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Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj has released five studio albums, one compilation album, three mixtapes, singles (including 84 as a featured artist), and 20 promotional singles. After becoming involved with dancing, music and acting in high school in New York City, she eventually pursued her passion for rapping. Minaj was discovered by American rapper Lil Wayne and signed to Young Money Entertainment—a subdivision of Cash Money Records with distribution through Republic Records—in Her first solo single, "Your Love", peaked at number 14 on the US BillboardHot and topped the BillboardHot Rap Songs chart, an achievement that made Minaj the first female artist to top the chart as a solo artist since Minaj's next three singles, "Check It Out", "Right Thru Me" and "Moment 4 Life", all peaked within the top 40 on the Hot Her debut studio album, Pink Friday, was released in November , topping the US Billboard and has since been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album's fifth single, "Super Bass", reached the top ten in multiple countries, including the US where it peaked at number three and has since been certified Diamond by the RIAA for selling over 10 million units in the country.

Her second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (), debuted at number one on the Billboard The album also entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, making Minaj the highest-charting female rapper on the UK charts. The album's lead single, "Starships", peaked at number five on the Hot and reached the top ten in multiple other countries. An expanded version of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded subtitled, The Re-Up, was released in November Minaj's third studio alb

Trinidadian rapper (born )

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, ), known professionally as Nicki Minaj (NIK-ee min-AHZH), is a Trinidadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Rap" and one of the most influential rappers of all time, she is noted for her dynamic rap flow, witty lyrics, musical versatility, and alter egos, and is credited as a driving force in the mainstream resurgence of female rap in the early s. Minaj began rapping professionally in the early s and gained recognition with her three mixtapes between and

Her debut studio album, Pink Friday (), topped the US Billboard and achieved the largest female rap album sales week of the 21st century, spawning the top-five single "Super Bass". Minaj explored dance-pop on her second US number-one album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (), which produced another top-five single, "Starships". She returned to her hip hop roots with her third and fourth albums, The Pinkprint () and Queen (), which yielded the hit singles "Anaconda" and "Chun-Li". Minaj achieved two Billboard Hot number-one singles with the duets "Say So" and "Trollz"; the former is the first female rap collaboration to top the chart. In , she had her first solo US number-one song with "Super Freaky Girl", the lead single from her fifth studio album, Pink Friday 2 (), which debuted at number one in the US and broke several female rap sales and streaming records. Its concert tour became the fourth-highest grossing tour for a rapper and highest-grossing tour for a female rapper in history.

Minaj is one of the world's best-selling music artists, and the best-selling female rapper, with over million records sold. She has three diamond-certified songs by the RIAA and in became the first female rapper with multiple diamond-certified solo songs. She is among the RIAA's 50 highest-certified digital singles artists. In , Billboard and Vibe ranked Minaj as the greatest female rap

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Who Is Nicki Minaj?

Born in the Caribbean, Nicki Minaj moved to New York as a 5-year-old and has overcome a difficult childhood to become a successful hip-hop artist. Her label-mate Lil Wayne calls her “an icon” who has “reached far beyond anything I would have imagined. Nicki will go down as one of the best to do it in the history of music.”

Early Life

Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj on December 8, , in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, and moved with her family to Queens, New York, when she was 5 years old. Minaj's father was a severe drug addict with a long history of violence. At one point, he set fire to the family's home in a failed attempt to kill Minaj's mother. Those early struggles, Minaj has said, helped fuel her drive to rise above the life her parents knew. "I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind," she told Details magazine, "because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.'"

To reach that point, the young Minaj developed personas for herself that would allow her to reinvent herself. "Fantasy was my reality," she has said. Minaj clearly had a knack for performance. At the age of 12, she authored her first rap, then went on to delve into acting at LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, the school that inspired the movie Fame. But her acting career didn’t take off, and she took up a range of steady jobs, including waitressing at Red Lobster, where she was fired for being rude to customers.

Early Career

Determined to make it in the music business, Minaj took on backup singing roles for local New York City rappers, including Full Force. Soon, she began writing her own material. She was eventually discovered by the Dirty Money CEO Fendi, who came across Minaj's MySpace page, loved what he heard, and signed her to his label.

That connection led Minaj to Lil Wayne, who collaborated with her o

Autobiography
Song by Nicki Minaj

The song was originally the fifth track on Nicki's mixtape A real MC A real Lyricist A real talent. under the title "The Autobiography", however the entire project along with most songs were ultimately scrapped.

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In the song, Nicki raps about her life, having an abortion, her father burning their house, and trying to kill her mother. Minaj revealed on Twitter that she cried while writing the song.

Before the songs release on Playtime Is Over, it was revealed on an Instagram post in June from Nicki's former friend Loustar that the song made a previous appearance on her scrapped mixtape A real MC A real Lyricist A real talent. It's unknown if this version was any different from the release, however the title is slightly different.

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