[1]Nicki Minaj was born on December 8,1984 and grew up in Queens,New york.She is of African,Trinidadian and Indo-Asian descent.

[2]She graduated from LaGuardia High School in Manhattan where she studied singing and acting.

[3]Minaj was discovered on Myspace by Dirty Money Label.After appearing on The carten Edition of Young Money's The come up DVD series,minaj was contacted by Lil Wayne.The two Collaborated on a number of mixtape tracks.

[4]In April 2007,she released her first mixtape,playtime is over,where she posed as a Barbie doll on the cover.Lil Wayne appeared in the July issue of XXL magazine giving a brief overview of her life up to that point in time.Later that year,Minaj won Female Artist of the Year at the underground music Awards.

[5]Nicki Minaj released Beam Me up scotty,another mixtape,in 2009.It reveived generally positive covarage on the of both BET and MTV.

[6]In August 2009,Minaj signed to Young Money Entertainment with distributution from Universal motown where in she will release her debut studio album in 2010.

[7]Minaj also featured on Jeffree Star's 2009 album Beauty killer on the track "Lolpop Luxury" Discography

ALBUMS
2010:Untitled Debut Album Mixtapes.
2007:Playtime Is Over.
2008:Sucka Free.
2009:Beam Me Up Scotty $ingles.
2009:Bed Rock(With Young Money).
2009:Married In The Club featured singles.
2009:Yo Gotti-5 star Remix (feat.Gucci mane,Trina & Nicki minaj).
2009:Birdman-Grindin making money (feat.Nick Minaj).
2009:Lloyd-Take It Off(feat.Nicki Minaj).
2009:Robin Thicke-shakin It For Daddy (feat.Nick Minaj).