History Music / NickiMinaj

+ Music/NatashaBedingfield, Foxy Brown, Music/{{Drake}}, Music/MissyElliott, Music/{{Enya}}, Jadakiss, Music/JanetJackson, Music/JayZ, Grace Jones, Music/CyndiLauper, Music/LaurynHill, Music/LilKim, Music/LilWayne, Remy Ma, Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/{{MIA}}, Music/BritneySpears, Smokey Robinson, Music/{{TLC}}, Trina, Music/KanyeWest, Music/{{Eminem}}

* ButNotTooBlack: Like [[Music/{{Beyonce}} many other]] [[Music/MariahCarey light-skinned]] [[Music/{{Rihanna}} Black female]] [[Music/AliciaKeys recording artists]], this has been attributed to her success by some; she's also been accused of deliberately whitening her appearance to appeal to a wider audience. As always, these are both highly contested viewpoints.
** Averted in "Wamables" where Nicki states her personal preference for dark-skinned men:
--->Put your hand up, now it's time to make a pledge\\

** Subverted As her husband Kenneth Petty is light-skinned.

+ Natasha Bedingfield, Foxy Brown, Music/{{Drake}}, Music/MissyElliott, Music/{{Enya}}, Jadakiss, Music/JanetJackson, Music/JayZ, Grace Jones, Music/CyndiLauper, Music/LaurynHill, Music/LilKim, Music/LilWayne, Remy Ma, Music/{{Madonna}}, Music/{{MIA}}, Music/BritneySpears, Smokey Robinson, Music/{{TLC}}, Trina, Music/KanyeWest, Music/{{Eminem}}

* LongTitle: Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded -The Re-Up

* DreamTeam: Any collaboration with Lil Wayne.
** Any collaboration with Drake.
** Her, Kanye West, Music/JayZ, Music/RickRoss and Music/BonIver on "Monster"; as well as with just her and Kanye on "Blazin'"
** Her and Music/{{Eminem}} on "Roman's Revenge".
** Her, Music/ArianaGrande and Music/JessieJ with the song "Bang Bang".
** She and Music/{{Beyonce}} for "Feelin' Myself" and Beyonce's own "***Flawless" remix.
** She adds an extended verse to Music/TheWeeknd's "The Hills".

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Despite what the title might suggest, "Feeling Myself" is not (mainly) about this, [[note]]("Feeling yourself" is slang for feeling confident / good about yourself)[[/note]] but Nicki uses it as an opportunity for some masturbation punchlines.
-->And I'm feeling myself, jackrabbit[[note]]slang for a type of vibrator[[/note]]\\
Feeling myself, back off\\
'Cause I'm feeling myself, jack off\\
He be thinking 'bout me when he whacks off\\
[[Film/TheKarateKid Wax on? Wax off]]

* ProductPlacement: A shameless example in her rap in "Bang Bang": "It's Myx Moscato/It's friends in a bottle..." Myx is a fruit-infused wine drink, Nicki Minaj is co-owner of the manufacturer and, as we can see, fully endorses it.[[note]]It doesn't hurt that moscato has replaced champagne as hip hop's favourite wine ever since a French champagne manufacturer was asked if he thought the association with hip hop was bad for champagne's image, and he replied "[[WhatAnIdiot We can't stop people drinking it.]]"[[/note]]

--->When I'm sittin' with Anna[[note]]Wintour[[/note]], I'm really sittin' with Anna
--->[[NotHyperbole Ain't a metaphor or punchline]], I'm really sittin' with Anna"

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* ShesGotLegs: Though she's known for having a great butt, she's also been shown to have fantastic legs too.