Jason Richards
Nicki Minaj Pink Friday Success !
By Jason Richards
Born Onika Tanya MarajDecember 8th 1982.
Nicki Minaj was born in Trinidad, but moved to
Queens, New York, at a young age, where she was enrolled to LaGuardia High School.
From a young age Nicki lived with her grandmother then, at the age of five, she moved to live in Queens with her mother. Nicki has always
been open about her family life: how her father drunk heavily, abused drugs and even tried to kill her mother by setting the house on fire. All
of these events have helped Nicki to open up and share her experiences through music.
After starting her music career with a lot of mix tapes such as Beam Me Up Scotty, Nicki was scouted buy Lil Wayne and later signed to the
same record label, Young Money Entertainment from Universal Records.
Once signed, Nicki’s first album, Pink Friday, exploded on to the billboard 200. The album was made platinum just one month after its release, which is unknown for a female rapper. The album consists of
13 amazing tracks and 6 were realised as singles including collaborations with Will.i.am, Drake, Rihanna, Cheryl Cole & Eminem.
Pink Friday Album ListI’m the best.Romans revenge Ft Eminem.Did it on’emRight thru me Fly Ft Rihanna Save meMoment for life Ft Drake
Check it out Ft Will.i.am & Cheryl ColeBlazin ft Kanye WestHere I am Your loveLast chance ft Natasha Bedingfield
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Alter EgosAfter winning many awards throughout 2009 – 2011, Nicki puts her success down to her alter egos that she created in her head as a scared child. She now uses these alter egos for different types of
music.
"To get away from all their fighting, I would imagine being a new person.” Nicki Minaj
Awards And Achievements Results Underground music awards 2009
Won
Best Female Hip Hop Artist 2009
Won
Best New Artist 2009 WonPeoples Champ 2010 WonRookie of the year 2010 WonBreak though Artist of the year 2010
Won
Best Video 2010 Won
The first one to be created was Cookie who later progressed into Harajuku Barbie and later Nicki Minaj. Since then many more have appeared into Minaj’s Music videos, for example, Roman Zolanski
appeared in Treyz Songs video claiming to be her twin and appears when Nicki’s angry out of rage.
Then, there’s Martha Zolanski, Romans Mother, who appears as a fairy god mother in the video Moment for life.
Since then two more egos have appeared on different talk shows: Nicki Teresa aka Mother Teresa and Rosa pronounced as
Rosssssaaaarrrr.
“I chase perfection every day. Why would you want to be second place? That just means
you’re the first loser.” Nicki Minaj
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Nicki on “Hot 100”
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One of the best successes of Nicki Minaj’s songs was a remix ofBritney Spears – Till The World Ends, Ft Kesha, this hit number one on
the hot 100 list for 3 weeks. After the success of the song Britney Spears personally invited Minaj on her femme fatale world tour as the
opening act. From the success of it the Pink Friday tour will start in 2012.
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As the success of Pink Friday continues to grow, Nicki has become more and more involved in charity events to help others. The first big
concert that she took part in was VH1 DIVAS salute the troop’s benefit, where she hosted and took part in the show, singing her hit Super Base. Next came a copy of Girls Just Want To Have Fun with
Katy Perry, where they came out in skimpy troops uniforms.
This year Nicki was also named “Face of Mac Lipstick”, together with Ricky Martin, to contribute all profits from the sale of the beauty products to go in aid of fighting HIV and AIDS. This campaign has
featured many celebrities before and is considered a great honor to help people all over the world. Previous ambassadors include Adam
Lambert, Queen Latifa, The Kardashians, Lady Gaga, Fergie and many more.
Fashion
Fashion has made a big influence on Nicki’s career; her outgoing and quirky style pushes the boundaries of everyday living with skin tight
outfits made from plastic, leather, feathers and anything else imaginable. She has been compared to Lady Gaga on many occasions;
she also stands out with her hair, which ranges from pink, black, orange, green, and blonde - she done it all. At the 2011 Grammy Awards she turned up in head to toe leopard print with a blonde
“Bride of Frankenstein” beehive hairdo with a black stripe.
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Problems
Even with all success, Nicki’s career has its downfalls. Before Minaj there was only one well known female rapper, Lil Kim and she did not take kindly to the new kid on the block, after a lot off ongoing twitter argument Lil Kim released an album entitled Black Friday mocking
Minaj, on the cover off Black Friday was a very controversial picture of Minaj with her head being cut off by Lil Kim. The ongoing battle between these two stars is getting bigger and bigger everyday.
“Refuse to lose. Refuse to be defeated. Refuse to have regrets” Nicki Minaj
After 3 years off collaborations, Nicki has decided that after the release of “Where Them Girls At, Ft David Guetta and Flo Rider. She won’t be doing any more collaboration until 2014, so her fans can
really hear her music.
Acknowledgement
http://pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi? board=personal&action=display&thread=106162
http://coverlandia.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicki_Minaj
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