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Line 1: {{creator}} [[File:nickiminaj2_4865.jpg\|frame\|<small>[[My Eyes Are Up Here\|You're not looking at her face, are you?]] </small>]] {{quote\|''"Pink wig, thick ass, [[Distracted by the Sexy\|give 'em whiplash]]."''}} Nicki Minaj is currently the most talked-about female rapper in America. Born Onika Tanya Maraj in Trinidad, she attended and graduated from [[New York]]'s LaGuardia High School, a performing arts school where she was in the drama program. During that time period, she started rapping and making mixtapes and thrived on the underground hip-hop scene where got much accolades and praise and even won Best Female Artist at the Underground Music Awards.▼ ''I think big, get cash, make 'em blink fast"'' \|'''Nicki Minaj''', from "Monster" by [[Kanye West]]}} ▲'''Nicki Minaj''' is ~~currently~~a ~~the most talked~~Trinidadian-~~about~~born ~~female~~American rapper, singer, songwriter inand ~~America~~model. Born Onika Tanya Maraj in Trinidad, she attended and graduated from [[New York]]'s LaGuardia High School, a performing arts school where she was in the drama program. During that time period, she started rapping and making mixtapes and thrived on the underground hip-hop scene where got much accolades and praise and even won Best Female Artist at the Underground Music Awards. She eventually got the attention of [[Lil Wayne]], and was signed to his record label/imprint Young Money Entertainment where she leaped into the mainstream scene by guest rapping on just about every popular artist's song. In November 2010, she released her debut album, ''Pink Friday''. ~~----~~ {{Discography}} * Mixtapes * Mix tapes Playtime isIs Over (2007) Sucker Free (2008) Beam Me Up Scotty (2009) All Pink Everything (2011) * Albums ''Pink Friday'' (2010) ''[[Sequel\|Pink Friday]]:'' ''[[Ascended Extra\|Roman Reloaded]]'' (2012) ''The Pinkprint'' (2014) ''Queen'' (2018) {{creatortropes}} Line 21 ⟶ 27: * [[Alter Ego Acting]]: Onika Maraj is her real self, Nicki Minaj is her larger-than-life "Harajuku Barbie" identity, and Roman Zolanski is the angry, twisted version of herself. * [[A Wild Rapper Appears]]: During “[[David Guetta\|Turn Me On]],” she sings everything, except for one, short section, which she raps. * [[Baby Got Back]]: ''Encourages'' it. * [[Bi the Way]] * [[Blatant Lies]]: "Excuse me, I'm sorry, I'm really such a lady..." Line 57 ⟶ 64: * [[Put on a Bus]]: Roman Zolanski in the "Moment 4 Life" video intro: "He's off to boarding school, him and [[Eminem\|Slim Shady]], they were wreaking havoc over the industry darling..." ** With the imminent release of ''Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded'', it seems that [[The Bus Came Back\|Roman's bus has come back]]. * [[Real Women ~~Never~~Don't Wear Dresses]]: ''Pink Friday'' is not overtly sexual and written from a feminine point of view. This had to led a lot of criticism decrying her as "soft" and not going as hard as the guys. * [[Sampling]]: ''Your Love'' uses the Annie Lennox song "No More I Love You's" and pretty much just added more bass. ''Check It Out'' with [[Black Eyed Peas\|will.i.am]] samples from "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. Line 63 ⟶ 70: ''Girls Fall Like Dominoes" samples "Dominoes" by The Big Pink. "Right Thru Me" samples the opening of [[Joe Satriani]]'s "Always With Me, Always With You." ''Anaconda'' samples "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot * [[Screw Yourself]]: Her contribution to [[Kanye West]]'s "Monster" consisted of her "Roman Zolanski" persona tying up her "Barbie" persona [[BDSM]]-style, and then Roman giving Barbie a lap-dance. * [[Shout-Out]]: Her 2012 Grammys performance of “Roman Holiday” had a brief, ''[[The Exorcist]]''-inspired introduction, which ended with this exchange: {{quote\|'''Priest''': “What's your name, child?” Line 70 ⟶ 79: {{quote\|"My name is ''Onika'' you can call me ''Nicki''." }} * [[Stuffy Old Songs About the Buttocks]]: "Anaconda" incorporated some of the lyrics from [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]]'s "Baby Got Back", the song being a [[Perspective Flip]] told from the point of view of a woman who ''has'' the behind in question. Technically, "Dance (A$$)" was [[Big Sean]]'s song, with Minaji as a guest, but she [[Just Here for Godzilla\| seriously stole the show]]. * [[Surprisingly Gentle Song]]: Several. If not outright peaceful, quite a few songs lack the distinctly harsh, sharp edge in vocals and instrumentation that many people have come to expect from her. * [[Take That]]: "Roman's Revenge", which takes some pretty blatant shots at [[Lil' Kim]]. Line 82 ⟶ 94: * [[Waif Fu]]: In the video for 'Fly'. * [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]: During a ''[[Good Morning America]]'' performance one of her breasts was exposed. * [[Wolverine Publicity]]: To the point where she's worked with [[Black Eyed Peas\|will.i.am]], [[Jay Z]], [[Kanye West]], [[Trey Songz]], [[Chris Brown]], Diddy-Dirty Money, Rick Ross, T.I., M.I.A., [[Will Smith\|Willow Smith]], [[Sean Kingston]], [[Gucci ~~Maine~~Mane]], [[Natasha Bedingfield]], [[Rihanna]], [[Eminem]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Christina Aguilera]], The Lonely Island, [[Mariah Carey]], [[Usher]], [[Ludacris]], Sean Garrett, Jeffree Star, Yo Gotti, [[Florida]], [[David Guetta]], Jay Sean, [[DJ Khaled]], [[Overly Long Gag\|Trina]], all of [[Lil Wayne\|Young Money]], and [[My Friends and Zoidberg\|Gudda Gudda]]. Ironically Lil' Kim too in Diddy-Dirty Money's [[Updated Rerelease\|umpteenth remix]] of "Hello Good Morning". For Nicki, his trope is probably most evident during her ''[[Brevity Is Wit\|twelve second]]'' guest rap on [[Madonna]]'s "Give Me All Your Luvin'". She does appear throughout on the ''L-U-V Madonna! Y-O-U You wanna?'' chant, but other than that... Line 88 ⟶ 100: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Musicians]] [[Category:~~Turn of the Millennium/Music~~Models]] [[Category:Businesspeople]] [[Category:Music]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]] [[Category:~~{{PAGENAME}}~~Rappers]] [[Category:Memetic Creators]] [[Category:Musicians of the 2000s]] [[Category:Musicians of the 2010s]]