Onika Tanya Maraj, more commonly known by her stage name of Nicki Minaj, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, television personality as well as an actress, who rose to fame in 2010 with her debut album entitled “Pink Friday”, and has been on the top of the music industry ever since.
One may wonder then, just how rich is Nicki Minaj, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, Nicki’s net worth is estimated to be over $80 million as of early 2017, the main source coming from her involvement in the music industry, especially close to $1 million from “Pink Friday” record sales alone, while her “Pink Friday” tour added approximately $1.5 million dollars too.
Nicki Minaj Net Worth $80 Million
Nicki Minaj was born on 8 December 1982 in Trinidad and Tobago, where she spent most of her childhood, before moving to New York City with her mother, and where she studied at Clarence Whitherspoon School. Minaj’s initial dream job was to work as an actress, and she was even cast to perform in a play entitled “In Case You Forget”, but that didn’t work out, and she was forced to focus on more mundane jobs such as working at customer service, as a waitress and an administrative assistant.
However, in 2004, Minaj changed her career direction and joined the R&B group “Full Force”, with which she recorded a song for World Wrestling Entertainment superstar Lisa Marie Varon. Yet Minaj was dissatisfied, and left the group to focus on her solo career. Minaj was eventually noticed by the CEO of “Dirty Money Entertainment”, where she focused on releasing mixtapes, and produced her first solo work in 2007 entitled “Playtime Is Over”. In 2009, Nicki Minaj was transferred to “Young Money Entertainment”, where she caught the eye of famous rapper Lil Wayne, and where Minaj achieved international success.
In 2010, Nicki Minaj released her first studio album “Pink Friday”, produced by Sean Combs, Swizz Beatz and Will.i.am, Featuring guest appearances from Drake, Kanye West and Rihanna it did exceptionally well in the market, making #1 on the Billboard charts and selling 375,000 copies during its first week, and remaining in the charts for 73 weeks, being certified platinum by the RIAA and producing eight singles. Her net worth was rising considerably.
In addition to music, Nicki Minaj has successfully ventured into business, and opened a clothing line -“The Nicki Minaj Collection”, as well as her own fragrance “Pink Friday”, and made several appearances on television screens in “America’s Next Top Model”, “Fashion Police” and “American Idol”.
In her personal life, Nicki was in a long-term relationship with rapper Safaree Samuels, and then dated rapper Meek Mill, but they split in 2017. Nicki is still based in New York City.
