124 Fun Facts About Nicki Minaj

What is Nicki Minaj's birth name?

Onika Tanya Maraj became 'Minaj' at the insistence of an early production-deal boss; she says she fought him tooth and nail and has always hated the name.

Nicki Minaj was born in the Saint James district of which Trinidad and Tobago city?

Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, was her home for only about five years: her parents had gone ahead to New York, and she left to join them there.

Who raised Nicki Minaj in Trinidad until she joined her parents in New York at about five?

Her grandmother brought her up in Trinidad while her parents went ahead to make a new life in New York, sending for her once they had set up home.

Which New York City borough did Nicki Minaj grow up in after arriving from the Caribbean?

Queens was home from about the age of five; there she began inventing characters in her bedroom as an escape from a violent household, the start of her alter egos.

Nicki Minaj successfully auditioned for which specialist New York City public high school?

LaGuardia, nicknamed the 'Fame school' after the 1980 film about one of its forerunners, trained her as an actress rather than a musician: she studied drama there.

Before her music career took off, Nicki Minaj waited tables at a Bronx branch of which restaurant chain?

She waited tables at a Red Lobster in the Bronx and has said she was fired for being rude to customers, one of several jobs she held before rapping paid.

Which longtime boyfriend of Nicki Minaj had been at her side since the Hoodstars, her early-2000s rap group?

Safaree Samuels stayed on as her hype man when she went solo, working the stage at her shows, and the two remained a couple until 2014.

In 2004 Nicki Minaj's early group, the Hoodstars, recorded an entrance theme for a star of which sport?

Wrestling: WWE used the track, 'Don't Mess With', as the entrance theme of its star Victoria; the Hoodstars never landed a record deal, and Minaj went on alone.

A Brooklyn label boss first found Nicki Minaj through her page on which social network?

Myspace is where she posted her songs; Fendi of Dirty Money heard them there in 2006, signed her to a 180-day deal and pressed her to adopt 'Minaj', a name she says she fought.

What was the title of Nicki Minaj's first mixtape, released in July 2007?

Playtime Is Over got her noticed while she was still without a major label; a year later the Underground Music Awards named her Female Artist of the Year.

Nicki Minaj's verses on The Come Up DVD caught which rapper's attention, leading to an invitation to join Young Money?

Lil Wayne invited her into his Young Money crew after seeing the DVD, but she signed no contract then; the deal came only in 2009, after her third mixtape.

On which talk show did Nicki Minaj sing 'Super Bass' with two young girls whose cover had gone viral?

The Ellen DeGeneres Show brought her on to sing with Sophia Grace and her cousin Rosie after the girls' YouTube cover of the song went viral.

Which 2010 Sean Garrett-featuring single was dropped as Pink Friday's lead single after underperforming?

'Massive Attack' missed radio and chart expectations and was left off Pink Friday entirely; a leaked demo, 'Your Love', kept growing instead and became the album's lead single.

Pink Friday's lead single 'Your Love' is built on a 1995 cover of 'No More I Love You's' by which singer?

Annie Lennox took 'No More I Love You's' to number two in Britain in 1995, nine years after the Lover Speaks' original stalled at number 58; 'Your Love' borrows her version's hook.

Her 2010 single 'Check It Out' with will.i.am is built around the hook of which 1979 Buggles song?

'Video Killed the Radio Star' gives 'Check It Out' its looping piano-and-vocal hook; MTV picked the Buggles' video to open the channel's very first broadcast in 1981.

Which fellow Young Money artist is featured on the Pink Friday single 'Moment 4 Life'?

Drake raps a guest verse on 'Moment 4 Life', and its fairy-tale video ends with the two Young Money labelmates walking down the aisle and kissing as the clock strikes midnight.

Pink Friday debuted at number two behind which rapper's album, released the same day?

Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy sold 496,000 copies that week to Pink Friday's 375,000, but in its eleventh week on the chart her album climbed to number one itself.

In 2010, Pink Friday posted the biggest opening week for a female rap album since a 1998 debut by whom?

Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill opened with more than 420,000 copies in 1998; Pink Friday's 375,000 was the best by a woman in rap since, yet it still had to settle for number two.

