As of 2024, Nicki Minaj’s net worth is estimated to be between $130 – $180 million USD.
The talented rapper, singer, songwriter and actress Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (also known as Nicki Minaj) was born in the Saint James district of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on December 8, 1982.
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Her early life was spent living with her grandmother, along with her older brother and 11 cousins. Her father was an alcoholic and drug addict with a severe temper, even going so far as to burn their house down! Her mother left Trinidad to attend college in the U.S., and was reunited with her children in New York after getting a house there.
As she entered adulthood, she worked in waitressing, customer service, and office management while struggling to establish herself as an actress, before venturing into rap.
Minaj, also known as the “Queen of Rap”, is now a highly successful music artist who has sold over 100 million records globally. She first earned recognition by releasing a few mixtapes and was later discovered by rapper Lil Wayne, who signed her to his Young Money Entertainment record label.
Upon the release of her debut album Pink Friday in 2010, it was certified platinum and became the first album by a solo female rapper to achieve this status in seven years. Minaj’s immense talent and dedication have made her one of the most popular and influential figures in the music industry.
Minaj joined forces with designer Jeremy Scott to sign a lucrative endorsement deal with Adidas in 2012. In addition to Adidas, she has collaborated with other prominent brands including Fendi, MAC Cosmetics, Mattel, OPI Products and Beats Electronics, among others.
These partnerships have allowed the rapper to launch her own line of products ranging from lipstick, fragrance, nail polish, fashion, and even a pink-haired Nicki Minaj Barbie doll. Together with Mona Scott-Young, she created a line of fruit-infused wines called MYX Fusions, of which she serves as co-owner, creative director, and ambassador.
Quotes by the rapper on success, gratitude, self-worth, and more:
“Do not settle. Do not allow people to tell you that you can’t do anything you put your mind to.”
“Even when things are bad or going crazy, I have so much to be thankful for. Those little tiny things that I have, those people in my life that I can count on… I can reflect now and be super appreciative of everything.”
“I don’t care anymore what anybody gotta say. I’mma do me!”
“I don’t know that the secret of life is to find love, but I do think one of the secrets of life is to embody love. I feel like when you truly love others, that love…the universe just gives it back to you.”
“I hate laziness. I just don’t like procrastination. I don’t like people that make up excuses. Just get it done! I’ve always taken that approach with my life and my career. I guess that’s why I’ve been around.”
“I put quality in what I do. I spend time, and I spend energy, and I spend effort, and I spend everything I have, every fiber of my being, to give people quality.”
“I think the problem is a lot of people just give up because it’s so difficult…but I just didn’t; I just kept working.”
“I wanna say congratulations to all the girls in this world who are strong, who are confident. And yes we have insecure moments and that’s okay. But guess what? You do something that milllions of people would never be able to do if they had the opportunity.”
“I want Onika to be the best. Forget trying to change everybody else; just love, self-search and let peole do them, ’cause people are gonna do what they gonna do.”
“I want you guys to know that God didn’t promise us a problem-free life…but there has to be something inside of you, even right now today, that decides you’re gonna win no matter what, no matter what comes at you, no matter what was already said about you, no matter if you don’t have your parents, no matter if you don’t have family. You have to know and decide today, right now, that you are gonna be one of the ones in this room that wins.”
“If I turn up to a photoshoot and you got a fifty dollar clothes budget and some sliced pickles on a mother****ing board, you wanna know what? No, I am gonna leave! Is that wrong? For wanting more for myself? Wanting people to treat me with respect? But you know what? Next time they know better. Had I accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now!”
“If you have to use my life as a lesson in the fact that there is always better days ahead, I want you guys to be encouraged.”
“It takes guts; it takes balls. It takes balls to be able to lose and to fail and to make mistakes in the public eye…to read s*** comments about yourself every f***ing day and to still come outside with a beautiful f***ing smile on your face like, ‘Yeah b****, what!'”
“It’s harder to be at the top than to get to the top. It’s the most pressure in the world, because you know that there are a billion and one people that want your spot and you gotta work as hard as you’ve ever worked.”
“I’ve been trying for a long time, and it just goes to show you, if you really want something and you work hard at it, eventually [you] are coming around. It’s just up to you to stick with it.”
“Knowing you’re beautiful and knowing you’re great is extremely important. You shouldn’t need anyone to tell you that; you should just know it and feel it every single day. You are that b****!”
“Never take no for an answer. No matter what field you’re in, go after your biggest dream.”
“No matter how great your life is, you can’t even impress people. You just have to do you and make yourself happy, and forget about trying to get everyone’s approval.”
“When I am assertive, I’m a b****. When a man is assertive, he’s a boss. No negative connotation behind ‘bossed up,’ but lots of negative connotation behind being a b****.”
“You have a purpose! You have greatness inside of you!”
“You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don’t make moves and you don’t climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you’re not competition. When you become competition, then people start going, ‘Wait, hold on, wait, wait.'”
“Your peace is the most important thing.”