Nicki minaj
Hip-hop/Rap
History
- She was born in Onika Tanya Maraj on December 8, 1982
- She moved with her family to Queens, New York, when she was 5 years old.
- Nicki Minaj grew up with an abusive and drug-addicted father.
- One time , he set fire to the family's home in a failed attempt to kill Minaj's mother
- She played the clarinet in middle school and worked as a waitress at Red Lobster after her acting career failed to take off.
- She was fired from Red Lobster for being rude to customers and then worked as an office manager on Wall Street.
- After she went to La Guardia High School for the Arts, she meet Lil' Wayne, who launched her career. Her 2010 debut album, Pink Friday, and her single, "Your Love," topped the Billboard charts.
- Some awards that she has won are MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop, BET Award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist, MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video and Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Artist.
Event that propelled to fame
She was discovered by Dirty Money CEO Fendi, who saw her MySpace page with videos. He loved what he heard, and immediately signed her for his label. Then, she was led to to Lil' Wayne, who worked with her on a series of mix tapes, the first of which, "Playtime is Over", was released in April 2007.
Top Songs
"Anaconda"
"Your Love"
"Right Through me"
"Moments For life"
"Bang Bang"
"Starships"
"Va Va Voom"
Top Albums
The Pink Print
Pink Friday
Beam Me Up Scotty
Barbie World
Ghetto Barbie
"Superbass"
S-main vocals,drum-set,backup vocals,bass,electric guitar,synthesizer
H-drum-set,backup vocals,bass,electric guitar,synthesizer
M-main vocals
R-Fast(4)
G-intro,verse-1,chorus,verse-2,bridge,chorus,outro
Hip Hop/Rap
moderate-soft-moderate
valley
Nicki Minaj - Super Bass
Citations
"Nicki Minaj." - Bio, Facts, Family. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2015.
N.p., n.d. Web.
"Home." Nicki Minaj: Her Challenging Childhood and Changing Personalities. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 May 2015.
Hip Hop/Rap Music Characterisitcs
Consists of rhythmic music that commonly has rapping , a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is fast.The lyrics of every rap song is different from eachother so depending on the rapper him/herself of what words to given focus on.