Minaj was discovered on MySpace によって Dirty Money CEO Fendi, who signed her to his Dirty Money label. After appearing on The Carter Edition of Young Money's The Come Up DVD series, Minaj was contacted によって Lil Wayne. The two collaborated on a number of mixtape tracks.[4] In April 2007, she released her first mixtape, Playtime Is Over, where she posed as a バービー doll on the cover. Lil Wayne appeared on the track "Can't Stop, Won't Stop".
In 2008, Minaj released her mixtape, Sucka Free. She appeared in the July issue of XXL magazine, giving a brief overview of her life up to that point in time. Later that year, Minaj won Female Artist of the 年 at the Underground 音楽 Awards.[5]
Nicki Minaj released Beam Me Up Scotty, another mixtape, in 2009. It received generally positive coverage on the of both BET and MTV.[6][7]
In August 2009, Minaj signed to Young Money Entertainment with distributution from Universal Motown wherein she will release her debut studio album in 2010.[8] Minaj also featured on Jeffree Star's 2009 album Beauty Killer on the track "Lollipop Luxury".
Discography
Albums
2010: Untitled Debut Album
Mixtapes
2007: Playtime Is Over
2008: Sucka Free
2009: Beam Me Up Scotty
Singles
2009: BedRock (with Young Money)
2009: Married In The Club
Featured Singles
2009: Yo Gotti - 5 星, つ星 Remix (Feat. Gucci Mane, Trina & Nicki Minaj)
2009: Birdman - Grindin Making Money (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
2009: Lloyd - Take It Off (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
2009: Robin Thicke - Shakin It For Daddy (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
References
^ Starbury, Allen (2009) "Nicki Minaj Wants ファン To Focus On Her Music, Not Her Sexy Image", BallerStatus, 21 May 2009
^ McGarry, Kevin (2009) "The New クイーン Bee | Meet Nicki Minaj", New York Times, 4 June 2009
^ Jeffries, David (2009) "Nicki Minaj Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 13 June 2009
^ "FEATURE: Nicki Minaj:Climax", XXL, 24 November 2008
^ "Nicki Minaj - Beware Sucka MCs", HipHopRuckus, 28 August 2008
^ Reid, Shaheem (2009) "Lil Wayne Introduces Nicki Minaj", MTV, 4 May 2009
^ "SoundOff TV: One On One With LowKey & Nicki Minaj", BET, 1 May 2009
^ Stewart, Justin (2009) "Nicki Minaj Officially Becomes A Young Money Millionaire", 31 August 2009, Hiphopwired.com
