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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 have collaborated on a total of 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)
- Pink Friday 3 (2025)
Relationship with Ariana[]
- Minaj and Grande met for the first time at the Grammy Awards on February 13, 2011.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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."[4]
- 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 ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡'[5]
- 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.[6]
- 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".[7]
- 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".[8]
- On April 14, 2019, while Grande headlined Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival weekend 1, Minaj was one of the guest performers, they 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.[9]
- 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 interview on November 9, 2023, Minaj was asked to describe Grande with one word and she replied with the question "ponytail".[4]
- On November 9, 2023, Minaj commented on Ariana's post on Instagram "Third to last photo…so beautiful, ARI🥹💖🎀🫶🏽♥️😘". Fans noticed that Nicki used the "🎀" emoji representing Nicki's "Pink Friday 2" album, which led fans to think Ariana may be on the album.[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 X (Twitter) "😅🤣idk shopping🛒🛍️".[7]
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[]
“deep breaths, tight chest, life, death” To view the Nicki Minaj gallery, click here.
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References[]
- ↑ Cover Story: Ariana Grande
- ↑ Ariana & Nicki meeting
- ↑ Nicki's post of music festival
- ↑ Instagram - Intro lyrics picture
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BReRn0KFdNf/
- ↑ Twitter - ArianaTodayNet - "Ariana's Instagram Story (May 12)"
- ↑ Twitter - NICKIMINAJ - Video of Ariana and Nicki
- ↑ Audiomack - Bust Down Barbiana by Nicki Minaj
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/9505935/nicki-minaj-ariana-baby-gifts-twitter-qa/
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My Everything | |
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August 22, 2014 • 40:31 • Republic Records | |
Songs | |
Released | Bang Bang • Be My Baby • Best Mistake • Break Free • Break Your Heart Right Back • Cadillac Song • Hands On Me • Intro • Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart • Love Me Harder • My Everything • One Last Time • Only 1 • Problem • Too Close • Why Try • You Don't Know Me |
Unreleased | Ain't About What You Got • In The Morning • Lighter • Not Afraid of Love • Nothing Lasts Forever • Ridiculous • The Way It Is • You Got It |
Artists | |
Ariana Grande • A$AP Ferg • Big Sean • Cashmere Cat • Childish Gambino • Iggy Azalea • Jessie J • Miley Cyrus • Nicki Minaj • The Weeknd • Tori Kelly • Zedd | |
Tour | |
The Honeymoon Tour |
Dangerous Woman | |
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May 20, 2016 • 39:31 • Republic Records | |
Songs | |
Released | Bad Decisions • Be Alright • Dangerous Woman • Everyday • Focus • Greedy • I Don't Care • Into You • Jason's Song (Gave It Away) • Knew Better / Forever Boy • Leave Me Lonely • Let Me Love You • Moonlight • Side To Side • Sometimes • Step On Up • Thinking Bout You • Touch It |
Unreleased | All That • Ariana Beat • Baby Loves • Forevermore • Got Her Own • Hi • Hourglass • How You Feel • Knew Better Part Two • Leave Me Lonely (Reprise) • Monster • Moonlight Flourish • Oh, Yeah • On & On |
Artists | |
Ariana Grande • Future • Jamie Foxx • Lil Wayne • Macy Gray • Nicki Minaj • Quavo • Takeoff • Tayla Parx • Victoria Monét | |
Tour | |
Dangerous Woman Tour |
Charlie's Angels | |
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November 1, 2019 • 34:37 • Republic Records | |
Songs | |
Released | Bad Girls • Bad To You • Blackout • Charlie's Angels Theme • Don't Call Me Angel • Eyes Off You • Got Her Own • How I Look On You • How It's Done • Nobody • Pantera |
Unreleased | Bad For You • Don't Talk To My Man |
Artists | |
Ariana Grande • Allyn Ferguson • Alma • Anitta • Arlissa • Chaka Khan • Danielle Bradbery • Donna Summer • Jack Elliott • Kash Doll • Kiana Ledé • Kim Petras • Lana Del Rey • M-22 • Miley Cyrus • Nicki Minaj • Normani • Stefflon Don • Victoria Monét |