Who is Nicki Minaj?

                                                                         

Birth name:  Onika Tanya Maraj

 Born:  December 8, 1982 (age 30)  or  December 8, 1984 (age 28)
 Genres: Hip Hop, R&B, pop , dance
Instruments: Vocals 
Occupations:  Rapper, singer-songwriter, voice actress, television personality
Origin:  Jamnica , Queens , New York City, New York, Unites States
Years active:  2004–present


Onika Tanya Maraj  known by her stage name Nicki Minaj
is a Trinidadian- born American rapper, singer-songwriter, voice actress and television personality.
She was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago.
When she was five years old, she moved to the New York City boroug of Queens.
Minaj trained as an actress before she released three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009 and signed to Young Money Entertainment.
Her parents are of mixed Indian and Afri-Trinidadian ancestry and she lived in Saint James with her grandmother.
Minaj attended Elizabeth Blackwell Middle School 210, where she played the clarinet.
She then graduated from LaGuardia High Schoool , which specializes in music and the visual and performing arts . Minaj participated in the drama program and initially planned to sing at LaGuardia, but lost her voice on the day of the audition.
  Initially, Minaj adopted the pseudonym "Nicki Maraj", later changing to "Nicki Minaj", stating "My real name is Maraj. Fendi flipped it when he met me because I had such a nasty flow! I eat bitches!" Under Fendi's label, Minaj appeared on the popular street DVD "The Come Up Volume 11" that featured underground rappers from New York.