According to The Source, Nicki Minaj has tapped fellow Trinidadian stars Patrice Roberts and Destra Garcia for the “Fine Nine” remix of her newest single, “Likkle Miss,” featuring Jamaican artist Skeng.
The source said on Monday that the song features “nine prominent Caribbean artists from around the world, showing the influence of Caribbean culture throughout the Diaspora.”
He said Dancehall Queen Spice, Dovey Magnum, Pamputtae, UK Artist Lisa Mercedez and New York’s London Hill represent Jamaica, while soca darling Patrice Roberts and legendary soca star Destra Garcia represent Trinidad and Tobago .
“This will be Minaj’s first collaboration with soca artists, helping to bring the genre into the mainstream and shining a light on the entire Caribbean culture,” The Source said.
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, born in December. August 8, 1982, it’s Nicki Minaj.
The Trinidadian-born, United States-based rapper, singer, and songwriter is known for her “musical development, witty lyrics, animated flow in her rapping, alter egos, and accents,” according to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia in the Internet.
She said Minaj first gained recognition after releasing three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009.
Her debut album, Pink Friday (2010), topped the US Billboard 200 chart with the album’s fifth single, “Super Bass”, reaching number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, Wikipedia said.
He said “Super Bass” was later certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Minaj’s follow-up album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), explored dance-pop and reached number one in several countries around the world, Wikipedia said.
He said the album’s single “Starships” peaked inside the top five in 15 countries.
Wikipedia states that Minaj’s third album, The Pinkprint (2014), “explored more personal themes and marked a return to her hip hop roots”.
He said the former’s second single, “Anaconda”, reached number two in the United States and became the first female rap music video to reach one billion views on YouTube.
Minaj’s collaboration on “Bang Bang” also reached number three and went multi-platinum worldwide, Wikipedia said.
Minaj’s release of her fourth album, Queen (2018), reportedly spawned the top 10 hit single “Chun-Li”.
In 2019, Minaj’s collaboration with Karol G, “Tusa”, became the longest-running number one single on the Argentina Hot 100 chart.
In 2020, she achieved her first two US number one singles with her remix of Doja Cat’s “Say So” and her collaboration with 6ix9ine, “Trollz”.
With the re-release of her mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty (2009) in 2021, Wikipedia said Minaj has “the highest debut for a female rap mixtape on the US Billboard 200 chart, peaking at number two”.
She said the lead single from her upcoming fifth studio album, “Super Freaky Girl,” became the first solo song by a female rapper to debut at number one in the United States in the 21st century.
Often referred to as the “Queen of Rap” and “Queen of Hip Hop” by some media outlets, Wikipedia said Minaj is also one of music’s best-selling artists, with more than 100 million records sold worldwide.
“Some media outlets have described her as one of the most influential rappers of all time, and Billboard ranked her as the top female rapper of the 2010s and seventh among the top female artists,” said Wikipedia.
She said she became the first female artist to have a hundred entries on the Billboard Hot 100 and has 21 top ten songs in the United States.
Wikipedia said that Minaj’s various accolades include eight American Music Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards (including the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award in 2022), six MTV Europe Music Awards, 12 BET Awards, four Billboard Music Awards, one Brit Award, three Guinness World Records and 10 Grammy nominations.
In 2016, Time included him in their annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, according to Wikipedia.
Outside of music, she said Minaj’s film career has included voice roles in the animated films Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), as well as supporting roles in the films The Other Woman (2014) and Barbershop : The Next Cut (2016).
