10 INTERESTING FACTS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE AMAZING NICKI MINAJ

Are you a fan of Nicki Minaj?

f you are, then you might want to check out these facts about the star, that you might not have known…

1. Her full name is Onika Tanya Maraj, she adopted Nicki Minaj as a stage name.
2. She was born in St James, Trinidad and Tobago on 8th December 1982.
3. She was brought up by her grandmother when she was younger.
4. She’s admitted to having a hard upbringing, as her father was an abusive drug addict who tried to kill her mother by setting fire to their house.
5. Despite having a rough time, it was her upbringing that made her “seek out and practice self-discipline”.
6. When she was 5 years old, she moved to Queens, New York with her mother.
7. She’s a woman of many talents, and used to play the clarinet when she was in elementary school.
8. She admitted that she wasn’t the best in school, and was distracted in high school by acting and boys.
9. Her career ambition was to be an actress, and managed to bag herself a role in the Off-Broadway play “In Case You Forget” in 2001.
10. She was fired from her waitress job at Red Lobster in the Bronx because of her discourtesy to customers.