If that’s not enough to impress you, consider that she’s received tenGrammynominations.
Minaj is clearly a superstar.
But her life hasn’t always been glitz, glam, and glory.
Her upbringing was difficult, and in many ways tragic but not to be ignored.
The artist came to live in the states in the ’90s, settling in Queens, New York.
Once the family got to the U.S., it wasn’t exactly the American dream.
Minaj said cops were a constant around the house, and she lived in constant fear for her mother.
When her dad found out she was letting the whole world in on his abuse he was crushed.
Sources from the Minaj family claim that Nicki’s stories are grossly exaggerated.
She often tells fans “know your worth” (viaGoalcast).
Minaj tweetsmessageslike this: “know your worth.
I’ve been proposed to 3 times; asked by 4 boyfriends to have their child.
Being cheated on, humiliated, belittled… for the gram?”
It certainly takes a special person to share their trauma, grow from it, and then uplift others.
We could all use a little more independence and self-respect!
I had moved out on my own, and here I was thinking I’d have to go home.
It was one dead end after another.
That’s how I felt.
Like maybe I should just take my life?"
Shortly after, she started writing her own songs.
Dirty Money CEO Fendi came across the rapper’s Myspace page and signed her.
After that the doors began flying open.
Just a couple of months later, she won Best Hip-Hop Female at the BET awards.
The successes kept coming, and the star has been growing exponentially ever since.
She has a much sunnier outlook on life these days because she’s making it.
Minaj had big dreams not so long ago, and those dreams keep becoming a reality.
Here’s to strong female icons like Nicki Minaj!
