Nicki Minaj is a rapper and singer

Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1984), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj , is a rapper and singer-songwriter from New York City. Born in Trinidad, Minaj moved to the Queens borough of New York City as a child and graduated from LaGuardia High School in 2003. She released her first mixtape Playtime Is Over in 2007, which was followed by Sucka Free and Beam Me Up Scotty in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Minaj was discovered by fellow American rapper Lil Wayne and signed a deal to Young Money Entertainment with distribution from Universal Motown in August 2009

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj released her first mixtape in 2007, after releasing, Playtime Is Over with Dirty Money Records. She later released another mixtape on July 7, 2008, titled Sucka Free, under the label of Be. On April 18, 2009, Minaj released a third mixtape and appeared in XXL magazine. In 2008 she won the Female Artist of the Year award at the Underground Music Awards. Minaj released Beam Me Up Scotty, another mixtape, in April 2009 under the label of Trapaholics Records. Beam Me Up Scotty received positive coverage on both BET and MTV.

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2008	Nicki Minaj	Underground Music Awards	Won
2010		BET Awards Best Female Hip-Hop Artist	Won
		BET Awards Best New Artist	Won
	Young Money	BET Awards Best Group	Won
		BET Awards Best New Artist	Nominated
	"BedRock" (Young Money feat. Lloyd)	BET Awards Viewer's Choice	Nominated
	Nicki Minaj	Teen Choice Awards Choice Breakout Artist – Female	Nominated
	"Massive Attack"	MTV Video Music Awards	Nominated
	Nicki Minaj	BET Hip Hop Awards People's Champ	Won
		BET Hip Hop Awards Rookie of the Year	Won
		BET Hip Hop Awards Made You Look	Won
		BET Hip Hop Awards Hustler of the Year	Nominated
		BET Hip Hop Awards Lyricist of the Year	Nominated
		MOBO Awards Best International Act	Nominated
2011	"My Chick Bad" (Ludacris featuring Nicki Minaj)	Grammy Awards 2011 Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
	Nicki Minaj	NAACP Image Awards Outstanding New Artist	Nominated
	"2012 (It Ain't the End)" (Jay Sean featuring Nicki Minaj)	UK Asian Music Awards Best Video]	Won
	Nicki Minaj	NARM Breakthrough Artist of the Year	Won
		Billboard Music Award for Top New Artist	Pending
		Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Artist	Pending
	Pink Friday	Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Album	Pending
	"Bottoms Up" (Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj)	Billboard Music Award for Top R&B Song	Pending