Nicki Minaj is one of the most influential female rappers of her generation. Her fortune comes from record sales, streaming, record-breaking tours, business ventures, and endorsements.
Biography
She was born on December 8, 1982, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, as Onika Tanya Maraj.
She arrived in the U.S. as an illegal immigrant.
She began rapping professionally in the early 2000s.
In 2004, Minaj signed with the Brooklyn rap group Full Force.
Her debut mixtape, Playtime Is Over, was released on July 5, 2007, via Dirty Money Records.
In 2008, Minaj released her second mixtape, Sucka Free.
Her debut album, Pink Friday (2010), sold 375,000 copies in its opening week. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded was released two years later.
Pink Friday 2 made Minaj the first female rapper with three number-one Billboard 200 albums
In 2012, she became the first woman to enter Forbes’s annual list of high-rolling rappers.
Philipp Plein, Nicki Minaj, and Meeks (from left to right) – @Getty
She released her third studio album, The Pinkprint, in 2014. It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200.
In 2017, the rapper featured on Gucci Mane’s song “Make Love”
In 2019, Sshe has voice acted in the animated film The Angry Birds Movie 2.
In 2023, Nicky founded the record label imprint Heavy On It.
In May 2026, “Beauty And A Beat” became Nicki’s highest-rising hit on the Billboard Global 200.
Husband
On October 21, 2019, Nicki Minaj and Kenneth “Zoo” Petty got married.
They met as high school students in the 1990s, at LaGuardia High School in New York City.
“I met my husband when I was 17 out in Queens
If you love it, let it go, now I know what that means
While he was up North for a body
I bodied everybody and got known for my body,” Nicki raps on Chance the Rapper’s track Zanies and Fools.
The couple lost touch for years before reconnecting in 2018.
“Because I’ve known my husband for so long, there’s an ease we have with each other,” Minaj told Vogue in 2023. “He was always a lil brazy. But anyway, timing is everything.”
In 1995, Petty was convicted of first-degree attempted rape in New York and served 4 years in prison. He’s also a level two registered sex offender in New York.
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“He was 15, she was 16 … in a relationship,” she wrote after her followers began bringing attention to his past. “But go awf Internet,”
In 2006, he pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter after shooting to death Lamont Robinson in Queens. Petty was sentenced to 10 years, serving seven until 2013.
“When a person is with a n— that loved them before they had a dime in their pocket,” she defended Petty on Queen Radio. “How do you not understand that? How do you not understand happiness vs clout?”
In 2020, Minaj and Petty welcomed their son Papa Bear.
Petty and Minaj moved to California after marrying. In March 2020, Petty was arrested because he failed to register as a sex offender in California. About two years later, he was sentenced to a year of house arrest. He was also ordered to pay a $55,000 fine.
From 2015 to 2017, she was in a relationship with Meek Mill, and with rapper Safaree Samuels from 2000 until 2014.
Height
5 feet 2 inches (157.5 cm)
Nicki Minaj – Net Worth
Minaj earned most of her wealth from tickets shows to her concerts, royalties, acting roles, fashion collaborations, business ventures, and over 100 million records sold. Therefore, Nicki Minaj has an estimated net worth of $150 million.
In 2012, she signed a seven-figure endorsement deal with Pepsi.
Antonia “Toya” Wright, Monica Brown and Nicki Minaj – @Getty
The Pink Friday 2 tour grossed a record $34.9 million in its first 17 shows. In total, the tour made over $108 million from 788,000 tickets.
She’s co-owner of Myx Fusions sparkling Moscato brand. She said in 2013: “Myx Fusions gives us an opportunity to revolutionize the wine industry.”
Minaj partnered with MAC Cosmetics on the “Pink 4 Friday” lipstick in 2010.
In 2024, she launched Pink Friday Nails, which allows customers to choose from a variety of styles and shapes,
On April 6, 2012, she was part of the Nokia Lumia 900 launch event that was held in Times Square, New York. Minaj performed “Super Bass”, “Right by My Side”, and “Starships”. “To see the idea on paper was amazing but to see it for real blew me away,” the rapper revealed about the concert. “It brought Times Square to a standstill.”
In 2014, she became the new face of Roberto Cavalli. “I chose Nicki Minaj because she embodies the exuberant and modern femininity of the Cavalli woman,” Cavalli said at the time.
In 2017, Minaj collaborated with clothing brand H&M. Katy Perry fronted the brand’s Holiday campaign in 2015,
In 2024, Nicki became an active investor in the UK footwear brand Løci. “Having Nicki Minaj place her faith in us as an owner and her determination to elevate our brand on a global scale,” Løci CEO Emmanuel Eribo said in a statement.
Real estate
In December 2022, Minaj paid $19.5 million for an eight-bedroom and 10-bathroom mansion in the Hidden Hills enclave. Amenities include a Baja shelf for taking sunbaths, a detached guesthouse, a cabana, a saltwater pool, and a full spa. The mansion is located on a full acre of land.
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