Nicki Minaj is a hip hop music artist. Influenced by the unpredictable rhymes of Missy Elliot along with the sexually charged attitudes of Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown, Jamaica, Queens, native Nicki Minaj was discovered thanks to her MySpace page. It was there that Dirty Money Entertainment CEO Fendi first heard her ability to freestyle and first laid eyes on her steamy set of promo shots. With killer curves she was obviously proud to flaunt plus a background in the performing arts thanks to the Fiorello
Through Fendi, Wayne contacted Minaj and signed her to his Young Money label. They began to build her career through mixtapes like Lil Wayne's "Dedication 3" and Minaj's own "Sucka Free." Meanwhile, appearances on various remixes—everything from T.I.'s "No Matter What" to Jeffree Star's club track "Cupcakes Taste Like Violence"—helped spread the word. The big breakthrough came when Wayne added his rhymes to her "High as a Kite" single, a mixtape favorite in 2008.
Minaj's debut album "Pink Friday" was released on November 19, 2010, selling 375,000 albums in the first week, the most for a female hip hop artist since Lauryn Hill in 1998. In October 2010, Minaj became the first artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart simultaneously. Minaj is also the first female artist to top the Rap Songs chart unaccompanied since 2002. By the end of 2010, the Trinidad native had nearly 1.9 million twitter followers and a documentary on her quick rise entitled "My Time Now" had recently premiered on MTV.
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H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art—the school that had inspired the movie "Fame"—Minaj was a perfect fit for Fendi's urban DVD magazine, The Come Up. She appeared in numerous volumes, including number 11, which spotlighted her future label boss, superstar rapper Lil Wayne.Through Fendi, Wayne contacted Minaj and signed her to his Young Money label. They began to build her career through mixtapes like Lil Wayne's "Dedication 3" and Minaj's own "Sucka Free." Meanwhile, appearances on various remixes—everything from T.I.'s "No Matter What" to Jeffree Star's club track "Cupcakes Taste Like Violence"—helped spread the word. The big breakthrough came when Wayne added his rhymes to her "High as a Kite" single, a mixtape favorite in 2008.
Minaj's debut album "Pink Friday" was released on November 19, 2010, selling 375,000 albums in the first week, the most for a female hip hop artist since Lauryn Hill in 1998. In October 2010, Minaj became the first artist to have seven songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart simultaneously. Minaj is also the first female artist to top the Rap Songs chart unaccompanied since 2002. By the end of 2010, the Trinidad native had nearly 1.9 million twitter followers and a documentary on her quick rise entitled "My Time Now" had recently premiered on MTV.
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