On 'Roman's Revenge', Nicki's alter ego trades verses with which rapper performing as his own alter ego?

Eminem appears as his Slim Shady persona on 'Roman's Revenge', a Swizz Beatz-produced Pink Friday track on which the two trade insult-heavy verses.

The 'Pound the Alarm' video, shot in Nicki Minaj's native Trinidad, recreates which annual festival?

Carnival falls just before Lent, so for the July 2012 shoot she recreated its street parade on home soil, with local dancers and performers in full costume.

Roman's proper British mother, heard screaming at the end of 'Roman's Revenge', is which alter ego?

Martha Zolanski, Roman's prim mother, scolds him in an English accent in the outro of 'Roman's Revenge', then reappears as a fairy godmother in the 'Moment 4 Life' video.

Which invented character does Nicki Minaj call her first identity, created in childhood?

Cookie came first: she has said she would imagine being a new person to get away from her parents' fighting, and other characters followed before she settled on Nicki Minaj.

Nicki Minaj's verse on the 2010 posse cut 'Monster' shares the track with Jay-Z, Rick Ross and which indie folk act?

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon sings the eerie intro of 'Monster'; he has said he had never heard of Nicki until he watched her record that verse in the studio.

Nicki Minaj performed 'Monster' as a guest at Jay-Z's hometown Home & Home concerts, held at which venue?

Yankee Stadium staged the return leg of a hometown swap: Jay-Z and his co-headliner played two nights at Detroit's ballpark first, then two in the Bronx, where she made a quick appearance for 'Monster'.

Her first Grammy nomination, in 2010, was for a guest verse on which rapper's 'My Chick Bad'?

Ludacris gave her the villain's part in the 'My Chick Bad' video: she plays the horror-film killer Freddy Krueger.

Which song did Nicki Minaj perform at the 2012 Grammys, in an exorcism-themed staging?

'Roman Holiday', from Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, got a mock-exorcism staging at the 54th Grammys in February 2012 that drew condemnation from the Catholic League's Bill Donohue.

At the 2022 MTV VMAs, Nicki Minaj performed a medley of her hits as the recipient of which career-honoring prize?

Video Vanguard Award night was a double shift: she also emceed the 2022 show with LL Cool J and Jack Harlow, then came back to host the 2023 VMAs on her own.

'Super Bass' took off in 2011 after which singer rapped its first verse during a radio interview?

Taylor Swift requested 'Super Bass' on a Nashville station and rapped along on air; weeks later the label promoted the bonus track to a full single, and it climbed to number three.

Which songwriter, Pitch Perfect's Cynthia Rose, co-wrote 'Super Bass' and sings its backing vocals?

Ester Dean got a late-night call from Nicki, went straight to the studio, and wrote the pounding-heartbeat hook about a crush of her own.

In 2011 Nicki Minaj was an opening act on which pop star's Femme Fatale Tour?

Britney Spears took her on the road in 2011, and a remix adding verses from Nicki and Kesha helped lift Spears's 'Till the World Ends' to number three in the US.

'Starships' was produced by which hitmaker, whose credits include Lady Gaga's early singles?

RedOne, who also produced Lady Gaga's early hits, made 'Starships' with Carl Falk and Rami Yacoub; in 2020 she said she hates the song and asks herself why she recorded it.

The 'Starships' music video's beach scenes were filmed in which US state?

Hawaii's island of Oahu hosted the shoot in March 2012, but after several delays the clip arrived six weeks later, beaten to release by the video for a later single, 'Beez in the Trap'.

Nicki Minaj raps a guest verse on 'Beauty and a Beat', a 2012 top-five hit for which pop star?

Justin Bieber took 'Beauty and a Beat' to number five; its video poses as hours of his personal footage stolen and leaked by a blogger, a storyline he wrote himself.

At the Super Bowl XLVI halftime show she performed 'Give Me All Your Luvin'' with M.I.A. and which headliner?

Madonna brought out Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. as pom-pom cheerleaders for the song; M.I.A. flashed her middle finger at the camera, and the NFL went after her for $16.6 million.

