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18 Feb, 2015

Tour crew members stabbed

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Minaj tem membersTwo members of Minaj’s touring crew are stabbed after an incident at Che Bar & Grill in Philadelphia. De’Von Pickett dies from his wounds, while Eric Parker is in critical condition at a hospital. Minaj announces the news via her Twitter and Instagram pages.

30 May, 2014

Quits American Idol

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Minaj announces she is leaving American Idol.

Thank you American Idol for a life changing experience. Wouldn’t trade it for the world. Time to focus on the Music. 

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.