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
They could’ve chose a better pic of her. #mess
Ikr? I’m not even a fan of this ghetto chick, but she looks better with her natural hair color.
She looks like every black girl in the world. Black people look the same to me. I don’t see the Indian in her. Her music is horrible and she has a weird beak nose and thinks she’s sexy with that fake, saggy butt of hers.
I keep seeing you on many of the African American posts, what’s bothering you? You seem scorned about something. I mean, I only see other white people who would take the time out to comment such nasty things about others when they are jealous of some aspect. Most races don’t differ, I’m a white girl and we pretty much all look the same lol, depends, and so do a lot of Asians and Hispanics. I don’t see why you put so much effort into black people, even listening to their music, just to say something negative to make yourself feel better
Hispanic is not a race,so they tend to differ a lot.
low iq comment
You must not see a lot of black people. Her indian influence is obvious and her features definitely aren’t that of you’re typical black person. You need to get out more.
I don’t know nothing about her, so i can’t talk about her attitude.
ONly thing can i say has she is very very very very … very most beautiful and interesting with his natural features, like most women would be if don’t choose become so artificial. And your body is simply tasty hot.
She looks like she could have Chinese ancestry to
Becomes more annoying every week.