Which New York radio station's 2012 Summer Jam did Nicki Minaj pull out of after a DJ dismissed 'Starships'?

Hot 97's DJ Peter Rosenberg mocked 'Starships' from the Summer Jam stage in June 2012, and at her Young Money label boss's direction she pulled out of the MetLife Stadium show that same day.

Nicki Minaj voiced Steffie in a 2012 film from which animated franchise?

Ice Age: Continental Drift cast her as Steffie, one of the cool-kid mammoths; Manny's teenage daughter Peaches tries so hard to keep up with them that she alienates Louis, her loyal molehog sidekick.

In The Other Woman (2014), Nicki Minaj played the assistant to which star's lawyer character?

Cameron Diaz stars as Carly, an attorney who finds out her boyfriend is already married; Nicki, in her live-action film debut, plays Lydia, her sharp-tongued assistant and confidante.

Nicki Minaj played Draya in the 2016 third film of which Ice Cube series?

Barbershop: The Next Cut cast her as Draya, a new stylist whose flirting with the married barber Rashad sets off a showdown with his wife, Terri.

Nicki Minaj judged American Idol season 12 alongside Keith Urban and which singer, with whom she feuded?

Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj clashed throughout American Idol season 12 in 2013, a feud President Obama said he was confident they would sort out; both quit after one season.

Nicki Minaj sings, rather than raps, most of 'Turn Me On', a 2011 dance hit by which French DJ?

David Guetta said he was proud to show her singing when listeners knew her for 'those crazy raps'; 'Turn Me On' climbed to number four on the Hot 100.

Which 2014 collaboration with Jessie J and Ariana Grande gave her a first number-one single in the UK?

'Bang Bang' went straight in at number one in Britain in late September 2014, though the three recorded their parts separately: Jessie J said she first met the other two at the video shoot.

'Anaconda' prominently samples which 1992 hit?

'Baby Got Back', Sir Mix-a-Lot's 1992 hit, supplies the beat and hook of 'Anaconda'; in 2020 she said she wishes she had never recorded the song, though she still likes its video.

'Anaconda' peaked at number two in 2014, kept from the top by which pop hit?

'Shake It Off' entered the chart at number one in the very week 'Anaconda' leapt from number 39 to number 2, and her single never got any closer.

The 'Anaconda' video's 19.6 million first-day views broke a Vevo record previously held by which artist?

Miley Cyrus's 'Wrecking Ball' had held the record at 19.3 million; the 'Anaconda' video's release then sent the single from number 39 to number 2 on the Hot 100.

Whose record for the most Billboard Hot 100 entries by a female artist did she break in March 2017?

Aretha Franklin had held the women's record for almost 40 years with 73 entries; three songs released on a single day in March 2017 carried Nicki past her to 76.

Nicki Minaj's 2010 run of guest verses included 'Bottoms Up', a top-ten hit for which R&B singer?

Trey Songz said he fell in love with the verse she sent back days later; she had nearly cut its Anna Nicole Smith tribute, worried he would think she was crazy.

'Dip', the 2018 single that made Nicki Minaj the first woman with 100 Hot 100 entries, was a collaboration with which rapper?

Tyga's 'Dip' carried her guest verse onto the chart at number 83 in November 2018; he co-directed its all-white spaceship video as a homage to Michael and Janet Jackson's 'Scream'.

Her 2018 single 'Chun-Li' takes its title from a character in which fighting game series?

Street Fighter's Chun-Li is one of its heroes, an Interpol officer out to avenge her father, yet the song's hook has the world making her 'the bad guy'.

Which Travis Scott album kept Nicki Minaj's Queen (2018) off the number one spot?

Astroworld held number one for a second week in August 2018 as Queen entered at number two; she criticized Travis Scott over the result, though both albums' sales had been lifted by merchandise bundles.

Her radio show Queen Radio launched in 2018 on which platform?

Beats 1, Apple Music's live station, carried Queen Radio from August 2018, the week her album Queen came out; in 2022 she took the show to Amazon's new Amp app instead.

Her first Billboard Hot 100 number one came in 2020 via a remix of 'Say So' by which artist?

