ALL ABOUT MY FAVOURITE RAPPER

NICKI MINAJ

ALL ABOUT MY FAVOURITE RAPPER

Nicki Minaj

NICKI MINAJ

Early Life• Hip-hop artist and singer born Onika Tanya Maraj on

December 8, 1982, in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago.• Moved with her family to Queens, New York, when she was 5

years old. • Father a severe drug addict with a long history of violence. • Her early struggles helped fuel her drive to rise in life.

"I've always had this female-empowerment thingin the back of my mind because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.'"

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The young Minaj developed personas for herself that would allow her to be a "new person.

"Fantasy was my reality,"

At the age of 12, she authored her first rap, then went on to delve into acting at La Guardia High School of Music and Art, the school that inspired the movie Fame.

Early Life

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BORN ON 23 OF DECEMBER 1982

• Born in 1982, famed hip-hop artist grew up with an abusive, drug-addicted father.

• After attending La Guardia High School for the Arts, she was introduced to rapper Lil Wayne, who launched her career.

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Hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj was featured in seven songs on Billboard's Hot 100 at the same time, even before the release of her debut album in 2010

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Teenage Years

• Her 2010 debut album, Pink Friday, and her single, "Your Love," topped the Billboard charts.

• A frequent "cameo" singer, her voice was featured in

even songs on Billboard's Hot 100 in 2010.

In 2012, she was announced as one of the new judges of the popular singing show American Idol twelfth season.

She also released the hit album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded 

that same year.

First Album

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Nicki Minaj, 32, has been hard at work with her world tour for her third album, The PinkPrint — and now the “Anaconda” singer has announced the release of her new, album-inspired fragrance of the same name. Nicki’s latest fragrance will be available exclusively to Kohl’s in August 2015!

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Nicki Perfume

After performing “Feeling Myself” and “The Night Is Still Young” at the GMA Summer Concert Series, Nicki shared the news of her new fragrance looking gorgeous with natural curls, winged out black eyeliner and glossy pale pink lips. Moments later, she took to Instagram to show it off to her fans, saying: “Introducing my new fragrance The Pinkprint – launched this morning on Good Morning America, it will be available in September! This smells so good. It’s by far my best! .”💕💘

Pink Print

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