Nicki Minj Research Paper

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Marianna Torres
Mrs.Dwiggins
Computers 309
September 12, 2014 Nicki Minaj: She is a hip hop artist/singer who has several songs like Anaconda,Super Bass,Pills and Potions,Turn Me On,Starships, Bees in the Trap,Your Love,Pound the Alarm,Va Va Voom,Fly,Moment For Life,High School,Freestyle,and more.Growing up she had a very abusive father,who was also addicted to drugs. At a failed attempt her father tried to kill her mother by setting their house on fire, with them in it.

She is 31, born in December on the 8 in 1982. She has more than one stage name like Onika Maraj,Cookie,and Harajuku Barbie. Her sign is sagittarius,Her education was at LaGuardia High School for the Arts that was inspired by the movie Fame . Two months after her single Massive Attack was released she won a BET award for Best Hip-Hop Female. In 2012 she made a national appearance at the Super Bowl. She was born in St. James,Trinidad and Tobago.

In March,2012,she made guest star appearance on a popular t.v show called American Idol. She won 2 American awards for her album Pink Friday.
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At the age of 12 she authored her first rap, then went on to delve into acting. She was discovered by Dirty Money CEO Fendi, who came across Minaj’s MySpace page,loved what he heard, and immediately signed her to his label.That connection led Minaj to Lil’ Wayne, who collaborated with her on the series of mix tapes, the first of which, Playtime is Over, was released in April,2007. Not long on her appearance on American Idol, it didn’t take long after that fireworks began between her fellow judge Mariah Carey. The pair took an instant disliking to each

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