Onika Maraj, born December 8, 1984, better known as Nicki Minaj, is a female rapper from South Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States. She is of Afro-Trinidadian, and Indo-Trinidadian descent. She lived in a troubled home, with a father on drugs and a struggling single mother. Despite her hectic environment, Minaj went on to graduate from LaGuardia High School in Manhattan where she studied singing and acting. She began her career in 2004.
Appearing on The Carter Edition of the DVD series, Minaj was noticed by rapper Lil' Wayne who immediately called Fendi to negotiate meeting Nicki. He was convinced by not only her different style of rapping, but her ability to full on write her own material that she was perfect to be the face of his Young Money label.
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The two collaborated on mixtape styled remakes of tracks such as "Sunshine," "Big Spender" and more recently a song entitled "Higher than a Kite," which uses T.I.'s "My Swag" beat. In April of 2007, she released her first mixtape entitled '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".
Appearing on The Carter Edition of the DVD series, Minaj was noticed by rapper Lil' Wayne who immediately called Fendi to negotiate meeting Nicki. He was convinced by not only her different style of rapping, but her ability to full on write her own material that she was perfect to be the face of his Young Money label. The two collaborated on mixtape styled remakes of tracks such as "Sunshine," "Big Spender" and more recently a song entitled "Higher than a Kite," which uses T.I.'s "My Swag" beat. In April of 2007, she released her first mixtape entitled 'Playtime is Over' where she posed as a Barbie doll on the cover.
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