She then moved to the Bronx in New York to attend Monroe College, leaving both Minaj and Jelani in Trinidad with their grandmother. Carol was working numerous jobs in Saint James before getting her green card at the age of 24. Īs a child, Minaj and Jelani grew up with their grandmother in Saint James in a household with 11 cousins. She has an older brother named Jelani, a younger brother named Micaiah, and a younger sister named Ming. Minaj's father was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine and had a violent temper, burning down their house in December 1987. Carol worked in payroll and accounting departments during Minaj's youth. Her mother, Carol, is also a gospel singer with Afro-Trinidadian ancestry. Her father was Robert Maraj (1956–2021), a financial executive and part-time gospel singer of Dougla ( Afro-Trinidadian mother and Indo-Trinidadian father) descent. Onika Tanya Maraj was born on December 8, 1982, in the Saint James district of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Throughout her career, Minaj's outspoken views and social media disputes have received significant media coverage. In 2016, Time included her on their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Outside of music, her film and television career has included voice roles in the animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), supporting roles in the films The Other Woman (2014) and Barbershop: The Next Cut (2016) and being an American Idol judge. 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, three Guinness World Records and ten Grammy nominations. She has twenty-two top 10 singles on the chart, the most for any female rapper, with six of those being solo songs. Billboard ranked her as the top selling female rapper of the 2010s and the greatest female rapper of all time. Referred to as the " Queen of Rap", Minaj is one of the best-selling music artists, with more than 100 million records sold worldwide. In 2022, she achieved her first solo number-one with " Super Freaky Girl" from her upcoming fifth album Pink Friday 2 (2023). Minaj has featured on many songs and achieved her first two Hot 100 number-one singles in 2020 with the collaborations " Say So" (with Doja Cat) and " Trollz" (with 6ix9ine). In 2019, her collaboration with Karol G, " Tusa", became the longest-running number-one single on the Argentina Hot 100 chart. She released her fourth album, Queen, in 2018, which spawned the US top ten single "Chun-Li". Its lead 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. Her third album, The Pinkprint (2014), explored more personal topics and marked a return to her hip hop roots. Minaj's follow-up album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012) explored dance-pop and debuted atop the Billboard 200, with its lead single " Starships" peaking in the top five worldwide. Minaj's debut album, Pink Friday (2010), topped the US Billboard 200 chart its single " Super Bass" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified diamond by the RIAA. An influential figure in popular music, she first gained recognition after releasing three mixtapes between 20. She is known for her musical versatility, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos and accents. Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj ( / ˈ n ɪ k i m ɪ ˈ n ɑː ʒ/), is a Trinidadian-born rapper, singer, and songwriter based in the United States.
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