Doja Cat's 'Say So' had peaked at number five until the remix with Nicki's verse sent it to number one in May 2020, holding Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé's 'Savage' remix at number two.

'Trollz', which debuted at number one in June 2020, was her collaboration with which rapper?

6ix9ine and Nicki had already teamed up on 'Fefe' and 'Mama'; 'Trollz' debuted at number one in June 2020, then fell to number 34 a week later, at the time the steepest drop from the top in Hot 100 history.

'Super Freaky Girl', her first solo Hot 100 number one, samples a 1981 hit by which funk artist?

'Super Freaky Girl' samples Rick James's 1981 hit 'Super Freak' and debuted at number one in August 2022; she objected when the Recording Academy moved it from the rap to the pop categories.

'Barbie World' (2023) with Ice Spice heavily samples a 1997 hit by which Danish-Norwegian Europop band?

Aqua's 1997 hit 'Barbie Girl' is sampled so heavily that the band is credited alongside Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice; 'Barbie World' earned two Grammy nominations from the Barbie soundtrack.

What did Pink Friday 2's eventual release date, December 8, 2023, coincide with?

It was her birthday: she moved the album off November 17 partly because her mentor's joint album with 2 Chainz was due that day, and chose the date she turned 41 instead.

Pink Friday 2 topping the Billboard 200 made her the first female rapper with how many number-one albums?

It also set the record for the highest first-week vinyl sales ever by a female rap album.

Pink Friday 2 was the first album she released solely through which label?

Pink Friday 2 came out through Republic Records alone, without the Young Money and Cash Money credits that had appeared on her first four albums.

Which Beyoncé song got a 2014 remix featuring a Nicki Minaj verse?

'Flawless' got a surprise remix in August 2014: beside Nicki's new verse, Beyoncé used her own lines to joke about the elevator fight between her sister and her husband.

Which Young Money posse cut featuring Nicki Minaj climbed to number two on the Hot 100 in 2010?

BedRock stalled one place short, behind the Black Eyed Peas' 'Imma Be'; its chorus was first recorded by Omarion, and Lloyd re-sang it after Omarion left the label.

Which R&B singer opened the first North American leg of the Pink Friday 2 World Tour?

Monica announced the booking herself on The Jennifer Hudson Show in February 2024; she also sings with Nicki and Keyshia Cole on 'Love Me Enough' from the album's deluxe edition.

Nicki Minaj was briefly detained at which city's airport in May 2024 after marijuana was found in her luggage?

Dutch police held her at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on May 25, 2024, over cannabis in her bags; she was fined and released, but that night's Manchester show was postponed.

What is her 2023 record label imprint, whose first release was the 'Princess Diana' remix with Ice Spice, called?

Heavy On It was announced on her own radio show in March 2023 as an imprint under Republic; its first release, the 'Princess Diana' remix, reached number four on the Hot 100.

What are her fans collectively known as?

Her fans are the Barbz, a name drawn from her Harajuku Barbie persona and her habit of calling herself Barbie; male fans are sometimes called Ken Barbz.

Kenneth Petty, whom Nicki Minaj married in 2019, had known her in what capacity before they dated?

A childhood friend she began dating in December 2018, Kenneth Petty became her husband within a year: she announced the marriage in October 2019 and hyphenated his surname onto her own.

Nicki Minaj refers to her son, born in September 2020, publicly by what nickname?

Papa Bear was the only name fans had for him: months after his birth on September 30, 2020, she had still not shared what her son is actually called.

In March 2015 she was announced as a co-owner of which music streaming service, alongside Jay-Z?

Tidal was relaunched on March 30, 2015, with sixteen artist co-owners introduced on stage, Nicki among them, so that it could be promoted as the first artist-owned streaming service.

In 2023 Nicki Minaj became a playable 'operator' in which video game franchise?

Call of Duty added her to Modern Warfare II and Warzone in Season 05 of 2023, when the series marked 50 years of hip-hop with playable versions of her, Snoop Dogg and 21 Savage.

Which company sued over the name of Nicki Minaj's Rap Snacks chip flavor in 2022, forcing a change?

