Nicki Minaj News: American Idol Drama

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On September 16, 2012 it was announced that Nicki Minaj would be a part of the judge panel on the hit show 'American Idol' along side Keith Urban, Randy Jackson, and Mariah Carey. The show was deciding if they should go with three judges instead if four because the camera work was mainly the panel of judges and not the contestants, but the producers came to the decision of four and hiring Nicki Minaj for her rap and hip hop perspective.

Minaj and Mariah Carey have been feuding throughout the season and people are skeptic whether it being for more views or if its actually real arguing. After being late countless times on the show, Ryan seacrest called Minaj out on it and that's when the feuding began. The fighting began when it was rumored that Nicki was told she was the best judge next to Simon Cowell and that's why Mariah has a 'problem' with Nicki.

There were major rumors flying around Twitter and other celebrity gossip sites that during a contestants audition, things got so heated and intense between Nicki and Mariah to the point where Nicki threatened to 'knock out' Carey. People still don't know if this is true or not, but its really gaining some views for the slowly fading television show. After this rumor was spread, it was seen that Mariah hired extra security for herself, causing an uproar in gossip about the two 'Idol' judges.

After all of this controversy and arguing, it was reported that Mariah was welcomed onto the show 'The View' and was interviewed for the drama by Barbara Walters. Mariah told Barbara all that was happening on the show and all of the threats Nicki proposed, making Nicki cause a lash-out on Twitter. Nicki got mad because Barbara didn't want to hear her side of the story or any comments from Nicki's fan base showing support for Minaj, instead she felt victimized for being 'the black girl that raps' and took major offense.

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This drama has been blowing up around the celebrity news and gossip websites and Twitter, especially after Nicki retaliated on Twitter, creating many posts bashing on Barbara Walters and mocking Mariah. During the tv show 'American Idol', the fighting got heated and went a little bit too far after calling it a wrap with a few contestants still waiting to audition in hopes to become the new singing sensation. Even after all of this happened, people still don't know if its a publicity stunt or if this is the real deal. I don't see how this would get more viewers and some others as well, because after dealing with this and seeing the celebrity news about non stop fighting, people are starting to dislike the individuals and it could take a toll on their careers.

Nicki Minaj: Alter Egos

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Living through the hard life she had as a child, Onika Miraj created several alter egos to live her childhood through since her dad was distant. For doing so, a lot of people think she is kind of crazy, which she slightly is, but that's also what helped her become famous seeing as how Nicki Minaj is her third alter ego.

Roman Zolanski is her twin brother who is 'out of the closet', and is more of an aggressive and determined kind of person. 

"Roman allows Minaj to tap into the fire-breathing, giddily nihilistic spirit that drew so many rap heads to her mixtapes, such as Beam Me Up, Scotty, as well as her guest appearances on others' tracks'' (Marc Hogan). 

Roman is featured in songs called Romans Revenge and also Roman in Moscow. Roman is known to help Nicki create intense rap songs that has a powerful sense of intimidation.

Onika...or Nicki, has an opposite ego of Roman who's name is Harajuku Barbie. This alter ego has the high pitch, almost whiney kind of voice and is featured in songs such as Bedrock with Lil Wayne and Your Love. Nicki was going to go with Harajuku Barbie from the gecko, but decided to stay with Nicki Minaj as her main ego.

Onika has one last alter ego and her name is Martha and she is Romans mother, accompanied by a fake British accent. Martha Zolanski is featured in the song Moment for life featuring Drake. She is also heard at the very end of Romans Revenge.

For Onika having many alter egos that she created, I think personally she is a very unique character and kind of crazy, but that's what makes her special in some people's eyes. Onika also introduced the ego Point Dexter on her skit in the comedy SNL. There's a total of 15 alter egos for Onika Miraj because of her parents isolation towards her and all of the fighting see had to witness, so sadly enough, just like any child left alone, she made 'imaginary friends'.

Road to Fame

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Onika Tanya Miraj is the real name of a born-to-be-star who reached success and fame in a matter of time. Nicki Minaj, her stage name, is a well known female rapper who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to Queens, New York when she was 5. She sought out to become famous because she wanted to help her mother who was married to an abusive, alcoholic, drug addict husband. She wanted her mother to have women power and would stop at nothing to help her.  Nicki first started simply free-styling on her MySpace account and was recognized by the Dirty Money CEO Fendi, who listened to her and instantly signed her to his label. Before this fame came, she lived a very poor life, which was more of a thrive to succeed. She always had the feeling of women empowerment within her and wanted to share it with her mother.

"I've always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn't be. I thought, 'If I'm successful, I can change her life.''

– Nicki Minaj

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 With her past being very dark, she would stop at nothing to reach this fame to help her mother become and independent women and live a nice, struggle-free life.
Minaj was headed to fame faster than she thought. She first had a verse with Lil Wayne in the song Bedrock, and then with Drake in Moment for Life. She then started writing her own material which got her 7 singles on the Top 100 Billboards. Her first was album Pink Friday and it was very successful, and then her next one Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, went platinum and then what she wanted the most out of life, to help her mother and little siblings, came true. After that moment, she became a star. With that being said, Minaj is a person someone either loves or hates. She struggled with tons of harsh criticism, but she's learned not to care because she's the successful one. She puts what her fans and haters say into her songs. Nicki writes through her emotions, which is rare in the music industry these days.
Nicki Minaj was introduced as the greatest female rapper in the industry and won many awards and was nominated many times for best music video and female rapper and etc. Nicki slowly made her way to the top and many teenagers think she's a hero and a big inspiration for fighting her way through.  
This blog is to inform people about Nicki's struggle through her fame, but yet she reached major success. People don't realize what she's gone though to become famous just to help her mother, and most criticize her for being 'fake'. In my opinion, and many others, she gives off the powerful meaning of never giving up. She's been through what a lot of people wouldn't want to and she became what she is now by going through her bad childhood, and became the great, succesful, Nicki Minaj.