Nicki Minaj: An Unauthorized Biography
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This book follows the career and thoughts of Onika Maraj, starting from her move to America from Trinidad, growing up in New York and slowly working the scene to make a name for herself. You will be able to see how a hard life and incredible influences have helped to shape the Queen of the Rap Scene. Once you get a glimpse of her ‘Never Back Down' attitude, fearless sense of personal style, and her ability to drop beats and lyrics on the fly, you'll see why the world can't seem to stop talking about Nicki Minaj.
From family to music to the future, all you need to know about Nicki Minaj is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of her life.
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Nicki Minaj - Belmont and Belcourt Biographies
NICKI MINAJ
An Unauthorized Biography
Copyright © 2012 by Belmont & Belcourt Biographies
All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form without permission.
eISBN: 9781619841161
Table of Contents
Overview
Humble Beginnings
The American Scream
School Days, School Days
If You Want to Build an Empire, You Have to Drop Some Rocks
Make with the Questions
In Good Company
Sexuality
Making History without an Album
It's a Pink Friday after All
On Fashion
Controversial Grammy Performance Involves Altar
Ego
More to Come – Second Album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Looking to the Future
Overview
Often, the most memorable music spawns from tragedy and life’s challenges. Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven
or November Rain
by Guns N' Roses spring to mind when you think of incredible ballads inspired by death and difficulty. Still, comparing those songs to up-and-comer Nicki Minaj seems a bit unfair. Whereas those classics fit in with their generation and have proven themselves to be timeless, the music world has moved on. While some will cling to their favorite songs from the past, there's no denying that Nicki Minaj and her Barbie followers stand in an arena all their own. Her style of music is unlike anything else out there; combining her range of vocals and accents with heavy beats and harsh lyrics makes for an unusual, yet surprisingly palatable combination. Couple this with an outrageous sense of fashion and cartoonish expressions and it's hard to see her for anything other than what she truly is: an artist.
Humble Beginnings
Trinidad is known for its diverse culture and twenty-four-hour-a-day activity, but now it can add internationally celebrated rap artist Nicki Minaj to its list. Hip-hop's latest darling, Onika Tanya Maraj, was born there on December 8, 1982, in the suburb of Saint James. Looking to raise Onika and her siblings in America, Omar and Carol Maraj left their children in