How much does rapper Nicki Minaj worth?

Nicki Minaj is a famous hip-hop singer, composer and lyricist. She was born in 1982. She is a rapper besides a model. She became the first female rapper who got the entry into the Forbes magazine hip-hop cash kings list with earnings of $6.5 million in the year 2010-11 and now she is the only female rapper in the list. Her estimate earning in the current year is up to $75 million. She secured 15 th place at her first entry in the list.

The original name of this American singer is Onika Tanya Maraj. She was born in Spain in Trinidad And Tobago and her family shifted to NewYork when she was 5. She attained her schooling and graduation in music at La Guardia High school of music and art. She was given to music in 2004. Earlier, she was associated with a Brooklyn based group. She used to release songs with the name Nicki Maraj with her MySpace account initially. She got a tremendous applause by her debut album "Pink Friday" in the year 2010. This album got its platinum disc with sales of more than 4 million copies within a short period. She was known for her different makeover with colorful wigs and a tone of girly touch and husky growl. Her earnings in her debut year was approximately $1.85 million.

She released a lot of mix tapes before her launcher. In April 2012, she launched "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded", which got platinum certification. She launched the album "The Pink Print" which was sold 650,000 copies worldwide. She is known for her earnings through her guest verses for which she charges $50,000 per verse. Reports say that her earnings for her appearance as a judge for "American Idol" was $12 million approximately. One of her popular albums in the recent years was "Monster" in which she sung guest verses. The original composer of this album was Kayne West. Nicki minaj net worth may cross $80 million by next year, say predictors. Her recent hit is "Black Barbies".

In addition to her brand "Pink Friday", she is known for a lot of business brand endorsements. Some of the feathers in her cap are she entered the Forbes cash king list in the consecutive years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 in addition to her debut entry into the list in the year 2011. She was awarded the best female hip-hop artist at the BET awards twice and several MTV music awards. She bagged the people’s choice best hip-hop artist award in the year 2013. Till now, she sold around 20 million copies as a single artist and 60 million copies as a featured artist around the world. She is a shareholder in the high definition music streaming service called "Tidal" along with several other rappers. She gets 3% of profits for the endorsement which constantly adds to her net worth. She is known for her endorsements of the brands Pepsi, Adidas original which acted as a hype for her net worth.