Mattel objected to 'Barbie-Que' chips and dropped the suit a month later, once the bags read 'Bar-B-Quin'; in 2011 the same company had made a Nicki Minaj Barbie doll for charity.

From 2013 to 2015 Nicki Minaj released seasonal clothing collections for which US retailer?

Kmart launched her line in October 2013 with prices from $3.99; she said it was 'not about being a designer', just about making clothes she would love to wear.

Which developer, the studio behind Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, made the 2016 smartphone game Nicki Minaj: The Empire?

Glu Mobile turned its Kardashian hit into a formula, following it with games built around other celebrities, including this rap-career role-playing game in December 2016.

Where did she rank as top woman on Billboard and Vibe's 2023 list of the 50 greatest rappers?

Billboard and Vibe's February 2023 ranking placed her at number 10, the only woman in its top ten, which was headed by Jay-Z.

'Pink 4 Friday', a lipstick sold to promote Nicki Minaj's debut album in 2010, was made with which makeup brand?

MAC went on to sign her for its Viva Glam line, whose proceeds go to its AIDS fund; in 2013 she tweeted that her shade was the best-selling Viva Glam lipstick of all time.

Nicki Minaj was the first woman to appear on which Forbes list, making four straight appearances from 2011?

Forbes' Hip Hop Cash Kings list, launched in 2007, had never included a woman before she made it in 2011 with an estimated $6.5 million in earnings.

Which track on The Pinkprint is Nicki Minaj's duet with Beyoncé?

Feeling Myself was a trade: Nicki had rapped on a remix for Beyoncé earlier in 2014, and Beyoncé returned the favor with this duet, co-written by SZA.

Nicki Minaj joined which South Korean boy band on a 2018 remix of their song 'Idol'?

BTS saw the remix debut at number eleven in the US, the group's second-highest-charting song at the time.

Which Colombian singer teamed with Nicki Minaj on 'Tusa', a number one single in Argentina for five months?

Karol G and Minaj's 'Tusa' was also the first song by two lead female artists to debut atop Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart.

Nicki Minaj joined fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion on which single that reached number eleven in the US in 2019?

Hot Girl Summer came out in August 2019; five years later Megan's song 'Hiss' was believed to include jabs at Minaj, who answered with 'Big Foot'.

After splitting from hype man Safaree Samuels, Nicki Minaj dated which rapper from 2015 until January 2017?

Meek Mill and Minaj split in January 2017; she began dating Kenneth Petty in December 2018 and announced their marriage the following October.

Which magazine named Nicki Minaj one of the most influential people in the world in 2016?

Time put her on one of the physical covers of that year's Time 100 issue. Three years later Billboard's Women in Music event gave her its Game Changer Award.

Which British girl group featured Nicki Minaj on their 2018 single 'Woman Like Me'?

Little Mix later performed the song with Minaj on stage at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards.

Nicki Minaj was a guest judge on the twelfth-season premiere of which reality competition in 2020?

RuPaul's Drag Race booked her seven years after she had been a full-time judge on another show's twelfth season, American Idol's.

In 2019 Nicki Minaj pulled out of headlining a concert in which country after a backlash from activists?

Saudi Arabia lost its headliner when Minaj said she wanted to make clear her support for the rights of women, the LGBTQ community and freedom of expression.

Which singer's 2017 single 'Swalla' features Nicki Minaj alongside Ty Dolla Sign?

Jason Derulo's 'Swalla' reached the top ten in several countries, peaking at number six in the UK.

Which rapper aimed the 2017 diss track 'Shether' at Nicki Minaj, who answered with 'No Frauds'?

Remy Ma followed 'Shether' with a second diss track, 'Another One'; Minaj's reply 'No Frauds' was one of three songs she released at the same time.

Which British star recorded 'Always Love You' with Nicki Minaj and Young Thug for The Lockdown Sessions?

Elton John made the album during the COVID-19 pandemic, after lockdown forced him to pause his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.

Donatella Versace invited Nicki Minaj to perform with which music icon at the 2011 launch of Versace's H&M collection?

