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
her father is half indian and half black and her mother is black but she looks more like her mother, she’s 25% indian and 75% black. I love her music but i just wonder if there even is a such thing as a pure black person because it seems that every black individual are mixed with something
LOL!!! You got on here and spit this like it was the truth. Girl sit your ass down. The is Trinidadian. Her mother is half chinese half black and her father is black!
liyah, it depend on what type of “black” person your talking about. Due to slavery, most african americans are mixed. Slaves from different countries in Africa were brought to America and had children amongst them selves. There were hundreds of years of mixing between different africans and other races (like the white slave masters raping the african slave women). Also, slaves were pretty much stripped of their race and culture once they hit the American soil. For that reason, most African Americans are not able to trace their bloodline to one specific place in Africa. There are full blacks around the world. There are other cultures outside of America.
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There are millions and millions of black people,around the world.The thing is most of them want ID themselves that way.Also many other groups who have black heritage,but also see themselves as different.Because of assimulation,most traits that would be good signs have faded.Also since most people don’t know history very well,they just go by what they see now
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Sorry,didn’t read you comment right,I thought you said there weren’t any other black people around the world.I spoke to soon,agian sorry for that
Yes every black modern person outside of Africa is mixed
, like 96%. This site is pointless BUT you only get to claim mixture as a black person if you are pretty, rich and famous. if you are poor from the ghetto then you are just black.
finally someone said what i have been noticing for a long time now
I luv her
I’m sorry for you….
Nicky Massag is wack. …..And fake ass fuck. ..No hater but she wack ass fuck……..
I like nicking minaj.. just not her songs.. she’s too manly. She needs to be more ..womanish.. :) just my opinion
with a name like khadija i wouldnt be surprised if you looked like a man. You prolly just jealous and wish you looked like Nicki
Had not her parents given her the name Khadija and she was able to choose whatever name she wanted, then your comment would have probably been appropriate.
In this case, it’s unfair to say that she “probably” looks like a man BECAUSE of her name. It’s her opinion on Nicki Minaj, do you actually care that much about someone else’s opinion just because of what YOU think of Minaj?
Stupid…
god makes no mistakes i bet you are the ugliest thing anybody has ever seen or i bet you want to look just like her because to talk that much about somebody you dont even no and never will to put that much hate on how somebody looks you have to be ugly come the fuck down and stop being an asshole
First off, I am beautiful…NATURALLY beautiful. There is NOTHING fake about me. I’m laughing at your sorry ass comment because your just a wanna be follower. You defend someone you don’t know then contradict yourself by talking about me, whom you don’t know. I would never want to look like Nicki Minaj she always looks confused and extremely fake, but I see your groupie ass is all for that so your probably just as fake. As for being an asshole…I never said I hated her, I just don’t respect her for some of her choices. Your just ignorant and probably young.