 20 2021 DaBaby amp Roddy Ricch s Rockstar Returns to No 1 on Hot 100 Jack Harlow amp Lil Mosey Earn Their First Top 10s Billboard Tekashi 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj s Trollz suffers biggest chart fall ever for a song debuting at Number One NME 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj s Trollz suffers biggest one week fall for a no 1 song ever on the Billboard Hot 100 XXL Kaufman Gil July 20 2020 Nicki Minaj Is Pregnant See the Announcement Billboard Retrieved July 20 2020 Weaver Hilary May 31 2021 Nicki Minaj Shared a Rare Video of Her Baby Boy in an Adorable Burberry Teddy Bear Outfit Elle Retrieved August 14 2022 Mamo Heran October 1 2020 Nicki Minaj Welcomes First Child With Husband Kenneth Petty Billboard Retrieved August 14 2022 Saad Nardine October 1 2020 Mama Barbie Nicki Minaj gives birth to her first child Retrieved August 14 2022 Aiello Mckenna October 16 2020 Nicki Minaj Reveals the Sex of Her First Baby E News Retrieved August 14 2022 Bloom Madison Monroe Jazz July 30 2020 ASAP Ferg Enlists Nicki Minaj and MadeinTYO for New Song Move Ya Hips Pitchfork Triscari Caleb August 28 2020 Ty Dolla ign Announces New Single Expensive Featuring Nicki Minaj NME Retrieved August 28 2020 Aniftos Rania Major Lazer amp Mr Eazi Call on K4mo amp Nicki Minaj for Oh My Gawd Billboard Retrieved September 11 2020 Nicki Minaj Links With Sada Baby for Whole Lotta Choppas Remix Complex Retrieved October 16 2020 Nicki Minaj and YoungBoy Never Broke Again Join Mike WiLL Made It on New Song Listen Pitchfork November 6 2020 Retrieved November 7 2020 Strauss Matthew November 20 2020 Nicki Minaj Announces New HBO Max Documentary Series Pitchfork Retrieved December 14 2020 Kreps Daniel November 20 2020 Nicki Minaj Announces Raw 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units earned Of that sum SEA units comprise 63 000 equaling 85 57 million on demand streams of the album s tracks album sales comprise 11 000 and TEA units comprise 6 000 Star Regina June 13 2021 Nicki Minaj Teases Fifth Album Hints Its Title Is Officially Locked In iHeart Retrieved December 13 2021 The reissue pulled off some impressive feats in its waking having debuted at No 2 on the Billboard 200 becoming the highest debuting female rap mixtape in the chart s history The Best Hip Hop Songs of 2021 so far HipHopDX August 2 2021 Archived from the original on October 2 2021 Retrieved August 3 2021 Best Rap Verses of 2021 So Far Complex Retrieved July 9 2021 Vozick Levinson Jon Blistein Jonathan Bernstein Tim Chan Mankaprr Conteh Jon Dolan Will Dukes Jon Freeman Kory Grow Joseph Hudak Kristine Kwak Elias Leight Julyssa Lopez Angie Martoccio Rob Sheffield Mosi Reeves Hank Shteamer Simon Blistein Jon Bernstein Jonathan Chan Tim Conteh Mankaprr Dolan Jon Dukes Will Freeman Jon Grow Kory December 6 2021 The 50 Best Songs of 2021 Rolling Stone Retrieved December 13 2021 NPR Music s 100 Best Songs of 2021 60 41 NPR December 2 2021 Retrieved December 13 2021 Kreps Daniel August 13 2021 Nicki Minaj Kenneth Petty Sued Over Intimidation of Sexual Assault Victim Rolling Stone Retrieved August 14 2021 Blanchet Brenton January 5 2022 Nicki Minaj Reportedly Comments on Bribery Allegations Against Her and Husband in Harassment Case Complex Retrieved January 7 2022 Donahue Bill January 12 2022 Nicki Minaj Dropped From Harassment Lawsuit Filed by Husband s Accuser Billboard Retrieved January 13 2022 a b Dillon Nancy January 20 2022 The Nicki Minaj Harassment Suit Is Not Over