The Trinidadian Barbie Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty better, known as Nicki Minaj turned 40 last week (Dec 8), She is arguably one of the greatest female rappers of her generation, as well as being one of the most influential rappers of all time.
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Referred to as the “Queen of Rap”, Minaj is also one of the world’s best-selling music artists, with more than 100 million records sold worldwide. Billboard ranked her as the top selling female rapper of the 2010s. She became the first female artist to have one hundred $
#Billboard Hot 100 entries and has twenty-one top 10 singles on the chart, the most for any female rapper. Her various accolades include eight American Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards (including the 2022 Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award), twelve BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, a Brit Award and three Guinness World Records.
