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In The History Of HipHop, There Have Only been a few female rappers to dominate in the male genre of music. Starting from Rappers Like Mc Lyre , Salt & Pepa , Lil Kim , Foxy Brown , Missy Elliot ..& Now today …… NICKI MINAJ. Nicki Minaj Born Onika Tyanna Maraj Born December 8, 1982 Was Born In Trinidad. She started underground in the year of 2007 and was seen by rapper “ lil waynerapping in a staircase in 2009 signed nicki minaj into the MAIN STREAM WORD.

Nicki Minaj Dominating the hiphop world in the time of 2009/10 with features with multiple artist leading up to her first studio album ( PINK FIRDAY ) which was release November 19th 2010. Nicki Minaj has been the FIRST female rapper since Missy Elliot to be an successful billboard selling rapper.

But before that Minaj released her first mixtape Playtime Is Over in 2007 with Dirty Money Records. Her second mixtape, Sucka Free, was released on April 12, 2008 under the label Be. She won the Female Artist of the Year award at the 2008 Underground Music Awards shortly after. On April 18, 2009, Minaj released her third mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty under the label of Trapaholics Records; it received positive coverage on both BET and MTV. She also appeared in XXL magazine during this time.
In August 2009, Minaj signed a record deal with Young Money Entertainment, with distribution from Universal Motown Records, after fellow American rapper Lil Wayne discovered her on The Come Up DVD. Minaj generated significant attention when she first appeared on Yo Gotti's 5 Star Chick video, which gave her mainstream success with the urban community. At the request of Jay-Z, Minaj was asked to feature on Robin Thicke's single Shakin' It 4 Daddy. Following the guest appearance, Minaj was given a solo rap verse in the single "BedRock". The record garnered huge commercial success, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also appeared on "Roger That," which charted at number 56. The song, particularly Minaj,

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