Onika Tonya Maraj, mostly known by her stage name Nicki Minaj, is a rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. She was born on December 8, 1982 in a small island off the edge of South American called Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. When she was around the age of five her parents sent her and her brothers to New York to live with her Grandmother until her parents had enough money to get there their self. Her parents wanted to move because of the unlimited opportunities that America had to offer. After