Nicki Minaj
LOS ANGELES – APR 21: Nicki Minaj arrives to the The Bridge” Season 2 Premiere Screening on April 21, 2014 in Westwood, CA Photo by DFree/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Onika Tanya Maraj
Place of Birth: Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Birth: December 8, 1982
Ethnicity: Trinidadian [African, one quarter Indian, possibly one eighth Japanese]
Nicki Minaj is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, model, and actress. Her songs include “Your Love,” “Check It Out,” “Right Thru Me,” “Moment 4 Life,” “Super Bass,” “Fly,” “Starships,” “Beez in the Trap,” “Pound the Alarm,” “Va Va Voom,” “Pills n Potions,” “Bang Bang,” “Anaconda,” “Only,” “Truffle Butter,” “The Night Is Still Young,” “No Frauds,” “MotorSport,” “Barbie Tingz,” “Chun-Li,” “Bed,” “Barbie Dreams,” “Megatron,” “Tusa,” “Trollz,” “Do We Have a Problem?,” “Bussin,” “Blick Blick,” “Super Freaky Girl,” “Princess Diana,” “Barbie World,” and, in a featured role, “Monster,” “Where Them Girls At,” “Dance (A$$),” “Beauty and a Beat,” “All Eyes on You,” “Do You Mind,” “Side to Side,” “Idol,” “Hot Girl Summer,” “Say So,” and “Whole Lotta Money.” She has appeared in the films The Other Woman, Barbershop: The Next Cut, and, in voice role, Ice Age: Continental Drift and The Angry Birds Movie 2; and been a judge on American Idol. She has also recorded dance-pop, and utilizes an animated flow in her singing. She has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and is known as the “Queen of Rap.”
Nicki was born Onika Tanya Maraj on Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, the daughter of Carol (Daniel) and Robert Maraj, a financial executive. Her parents were both gospel singers. Her paternal grandfather, whose surname was Maraj, was of Indian-Trinidadian, from India, descent; her father was of Dougla background, a Caribbean term for a mix of Indian and African. It appears that the rest of her family is of African-Trinidadian ancestry. She has evidently also stated that her great-grandfather is Japanese. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Nicki was raised on Saint James initially, though her mother immigrated to New York City, U.S., and later brought Nicki and her brother over when Nicki was five, settling in Queens.
Nicki is married to Kenneth Petty, with whom she has a son.
Source: http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com
Minaj in 2011, photo by PR Photos
nigga’s love her,they bitches hate i know why!!!!
all ya’ll bitches crazy if you think nicki ain’t the
shit. dont hate the player hate the game lol.
if you weren’t hatin’ then why say anything at all that’s how i know ya’ll bitckes lying
stop tryna act ghetto
why u haten on nicki?
Doesn’t Nicki Minaj Look Like Lashontae Heckards:
http://www.google.ca/images?q=TAE%20HECKARD&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
yeh a little. shes very pretty.
Trinidadian is NOT an ethnicity. My parents are Trinidadian which means they are from Trinidad, but that doesn’t make me Trinidadian. I’m not from there. I was born in Brooklyn New York.
but that stll makes u fccn trinidadian u dumb shyt smfh evn if ur nt frm der doesnt mean that ur not trinidadian
That Doesn’t Make Him/Her From Trinidadian If She Is Born In America! It Just Means She Is American Born To Trinidadian Parents, Or Trinidadian American, Or American Of Trinidadian Heritage (Descent).
She’s American First! She Is Trinidadian Only By Descent, Not By Nationality!
Please Don’t Get Mad At Me Anonymous!…Please!
but she was born in trinidad though.. and moved to the states when she was 5.. not hating just saying get ya facts straight
ALL IC AN SAY IS…HATERS GON HATE..RATHER U HATERS LIKE IT OR NOT SHE IS STILL GOIN TO MAKE MILLIONS AND HAVE MILLIONS OF SUPPORTERS..LOOK AT HER LIFE AND EVRYTHING SHE WENT THROUGH..TALK ABOUT THAT NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH PLASTIC SURGERY SHE HAS..IT’S HER BODY AND IMAGE AND PERSONALLY..I LIKE IT..SO JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT NICKI AND CAN’T DO WHAT SHE IS,DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN’T LEARN TO LIKE HER..