Wednesday, June 24, 2009

i-GOTNEXT: Nicki Minaj



Nicki Minaj is an American Hip-Hop/pop artist signed to lil wayne's young money label.. The surname Minaj is the metaphor which underscores Nicki's empowerment to have it all and do it all! This 23 year old native of Jamaica, New York (Queens, Southside).
It was not long before she began to attract the attention of local producers and hip hop artist in the rap genre. It was not long before her lyrical skills were sought after by the likes of Lil' Wayne. Instead she opted to qualify her lyrical skills through the ranks of the underground mix tape circuit. Success was inevitably achieved with her critically acclaimed performance credit on the DVD entitled “The Come Up” and mixtapes like Playtime is Over and the infamous Sucka Free.



Now in demand Nicki's role expands as a featured artist and female persona of Lil Wayne's record label Young Money Entertainment. In addition, she has a worked with celebrated recording artists Bobby Valentino and Jadakiss. Nicki has also collaborated with Atlantic recording artist Gucci Mane. Both Gucci and Nicki are managed by Debra Antney of Mizay Entertainment.

Nicki is currently in the studio recording her first album which will feature some R&B and Pop songs. Nicki is also considering several acting roles which includes playing the lead character of Erica Payne in the film adaptation of the six time Essence's best bestselling novel “Charge it to the Game” by author Michele A. Fletcher. Nicki is the current winner of the Underground Music Awards (UMA) female artist of the year. She is also currently nominated for the Southern Entertainment Awards (SEA) Female Mixtape Artist of the Year.




AUDIO: I GET CRAZY FEAT LIL WAYNE


AUDIO: GO HARD


MUSIC VIDEO: WARNING

MUSIC VIDEO: CLICK CLAP

MTV SPOTLIGHT VIDEO




LIVE PERFORMANCE


XXL INTERVIEW

FADER INTERVIEW



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