Nicki Minaj
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Onika Maraj (born December 8, 1984),[citation needed] better known as Nicki Minaj, is a female rapper of African, Trinidadian and Indo-Asian descent[3] from Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York, NY. She is a signed to Lil Wayne's label, Young Money Entertainment & Gucci Mane's So Icey Entertainment label.[2]
Biography
Minaj graduated from LaGuardia High School in Manhattan where she studied singing and acting. She started off singing background vocals and hooks for local rappers. In order to stand out from other aspiring singers, she began writing raps, and started out as the lone female in a group, (which she left in 2006).[citation needed]
Minaj was discovered on MySpace by Dirty Money CEO Fendi.[4] After appearing on The Carter Edition of Dirty Money's The Come Up DVD series, Minaj was contacted by Lil Wayne. The two collaborated on a number of mixtape tracks.[5] In April 2007, she released her first mixtape, Playtime Is Over, where she posed as a Barbie doll on the cover. Lil’ Wayne appeared on the track “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”.
Minaj, who sometimes goes by the name Nicki Lewinsky (due to her proximity to the president of her record label),[1] shared management with Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman, and collaborated numerous times with members of that crew. [6]
In 2008, Minaj released her mixtape, Sucka Free. Minaj appeared in the July issue of XXL magazine, giving a brief overview of her life up to that point in time. Later that year, Minaj won Female Artist of the Year at the Underground Music Awards.[7]
Minaj released Beam Me Up Scotty, another mixtape, in 2009. It received generally positive coverage on the websites of both BET and MTV.[6][8]
Discography
Mixtapes
- 2007: Playtime Is Over
- 2008: Sucka Free
- 2009: Beam Me Up Scotty
Appearances
- 2004: "Who Run This" (Angel DeMar feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2006: "Affirmative Action" (Gravy feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2007: "Make It Last Forever (Remix)" (Ciara feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Excellent" (Pritty Boy feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Tempo" (Ashley feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Pamper Me" (Angel DeMar feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Sweetest Girl (Remix) (Wyclef Jean feat. Lil Wayne & Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Lollipop (Remix)" (Lil Wayne feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Shopaholic" (Gucci Mane feat. Nicki Minaj, Bobby Valentino & So Icey Boys)
- 2008: "You A Failure" (Gucci Mane feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Slumber Party" (Gucci Mane feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Lollipop Luxury" (Jeffree Star feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Kiss My A.S.S." (Bow Wow feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) (Remix)" (Beyoncé feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "Miss Independent (Remix)" (Ne-Yo feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2008: "I Feel Free" (Ron Browz feat. Nicki Minaj, Red Cafe, Ricky Blaze & Punch)
- 2009: "Easy" (Gucci Mane feat. Nicki Minaj & Rocko)
- 2009: "Best I Ever Had (Remix)" (Drake feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2009: "Chocolate Legs (Remix)" (Eric Benét feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2009: "Automatic)" (Teairra Marí feat. Nicki Minaj)
- 2009: "Dopeman" (Jabari feat. Nicki Minaj & Pusha T)
References
- ^ a b http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/dxnext/id.62/title.nicki-minaj
- ^ a b c http://www.mizayentertainment.net/nikki.html
- ^ http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/the-new-queen-bee-meet-nicki-minaj/?scp=1&sq=nicki%20minaj&st=cse
- ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kxfyxz85ldfe
- ^ http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=30583
- ^ a b http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1610492/20090501/lil_wayne.jhtml
- ^ http://hiphopruckus.com/2008/08/on-da-come-up-with-nicki-minaj.html
- ^ http://blogs.bet.com/music/soundOff/soundoff-tv-one-on-one-with-lowkey-nicki-minaj/
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