Onika Maraj --- Nicki Minaj

Every morning when I wake up I have to listen to my favorite rap artist Nicki Minaj. Born December 8, 1982 Onika Tanya Maraj was born in Trinidad. This artist is not your typical artist, she is uniquely different. She has personalities that we may see depending on the type of song she is performing. Her original personality is “Cookie”, also she has “Roman Zolanski” and “Harajuku Barbie”.

In her childhood she went through a series of events. Her father was abusive to her mother and he allegedly tried to kill her mother by burning down the house. Her father also took drugs and was a alcoholic. Growing up she stayed with her grandparents until the age of 5, when her mother came to Trinidad and got her and moved her to Queens,NY. Maraj also says she misses being home in Trinidad, because that had become her life.

In 2007 she first got noticed and released her first mixtape “Playtime is Over” with dirty money records. She reported that she got $1,000,000,000 off her first mixtape. She officially signed to young money records in the year of 2009. With the anticipation of all her fans, she came out with her first album “Pink Friday” in 2010. Her album was very successful hitting number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. So far her career has been very successful. She always says “Im fighting for the girls that never thought they could win”. In other words, she is letting young females MC’s that its not over and that they can be as good of a rapper as male rap artists.

Maraj is a very unique artist. From her crazy personalities to the way she dresses. She isn’t afraid to be different. She has a crazy side, yet that side is sexy and classy also. She said some of the MC’s from the past would dress and look certain ways forcing the young females watching them to think its ok to dress like a “hoe”, she doesn’t want that image being made. At an award show she always look stunning but in a weird way. Maraj has also been said to be the “rap version of Lady Gaga”. I must agree with this but only to a certain extent.