Artist:Nicki Minaj
Song:Super Freaky Girl
Album:Queen Radio Volume 1
Nicki Minaj is one of today's most popular rappers. She is known as The Queen of Rap. The 2022 single Super Freaky Girl topped the charts and is one of her biggest hits. She's an excellent self promoter as she is always on social media. I guess my main criticism of her is she sure releases a lot of music and I'd like her to be more selective about what she puts out there. She was born Onika Tanya Maraj Dec. 8, 1982 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Her parents were both part time gospel singers. Her father was alcoholic, a cocaine addict and was abusive. He set fire to their house in 1987. So Nicki was raised by her grandmother until her mother could get her green card and move to The Bronx, NY. After attending college, She moved her family to the US. Nicki attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and appeared in the 2001 off Broadway play In Case You Forget. She was fired from jobs for being discourteous to customers. Her beginnings in music was in the group Hoodstars. Rapper Lou$tar was in that group. He's the son of Bowlegged Lou of Full Force and Lou liked Nicki's rapping. Hoodstars wrote and performed the theme for WWE wrestler Victoria in 2004. But they weren't able to get a record deal. They tried to get Nicki a record deal but she wanted to write her own music. After uploading songs to MySpace, she signed with Dirty Money Entertainment and her name was changed to Nicki Minaj. She released a 2007 mixtape and a video for Click Clack. The video got the attention of rapper Lil Wayne and she signed with his new label Cash Money. She released the 2010 album Pink Friday. The single Super Bass reached #3 on the billboard Hot 100. Her biggest hit in those early days was the 2014 single Anaconda which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. The 2022 single Super Freaky Girl topped the charts. The release schedule is a little confusing. It was the first single from the 2023 album Pink Friday 2. But the album wasn't scheduled for release until late 2023. So they needed Super Freaky Girl to be on an album. Fortunately, the 2CD comp Queen Radio was scheduled for release in Aug. 2022. So Super Freaky Girl was put on that album which is the one to buy anyway. Of course Super Freaky Girl is based on the 1981 Rick James classic Super Freak. I think it's too easy to recognize the original but I'm sure that made the record a big hit. The record was produced by Dr. Luke. Though Nicki has released singles since then, she is currently working on a new album. She has done movies and TV. But I think she prefers to stick to music. Here's the video for Super Freaky Girl by Nicki Minaj.
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