American rapper, singer, songwriter, actress and fashion designer born December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago and raised in Jamaica, Queens, New York, Nicki Minaj is one of the world's best-selling music artists, and the best-selling female rapper, with over 100 million records sold. She has three diamond-certified songs by the RIAA and in 2024 became the first female rapper with multiple diamond-certified solo songs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj https://www.facebook.com/nickiminaj https://www.discogs.com/ja/artist/1615988-Nicki-Minaj https://www.nickiminajofficial.com
Fred Thomas, AllMusic Guide - Nicki Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj in 1982. Born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago to parents who were both gospel singers, she lived with her grandmother in Saint James until the age of five, when she joined her mother, who had relocated to Queens, New York. In high school she discovered the performing arts, setting her sights on acting as her main pursuit. She eventually transitioned into music, working as part of a group called the Hood$tars in the early 2000s before going solo. Her unique combination of ferocity and humor and a rap style built on razor-sharp wordplay, mercilessly blunt lyricism, and delivery that turns on a dime from sugary to snarling, has skyrocketed her from mixtape phenom to enduring global pop star [more] https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001013175