Prince shared the bill with her at one of several high-profile events she played in 2011, the year 'Super Bass' won her a first MTV Video Music Award.

Nicki Minaj voiced a character named Pinky in which 2019 animated sequel?

The Angry Birds Movie 2 was her second animated film, seven years after Ice Age: Continental Drift; she also voiced the fusion Sugilite in the series Steven Universe.

Nicki Minaj hosted the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards in which Scottish city?

Glasgow saw her leave as a winner as well as the host: she took the Best Hip-Hop award for a second time.

Nicki Minaj called which rapper, whose 'mind and aura' she loved, 'the most influential female rapper' for her?

Foxy Brown fascinated the teenage Minaj, who has said she and her high school friends would recite Jay-Z's verses together.

Which rapper joined Nicki Minaj on 'Bussin', released a week after their first duet in February 2022?

Lil Baby's first pairing with her, 'Do We Have a Problem?', debuted at number two on the Hot 100 and gave Minaj her first top ten on the Billboard Global 200.

Nicki Minaj was named creative director of which American men's magazine in May 2022?

Maxim also made her the global ambassador for MaximBet, its sports betting brand.

Which rapper replaced Future as Nicki Minaj's co-headliner for her 2019 European tour?

Juice Wrld stepped in after Future withdrew, and the renamed tour played Europe in support of Minaj's album Queen and his own Death Race for Love.

'Tukoh Taka', by Nicki Minaj, Maluma and Myriam Fares, was an official anthem for which 2022 sporting event?

The FIFA World Cup song mixes Minaj's English, Maluma's Spanish and Fares's Arabic, and served as the anthem of the tournament's Fan Festival.

Which rapper's 2011 mixtape Black Friday, a play on Nicki Minaj's debut album title, grew out of their feud?

Lil' Kim sold Black Friday through PayPal; its title track was her response to Minaj's song 'Roman's Revenge'.

Which talk show host unveiled a parody of the 'Anaconda' video during Nicki Minaj's 2014 visit to the show?

Ellen DeGeneres played and referenced the song several times on her show; in 2018 Minaj used a visit there to give fans over $150,000 in donations.

A group of bunnies briefly performs Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' in which animated film released in 2016?

Sing let the bunnies perform only a few clean lines because of the song's explicit lyrics, and a remix of their version is on the deluxe soundtrack.

Which attraction unveiled a Nicki Minaj wax figure in 2015, posed as she appears in the 'Anaconda' video?

Madame Tussauds got Minaj's approval on social media, although the figure's pose drew criticism from some writers.

Which Taylor Swift video took the 24-hour Vevo record from Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' in 2015?

Bad Blood drew 20.1 million views in 24 hours, edging past the 19.6 million 'Anaconda' had managed a year earlier.

The Hot 100 debut of 'Anaconda' broke Nicki Minaj out of a tie with which pop icon for career chart entries?

Michael Jackson was left behind when 'Anaconda' became her 51st Hot 100 entry, only four years after her first appearances on the chart.

Producer Polow da Don said the 'Anaconda' beat was first meant for which rapper, before Nicki Minaj recorded it?

Missy Elliott contradicted the producer's account within weeks, saying she never received the instrumental.

Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' won which prize at the 2015 MTV VMAs, one she first took for 'Super Bass'?

Best Hip-Hop Video was the one award 'Anaconda' converted from its two nominations that night, missing out on Best Female Video.

Which director made Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' music video, shot in Los Angeles and released in August 2014?

Colin Tilley's video was Vevo-certified for passing 100 million views just eleven days after its release.

A city in which country blacklisted Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda', barring it from city-sponsored summer events?

Israel's city of Nahariya said the record contained violations of women's dignity when it prohibited performances at municipal events.

On the cover of her album Queen, Nicki Minaj wears a head-dress inspired by which ancient ruler?

Cleopatra inspired the look, which photographers Mert and Marcus shot during the video shoot for the album's opening track, 'Ganja Burn'.

Nicki Minaj's album Pink Friday 2 opens with 'Are You Gone Already', which samples a song by which singer?

Billie Eilish's 'When the Party's Over' runs under the opener, on which Minaj raps about her father's death.

