Onika Tanya Maraj (Saint James, Dec. 8, 1984), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, she is a rapper and singer of the hiphop genre. Nicki Minaj also sings songs of the genre R & B andpop, but her career is devoted to hip hop and rap 

His career began when she was backing vocals. Later he began tomake small investments in local rap music and write their own lyrics to hip hop.