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8 Dec, 1982

Nicki Minaj born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago

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Screen-Shot-2014-05-12-at-10.17.39-AMNicki Minaj is born as Onika Tanya Maraj in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago to Robert Maraj and Carol Maraj. Her father works as a financial executive while her mother is an accounting clerk. She has two brothers and a sister. She attends the Clarence Witherspoon School in Queens.

I don’t think I had lot of discipline in my home. My mom motivated me, but it wasn’t a strict household.