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$$),” “Beauty and a Beat,” “All Eyes on You,” “Do You Mind,” “Side to Side,” “Idol,” “Hot Girl Summer,” “Say So,” and “Whole Lotta Money.” She has appeared in the films The Other Woman, Barbershop: The Next Cut, and, in voice role, Ice Age: Continental Drift and The Angry Birds Movie 2; and been a judge on American Idol. She has also recorded dance-pop, and utilizes an animated flow in her singing. She has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and is known as the “Queen of Rap.”
Nicki was born Onika Tanya Maraj on Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, the daughter of Carol (Daniel) and Robert Maraj, a financial executive. Her parents were both gospel singers. Her paternal grandfather, whose surname was Maraj, was of Indian-Trinidadian, from India, descent; her father was of Dougla background, a Caribbean term for a mix of Indian and African. It appears that the rest of her family is of African-Trinidadian ancestry. She has evidently also stated that her great-grandfather is Japanese. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Nicki was raised on Saint James initially, though her mother immigrated to New York City, U.S., and later brought Nicki and her brother over when Nicki was five, settling in Queens.
Nicki is married to Kenneth Petty, with whom she has a son.
Source: http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com
Minaj in 2011, photo by PR Photos
people keep saying shes jamacian.
welL em , nicki bodiss fake as helL , but she qo hard fah dha teamm , she prettii , && she dha barbieee , so falL baqkk … yalL prob uqLii anywayss lookinq like zoo creaturess , so let her make ha $$ , & iDont kno wht nikki mixxedD whidD but shxts tuff , im afro-spanishh , & native indiann , so us mixXed bitchess is BOMB , haha , QET iT NIKKI
All yall haterz need to stop because yall aint like nicki minaj or anybody else……and she look betta den half of yall….
nicki is very pretty & its cool dat she is mix,anyways to me,i think shes a okay rapper.i think shes a better at delivering it.the lyrics r o.k. no offense to anyone tho. my favorite rapper is left eye(her lyrics r good & how she raps r unique,2 me R.I.P. Lisa Lopes)
i love nicki minaj (no homo )i just think she is the best im trini as well im indian puerto rican african american cuban and korean im love my enthincity my mom shes cuban puerto rican indian and korean my dad hes black and indian i also have latino and mexican in my familey but its mainley on my mom side but my dad its just nothing but indians and black ilove myself i have long hair and a gourges face my grand mother she my great great great grand mother shes a trini
How the f could you really be all those races, Puh leese. That must be some good bud, lol
wow.!, sure, I mean I yu can be mixed with 3, or 4 races, but 8 or 9 thats a fuckin impossible, I mean some of those races, would never have children, or marry eachother. So yeah, & just because yur grandmother has trini in her, doesn’t mean anything the race isn’t that strong. I could see if yur mom or dad did, & why would people need to know how long yur hair is, or how pretty you are.:), that won’t make us believe you. I mean I would kno I’m Afro – Dominican, White, and Native American, and all my races come from my mother and father.:),Plus its on my birth certificate.!=] the ones from my grandparents I don’t count. Mixxxxed Bitches the BOMB right….AHAH:)