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
so she’s 3/4 black
and 1/4 indian?
i thought so, she doesn’t really look that exotic to me
e.g. tatyana ali and chilli are both half black and indian and they look more mixed than her
Tatyana Ali is black, Indian and Native, like generally all Afro-Panamanians who are considered a mix of Mestizo (mostly Native American and white) and African. It is rare for whites and blacks to not be mixed with Natives in Panama, they are much like Mexico and all of Central America in which the percentages of non-Native citizens are quite low, even with the ones who consider themselves more white but are really Castizos (to use outdated terms) not Criollos (though contrary to popular believe, Criollos do have Native American ancestry too, but to an even lesser extent than Castizos) . Even people like Dolores del Río who consider themselves white have blatant Native ancestry. In a way, it is great that places like Panama and Mexico are mostly indigenous – so be it Mestizo, so part white too – because the USA only has a low percentage of Native Americans.
i know india is part of asia but it’s just hard to say indians are asians lol if you know what i mean
Umm she is BLACK!! Black is her race and she is Trini. There are white Trini’s…Asian, mixed..etc people EVERYWHERE in the world.
Nicki’s mama is str8 black and her dad looks kinda mixed but she is a black girl with black features and hair. Her hair is the same as MOST black girls, course.
Nicki minaj is a great female rapper and i love how she mixes it up and she’s colorfull like lady gaga and i thought she was all black and not mixed with indian i guess cause of her hair. cause it’s pretty long and it’s beautyfull.
Really? Idk but a lot of people have told me she was mixed with Chinese. I have no idea where they got that from.
Andrea, unfortunately with all the makeup amd surgery people are confused. She could look asian, european, african etc. It’s hard to tell cuz a doctor changed it
Its true… But i think shes blk n got a lil dutch n her… her hair isreally short n course as hell… but that’s y they invited weaves n wigs! lol… she showed her hair wen she was a stud… she was so sexii as a stud tu! lol
Alot of us in Trini are actually part asian. China isn’t the only country with slanted eyes.
^^^^ lol! Tell em! There are other Asians besides Chinese…like vietnamese, Japanese, philipinos, thailanders, etc…LMAO!
theres a nice little chinese descent community in the caribbean in places like cuba and especially in the other west indie islands. im so confused why people dont know the different ethnic grous that contributed to the mixing pot not just in america but the wholllee americas. clearly despite whatever surgery she may or may not have done she’s still mixed. every african american or person of african descent living in the americas that is NOT the actual color black..is pretty much mixed…duh!
Gorgeous- banging body- I think. All the guys around my way be sweating her, even the white dudes.
Yeah cuz all they see is titties and ass! She’s a hoodrat role model! LMAO!!!
LMFAspO… i so agree wit yu!
NICE!!! LOLLL. Hoodrats need role models too I guess.:-)
She had a tit and *ss job, fake hair and a nose job. That’s atleast what she’s had done. She is gonna look like lil Kim in a few, stay tuned. She may be a good artist but she looks silly now. Dudes be sweatin her huh? Must not have anything real round your way
She didn’t have a nose job. If you look at her high school pictures, her nose is still pointy and hooked. But the rest is true.