Which singer features on 'Fly', the eighth and final single from Nicki Minaj's debut album Pink Friday?

Rihanna and Minaj face a post-apocalyptic landscape in the music video, which Sanaa Hamri directed.

'Barbie Dreams', from Nicki Minaj's album Queen, reworks the 1994 song 'Just Playing (Dreams)' by which rapper?

Notorious B.I.G. teased the R&B singers of his day on the original; Minaj turned the same joke on the men of hip-hop.

Which rapper features on 'Beez in the Trap', the third single from Nicki Minaj's album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded?

2 Chainz co-wrote the song with her; Minaj has explained that 'the trap' in its title means anywhere you get your money.

Which piano ballad was released in May 2014 as the lead single from Nicki Minaj's album The Pinkprint?

Pills n Potions introduced an album whose title was inspired by Jay-Z's The Blueprint, a brand Minaj wanted to build for female rappers.

Which singer-songwriter wrote the demo of 'Bed of Lies' and sings on the version for Nicki Minaj's The Pinkprint?

Skylar Grey sent her demo to Minaj, who wrote verses of her own, and the song became the album's fourth single.

Which singer joins Nicki Minaj on 'The Boys', the lead single from her 2012 reissue The Re-Up?

Cassie's duet led off a reissue that added seven newly recorded songs and a behind-the-scenes DVD to the original album.

Which nail polish brand announced a 2011 collection with colours named after songs from Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday?

OPI's six-piece collection arrived the year after it was announced, going on sale in January 2012 with shades such as 'Save Me' and 'Super Bass Shatter' named for her songs.

Which 2008 release was Nicki Minaj's second mixtape, the one before Beam Me Up Scotty?

Sucka Free featured guests including Gucci Mane and Jadakiss, and NME later called it her bang on the door of hip-hop's boys club.

'Side to Side', featuring Nicki Minaj, was the third single from which Ariana Grande album?

Dangerous Woman got its highest-charting single from the pairing, and the song's video has passed two billion views on YouTube.

In the 'Side to Side' video with Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande leads a class on which gym equipment?

Exercise bikes fill the opening spin-class scene, and they returned as props when the pair performed the song at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.

Which pop star co-wrote 'Get On Your Knees', the Nicki Minaj track that features Ariana Grande?

Katy Perry's writing credit fuelled rumours that she would appear on the track, but the finished version featured Grande instead.

Which hitmaker produced 'The Light Is Coming', the 2018 Ariana Grande track featuring Nicki Minaj?

Pharrell Williams built it around a sampled clip of a man shouting at a senator at a 2009 town hall meeting, a sample he has used on other productions.

Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance during Ariana Grande's headline set at which 2019 festival?

Coachella's Sunday headliner also brought out members of NSYNC that weekend, while Minaj's guest spot was hit by technical trouble with her earpiece.

Which singer joins Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj on 'Bad to You', their 2019 soundtrack song?

Normani made it a trio on a track that marked the sixth collaboration between Minaj and Grande.

Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj's 'Bad to You' appears on the soundtrack of which 2019 film?

Charlie's Angels had a soundtrack executive produced by Grande, who also sang on its lead single, 'Don't Call Me Angel'.

In the Hype Williams-directed video for 'Bed', with Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj appears as which mythical creature?

A mermaid tail was her costume, and rapper Azealia Banks criticised it on Twitter, suggesting the idea came from her own aquatic-themed concepts.

Which songwriter-producer worked with Ilya on 'Side to Side', the Ariana Grande hit featuring Nicki Minaj?

Max Martin and his co-writers gave the track a reggae-pop and dancehall sound, and it peaked at number four in both the US and the UK.

Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande sang 'Get On Your Knees' at the 2016 opening of T-Mobile Arena in which city?

Las Vegas heard the duet at the arena's opening-week show, a night after The Killers headlined the grand opening; the pair also performed their first collaboration.

Which pop star featured Nicki Minaj on the 2010 song 'Woohoo', one of her earliest Hot 100 entries?

Christina Aguilera's 'Woohoo' reached number 79 on the Hot 100, months before Minaj released a studio album of her own.