Nicki Minaj is one of the famous Female Hip Hop Artist in the industry and is also a growing name consistently winning hearts and awards with her unique taste in music and rap. Nicki made her name in the industry by her Rap and is also counted as one of the most influential female artist in hip hop.
She is also a model, actress and R&B Songwriter. Along with her income from her rap Nicki Minaj also has numerous endorsements and collaborations and business ventures that further adds to her net worth.
Nicki Minaj Career Highlights
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Nicki Minaj Awards:
Some of the best highlights of Nicki Minaj’s career are as follows:
- In the year 2010 Nicki won The BET Award for the Best New Artist and also in the category Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. Followed by the year 2011, 2012, 2013,2014,2015,2016 Nicki Minaj consistently won the award in the category Best Female Hip Hop Artist by the BET Award.
- Her debut album Pink won million of hearts worldwide in the year 2011 and therefore in the same year Minaj won two awards by the American Music Awards in the category Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album and Hip-Hop Artist. In the year 2012 Nicki again won the Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist award by the American Music Awards. Her album PinkPrint won the American Award in the same categories in the year 2015.
- Billboard Women Award was presented to Nicki Minaj in the year 2011 as the Rising Star. In the same year NARM Award was awarded to Nicki Minaj.
- Her song Super Bass released in the year 2012 won the BMI Awards in the category Song of the Year. She had also won the MOBO Awards for the best International Act in the same year.
- Her growing popularity and growing sales of her album worldwide made Minaj win the People Choice Awards in the category Favorite Hip Hop Artist in the year 2013.
- In the year 2015 You Tube Music Awards was also presented to Nicki Minaj in the category 50 Artists to Watch.
Nicki Minaj Albums:
Some of her bestselling albums are:
- Pink released in the year 2010 was super hit selling million of copies worldwide and winning many awards.
- Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded a sequel of Pink released in the year 2012 was also loved by the audience and praised by the
- The Pinkprint released in the year 2014 also counts as one of the bestselling albums of Nicki
- Queen released in the year 2018 was a commercial success winning hearts worldwide.
Nicki Minaj Net Worth:
Nicki Minaj’s net worth is assumed to be around the figure of $100 million. The part of her income also includes the endorsements from various campaigns.
Nicki Minaj was also a part of 2012 Viva Glam campaign with Ricky Martin. The campaign helped the duo to raise a fund of $270 million for the Mac Aids Fund.
Nicki Minaj Career:
Nicki Minaj started her career in music in the year 2004 with the group Full Force. She signed the deal with the group for almost 6 months. “Playtime Is Over” is Nicki Minaj’s first mixtape released in the year 2007.
“Sucka Free” her second mixtape was released in the year 2008.Underground Music Awards declared Nicki as the winner in the category Female Artist of the Year. In 2009 Lil Wayne an American rapper discovered Minaj and later she was signed by the Young Money Entertainment record label and management firm.
Nicki has also made her appearance in XXL Magazine. The name of her third mixtape is “Beam Me Up Scotty”. “Pink” was Nicki’s debut album released in the year 2010 produced by Young Money Entertainment.
Pink Friday :Roman Reloaded was the second album which was released in April 2012. The album sold more than 4 million copies worldwide and was verified platinum.
Nicki Minaj has also appeared as one of the celebrity judges on American Idol in the year 2013.The Pinkprint was Nicki Minaj’s third studio album released in December. The album sets a record of selling 650000 albums worldwide.
Her album “Queen” released on August 2018 debuted number 2 on the Billboard With sales soaring up to more than one million the album was certified Platinum in the United States. In May 2017 Nicki also surpassed Aretha Franklin for the record of number of songs on the Hot 100 in the female artist.
Nicki Minaj Early Life:
Onika Tanya Maraj sobriquet of Nicki Minaj is a native of Trinidad & Tobago born in 1982 on December 8th. Nicki has 2 older siblings and 2 younger siblings. Her older brother name is Jelani and her older sister name is Maya. However her younger brother name is Micaiah and her younger sister name is Ming.
Nicki’s mother Carol attended Monroe College in New York. When Nicki was only 5 years old she and her siblings were shifted to Queens, New York by their mother Carol. Minaj’s father is a drug addict and an alcoholic and also has a bad temper.
His father had also burnt their house down. Minaj’s mother Carol worked in payroll and accounting department and Minaj lived with her grandmother in Saint James when she was a young child.
Minaj is a former student of Florello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts and Performing Arts. Nicki had her interest inclined towards the career in acting as well. She was later casted in the year 2001 in the play ‘In Case You Forgot’.
At the age of 19 Minaj had to work at Red Lobster in the Bronz as a waitress in order to meet her financial needs. Unfortunately Minaj was fired from the job for her rude behaviour towards the customers. She has been fired from quiet a number of jobs for the similar reason.
Nicki Minaj Personal Life:
Nicki dated rapper Safaree Sameuls in the year 2000 and broke up with him in the year 2014. She then dated rapper Meek Mill. The couple got separated in January 2017. Nicki is currently dating Kenneth “Zoo” Petty her childhood friend. Nicki made an announcement of their marriage on 21st October 2019.
Unfortunately Nicki lost her cousin Nicholas Telemaque in the year July 2011. Nicholas was murdered in Brooklyn near his neighborhood. She has also mentioned the references of his murder in her songs “Champion” and “All Things Go”.
In February 2017 it was reported that Burglars broke into Nicki’s home, flipped furniture, threw things all over the house and robbed jewellery and other expensive items worth more than $200000.
Nicki’s older brother Jelani is recently accused of sexual assault against a minor child. The Nassau County District Attorney announced the verdict of sentencing Jelani an imprisonment of 25 years.
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Conclusion
Nicki Minaj has surely paved the way for all the upcoming Hip Hop Female artist. She is a strong, bold and independent woman and also one of the Best Female Artist. The journey to success was surely not easy but Nicki Minaj’s firm dedication and perseverance towards her dream kept her motivated throughout.
Inspite of all the ups and downs Nicki faced in her journey to success she always worked hard to achieve her dreams.
We are sure Nicki is bound to surpass her net worth of $100 million in next few years and will surely become one of the leading artist in the Hip Hop Industry one day.