Nicki Minaj

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“	That’s what Nicki Minaj does, she elevates a record. If you’re going to have a rapper on a song, they need to really really really be there for a reason, and she does that every single time.	”
–Grande on Minaj via The FADER.

Nicki Minaj
General information
Birth name	Onika Tanya Maraj
Born	December 8, 1982 (age 42) Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Gender	Female
Nicknames	Nicki Lewinsky Harujuku Barbie Nicki The Ninja Queen Nicki Roman Zolanski Martha Zolanski Nicki Teresa Queen of Rap Barbie The Female Weezy Rosa Chun-Li Queen Sleeze Lap Dance Nika Ken Zolanski Tyrone Onika Cookie
Genres	Hip hop, R&B, Pop, Dance, Rap
Occupation	Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Model
Years active	2004 - Present

Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty (born December 8, 1982), known professionally as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer, songwriter, actress and model. Ariana Grande has collaborated with Minaj on six songs. Minaj is also close friends with Grande.

Discography

• Pink Friday (2010)
• Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012)
• The Pinkprint (2014)
• Queen (2018)
• Pink Friday 2 (2023)

Relationship with Ariana

Grande and Minaj for the Bed photoshoot.

Grande and Minaj performing at the 2016 VMA Awards.

Grande and Minaj performing at the 2014 iHeartRadio Festival.

Minaj, Grande, and Jessie J at the 2014 AMAs.

• Minaj and Grande met for the first time at the Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011.
• Grande covered Minaj's song "I Get Crazy" on a livestream in 2012.
• During the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards, Minaj participated in the opening performance, performing her song "Anaconda" as well as "Bang Bang" with Grande and Jessie J.
• They performed "Bang Bang" again at the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival.
• When a fan asked about her relationship with Grande, Minaj said that she sees her as her "lil' sis".
• Minaj was a special guest at Grande's headlining performance at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game Halftime Show.
• On March 14, 2015, Minaj posted a picture on Instagram and the caption was the lyrics to Grande's My Everything "Intro."
• In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Nicki said that she is in love with Grande's album, My Everything.
• Grande said in an interview that she "started freaking out" when she found out that Minaj would be on "Bang Bang".
• Grande said that she loves working with Minaj because she is a strong woman in an interview with Jojo Wright.
• Minaj tweeted saying she is never disappointed with her collaborations with Grande.
• Grande tweeted that she was counting down the days until she got to see Minaj again.
• When Grande rapped Minaj's verse in "Side To Side" on The Tonight Show, Minaj tweeted her approval.
• Grande and Minaj performed "Side To Side" together on November 20, 2016, at the American Music Awards where Minaj also performed "Do You Mind" with DJ Khaled; They had previously performed the song on August 28, 2016 at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.
• Grande posted a picture of the cover for Minaj's single "Regret In Your Tears" with the caption '♡ ♡ ♡ @nickiminaj ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡'
• When paparazzi asked Minaj to comment on the events in Manchester, she said "Ariana is my sister, I love her, and I love the people of the UK, and I'm devastated by the news; it's heartbreaking".
• On April 12, 2018, Grande posted a Instagram story listening to Minaj's song "Chun-Li" and wrote "Missed Ya Sis".
• On May 12, 2018, Grande tweeted "i love my big sis @nickiminaj so fuckin much" and "remember when u called me at 5am and said get ur ass up n come to the stu btch and i propelled myself out the door at the speed of light wearing slippers that later got soaked in rain and we had the best morning of my life i do" confirming that they were in the studio together.
• On May 12, 2018, Grande posted a boomerang of her in the studio with Minaj.
• On May 27, 2018, Grande posted a 21-second snippet of "The Light Is Coming".
• On June 9, 2018, Grande and Minaj posted a video on Twitter of both saying "por favor, eat my ass".
• On August 30, 2018, Grande appeared on Minaj's Queen Radio via a phone call.
• Minaj mentions Grande and her song "Thank U, Next" on her 2019 freestyle "Bust Down Barbiana" with the lyric "Killin' everybody beat, thank u, next, Ariana".
• On April 14, 2019, during Grande's headline performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Weekend 1), Minaj joined as a guest performer. The duo performed "Side to Side" and "Bang Bang."
• On November 1, 2019, Grande appeared a for a second time on Queen Radio and they talked about their new collaboration "Bad To You".
• In May 2021, Grande posted pics on Instagram stories allegedly from Nicki´s house.
• In 2022, Grande gifted Minaj various presents to celebrate her son's birth.
• Nicki showed some love to Ariana on Queen Radio on April 14, 2023, saying "I’ll always talk to Ariana, she’s my sister. I love her."[1]
• Nicki praised and talked about Ariana’s feature on their song "Get On Your Knees" on June 10, 2023. Nicki said "How amazing, Ariana added her own twist to it. She just sounds amazing on it. It was such a dope, fun, sexy song. I truly do love that song."^[2]
• Nicki Minaj liked and commented on Ariana’s Birthday post that she made June 26, 2023, saying “You are so loved. Happy Birthday my sister. Thank you for everything. May you get every thing you desired.”^[3]
• Ariana liked and commented on Nicki’s post on June 29, 2023, about Nicki’s upcoming album that will be released on November 17, 2023, saying “🩷 we are ready and grateful 🫧💕”. That same day, she re-posted and shared Nicki’s post on her Instagram story.
• In an 75 questions interview for Vouge on November 9, 2023, Minaj was asked to describe Grande (along with two other celebrities) with one word and she replied with the question "ponytail" referencing Grande's signature hairstyle.^[4]
• On November 9, 2023, Minaj commented on Ariana's post on Instagram "Third to last photo…so beautiful, ARI🥹💖🎀🫶🏽♥️😘".^[5]
• Nicki reposted a post that was on TikTok on her IG story and posted it as an Instagram reel on December 4, 2023, that was "Red Rudy Da Sleeze x Santa Tell Me" mashup leading many fans to believe that Ariana was going to be apart of Nicki’s new album Pink Friday 2. Nicki captioned it with "@republicrecords if y’all don’t put this out don’t call me for Pink Friday 3 😅😭😂" but quickly deleted the story and reel from her page soon after.^[6] However, Nicki did repost the TikTok that she shared on her Instagram onto her TikTok page.
• In July 2024, Ariana used Nicki's sound "Ariana what are you doing here" two times to promote R.E.M. Beauty. On July 27, Nicki replied on Twitter "😅🤣idk shopping🛒🛍️".
• In Nicki's song "LLC," she briefly mentions Ariana with the lyric: "All my n***as move that Britney, Ari, yeah, Katy, too."
• Sergio Kletnoy posted a video onto Instagram of Minaj watching Grande perfom at the 2024 Met Gala.
• During her Pink Friday 2 Tour, Nicki Minaj included Side to Side in her setlist for the shows in Birmingham, Paris, and Cologne. At the first night in Paris, she gave a special shoutout to Ariana Grande, telling the crowd: “Make some noise for Ariana too, 'cause we love her very much.”

Collaborations

• "Bang Bang" (with Jessie J) - My Everything (2014)
• "Get On Your Knees" - The Pinkprint (2014)
• "Side to Side" - Dangerous Woman (2016)
• "Bed" - Queen (2018)
• "The Light Is Coming" - Sweetener (2018)
• "Bad To You" (with Normani) - Charlie's Angels (2019)
• "Unknown Nicki Minaj Collaboration" (2020 - 2021)

Trivia

• Minaj and Grande share a total of 6 collaborations, 3 for Grande's albums, 2 for Minaj's albums, and 1 for a soundtrack.
  • This makes Minaj the artist Grande has collaborated with the most.

Gallery

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