Nicki Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj in St. James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on December 8, 1982, and raised in Queens, New York City, New York. She grew up in a troubled family with a drug-addict father who later changed after going to rehab and starting to go to church. Minaj attended LaGuardia High School, where she studied singing and acting.
She was discovered by Young Money’s CEO and later hired for The Carter Edition of Young Money’s own “The Come Up” DVD series. Her rapping abilities drew the attention of Lil Wayne, who later collaborated with her on several mixtapes. Minaj released her first mixtape, “Playtime Is Over,” in April 2007. One year later, she released another mixtape called “Sucka Free,” which earned her the title of Female Artist of the Year at the Underground Music Awards. In 2009, she released her third mixtape, “Beam Me Up Scotty,” which received positive feedback from BET and MTV.
Who is the father of Nicki Minaj’s son?
On September 30, 2020, the “Super Freaky Girl” rapper and husband Kenneth “Zoo” Petty welcomed their first child, a son. Minaj previously told Complex that she planned to marry before starting a family. “I will definitely be married before I have my baby,” she told the outlet in 2014.