Lawyer Says It s Just Moving to California Rolling Stone Elton John Teams Up With Lil Nas X Dua Lipa amp More for New Collaborations Album Billboard Retrieved September 1 2021 Halperin Shirley September 14 2021 Nicki Minaj No Longer Managed by Irving Azoff In Talks With SALXCO Home to the Weeknd and Doja Cat EXCLUSIVE Variety Retrieved September 16 2021 Ainsley Helen October 15 2021 Elton John amp Dua Lipa s Cold Heart Pnau Remix climbs to Number 1 Official Charts Company Retrieved October 15 2021 Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50 Official Charts Company Official Charts Company Archived from the original on October 16 2021 Retrieved October 16 2021 Crist Allison October 29 2021 Nicki Minaj Steals the Show in The Real Housewives of Potomac Reunion Trailer E News Retrieved November 1 2021 Bowenbank Starr November 10 2021 Nicki Minaj Celebrates Super Bass Being Certified Diamond by RIAA After Over a Decade of Support Billboard Retrieved November 12 2021 Ed Sheeran wins best artist as MTV Europe Music Awards 2021 returns to live format Reuters November 15 2021 Retrieved November 15 2021 Nicki Minaj earned a top award for best hip hop Olivia Rodrigo was awarded best push Maluma won best Latin and YUNGBLUD snagged the award for best alternative Marie Erika January 27 2022 Nicki Minaj Confirms Lil Baby Collab Arrives Next Week HotNewHipHop Retrieved January 27 2022 Legaspi Althea February 4 2022 Nicki Minaj Is a Double Crossing Agent in Do We Have a Problem Video Rolling Stone Retrieved August 12 2022 Minsker Evan February 4 2022 Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby Share Video for New Song Do We Have a Problem Pitchfork Retrieved August 17 2022 Legaspi Althea February 11 2022 Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby Reteam for Bussin Rolling Stone Retrieved August 13 2022 Rose Jordan February 11 2022 Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby Link Up Again for New Song Bussin Complex Retrieved February 11 2022 Gawley Paige February 4 2022 Nicki Minaj Drops Do We Have a Problem Song and Music Video With Lil Baby ET Online Retrieved August 13 2022 Mahadevan Tara C February 4 2022 Watch Nicki Minaj and Lil Baby in Video for New Song Do We Have a Problem Complex Retrieved February 6 2022 Musa Masani March 3 2022 Nicki Minaj Describes New Album As Fun Gutta amp Back To The Basic Culture Unfiltered Archived from the original 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2022 Mier Tomas April 19 2022 Nicki Minaj Revs a Pink Lambo Through N Y C in We Go Up Video Rolling Stone Retrieved August 14 2022 Dailey Hannah March 25 2022 Nicki Minaj Drops New Track We Go Up With Fivio Foreign Listen Billboard Retrieved August 14 2022 Nicki Minaj Goes Drill On Fivio Foreign Assisted We Go Up HotNewHipHop March 25 2022 Retrieved August 14 2022 Mier Tomas April 7 2022 Nicki Minaj Flaunts Her Best Adele Gets Vulnerable and Plays Clarinet on Carpool Karaoke Rolling Stone Retrieved April 7 2022 Murphy Chris April 7 2022 Nicki Minaj Channels Adele in Carpool Karaoke with James Corden Vanity Fair Retrieved August 17 2022 Rowley Glenn May 31 2022 Nicki Minaj Named Maxim Creative Director amp Global Ambassador of Sports Gambling Brand MaximBet Billboard Retrieved June 1 2022 Yates Shanique June 1 2022 Nicki Minaj Becomes MaximBet Investor Advisor And Ambassador As She Gears Up To Disrupt Another Male Dominated Industry Yahoo News Retrieved August 17 2022 Nicki Minaj Is 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