1)Her full name is Onika Tanya Maraj.
2)She was born on December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. Her grandmother took care of her there.
3)She has 2 brothers and 1 sister sister.
4)She is of African, Trinidadian and Indo-Asian descent.
5)She was moved to Queens, New York at the age of 5 with her mother.
6)She wrote her first rap song at the age of 12.
7)In middle school Nicki used to play the clarinet.
8)She learnt acting at the La Guardia High School of Music and Art, the school that inspired the movie Fame.
9)Nicki took up a job at the Red Lobster restaurant as a waitress before she became famous
10)Her tough upbringing helped fuel her drive to rise above the life her parents knew. "I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind," she told Details magazine, "because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.'"
11)Nicki Minaj used to sing as a backup singer for the local New York City Rappers group before she became so popular.
12) She had a host of nicknames before settling on Nicki Minaj. Her very first name was Cookie which was later changed to Harajuku Barbie and finally what we know now "Nicki Minaj."
13) Her first mix tape titled "Playtime Is Over" came out in 2007.
14) Nicki Minaj's first breakthrough as a rapper was with Lil' Wayne in which they recorded a variety of mixtapes.
15)In 2010, Nicki Minaj's songs topped the charts of Billboard's Top 100.
16)Nicki Minaj is also the first female singer to top Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart since 2002.
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She has one tattoo on her left arm. It is in Chinese, and translates to "God is with me always".
18)Her Favorite Colour is Pink
19)she loves Chocolate
20)Nicki has been featured on over 20 different tracks by artists such as Mariah Carey, Robin Thicke, Justin Bieber, Drake, Rihanna and Sean Kingston
21) She helped raise $250 million to people with AIDS with her Viva Glam lipstick
22) Her Favourte fruit is mango
23)She enjoys watching TV whenever she can and her favorite program to watch is Judge Judy. "She (Judge Judy) is just straightforward, but she doesn't realize that she's really -- in her next life -- a comedian," she said in an interview.
24)Nicki Minaj.is the first female rap artist ever to perform at Yankee Stadium.
25) )She says she is a great cook and enjoys it very much
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