Nikki Minaj was born on December 8, 1984 and her real name is Onika Tanya Maraj. She is one of the major rising Trinidadian hip hop recording artists of the 21¬st century. Her rise to the top started when she signed the deal with Young Money Entertainment. Later she signed up with Cash Money Records. This is when she released her debut album which instantly became a hit. The album topped the Billboard 200 albums charts and made her name known to the fans. You can find Nikki Minaj pictures and Nikki Minaj videos on her debut album on many sites on the internet. There are literally thousands of Nikki Minaj pictures available on the World Wide Web. The pictures date back to her first song and some are even available from before her singing career. Plus you can find Nikki Minaj videos from her earlier days as an artist.
Minaj signed a contract with Young Money Entertainment in August 2009. She also released three mixtapes in her early days as an artist. They are Playtime is Over, Beam Me Up Scotty and Sucka Free. These can be now be found on the internet along with a lot of Nikki Minaj pics and videos. After making the mixtapes she got the attention of Lil Wayne and she signed up with Young Money Entertainment. She released her album Pink Friday which ended being number two on the US Billboard 200. Nikki Minaj became the first ever person to have seven songs in the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time.
Nikki Minaj.s second single Your Love became number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs chart. She became the first female artist to top the charts as a single partner. There are many Nikki Minaj pictures and videos available from those days and you can also find Nikki Minaj pictures from her concerts and top hits. Minaj also became the first female artist to be a part of MTV's Annual Hottest MC List. She gained a Platinum certification in the United Stated only after one month of Oink Friday.s release. Nikki Minaj is also famous for collaborating with other artists and coming up with great hits. She has made many popular singles and many hit songs with other artists. She is now considered as one of the best performers and rap artists of the industry.
Nikki Minaj.s first mixtape was released in 2007. Playtime is Over was a major hit and Nikki Minaj made it with Dirty Money Records. The second mixtape came in 2008 called Sucka Free. It was under the label on Be. Nikki Minaj brought out her third mixtape in 2009. She also appeared in XXL magazine. Nikki Minaj pictures in the magazine can be found online and there are a lot comments and discussions regarding her appearance in the magazine and then later being given the award of Female artist of the year at the underground music awards. Beam me up Scotty was released in April 2009. It was another great mixtape which came under the label Trapaholics Records. Beam me up Scotty was the first of Nikki Minaj.s mix taped to receive a huge positive coverage on MTV. These few achievements are the reason for making Nikki Minaj a successful rap artist among the females.
Now a little about Pink Friday. Young Money Entertainment told in 2009 that Nikki Minaj has released a 360 deal. Nikki Minaj owned all the rights of the 360. That includes the merchandise, sponsors, touring and publishing. She teamed up with Rihanna in order to make her album Loud and it was thought that they would again collaborate in making Pink Friday. Ranye West was also a part of Pink Friday as a Hip hop artist and producer. Nikki Minaj told her fans on Ustream.tv that the name of her next album will be Pink Friday. The artwork for the album was released a few months later. Pink Friday came from the concept of Black Friday. Nikki Minaj is one of the few artists who became famous even before their first album. Yes that.s right, Pink Friday was to be Nikki Minaj.s debut album and already the hip hop/rap fans knew about a great female artist by the name of Nikki Minaj. There are a few websites with Nikki Minaj pictures of these days.
The album Pink Friday was finally released in November 2010. In August she had already released her single Your Love from her debut album. The single was able to peak at 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and 7 on the Hot Hip Hop songs charts. The single, however, made it to number one on the Par songs charts. This is when Nikki Minaj became the first female to be in the MTV's Annual Hottest MC List and first woman rapper to top the charts. This basically sealed her position as a top rapper in the country.
The Black Eyed Peas is a joint single by Nikki Minaj and Will I am. It is Nikki Minaj.s most successful single song to date. There are many Nikki Minaj pictures and Nikki Minaj videos about this song. The music video was released in late October. The video mainly featured Nikki Minaj in a boy and girl relationship drama. She made Moment 4 Life and Right thru Me later in the month. The song also featured the Canadian rapper Drake. It was released in December 2010. The song is currently at 22 on Billboard Hot 100 and it is still climbing as we speak. It has peaked at number 5 on the Hot Rap songs charts. This is when Nikki Minaj got a platinum certification and that too just after a month of the song.s release. You can find many Nikki Minaj pictures which feature Nikki Minaj throughout her career. Nikki Minaj pics of her concerts and performances on her tours are also numerous. You can also find Nikki Minaj videos and Nikki Minaj pictures when she performed Right thru Me and Moment 4 Life on Saturday Night Live in January 2011.