Nicki has 6 members of her Family. Her mother Carol,Father Robert,2 sisters Maya (older) and Ming (younger), and 2 brothers Jelani(oldest) and Micaiah(younger).

Carol Maraj

Nicki (Left) with her youger sibling Ming (left)

Robert Maraj

Nicki and her two brothers Micaiah(Center) and Jelani (Left)

Nicki (Left) with her friend (Center) and her sister Maya (Right)

Nicki was born into a very stressful. Being the youngest of her 2 siblings at the time. (Robert Maraj) was alcoholic and a drug addict.

" He was a victim to crack" as Nicki said .

The addiction became so out of control he became abusive and aggressive. Nicki claims that the attempted to kill his wife (Nicki's Mother,Carol Maraj) by setting the house on fire while she was still in it. Deciding that Nicki could not be raised in that life style, her mother sent her off to go live with her grandmother. Nicki lived 2 years without her mother until she (Carol) started to make occasional visits. When Nicki was 5 years old her Mother took her to Jamacia,Queens, New york with her 2 older siblings Maya and Jelani and the newest member of the family Micaiah.

Nicki was soon told that her father was admitted into a Rehab center to help with his drug and alcohol problem.With her Father gone this created a lot of stress at home for her and her family.Her mom had to keep multiple  jobs like and accounting clerk, gospel singer etc. With all the stress she became emotionally unstable. Therefore to cope with all of drama at home she created alter ego's like; Cookie, Hatajuku Barbie and even her stage name Nicki Minaj. A couple of years later her father returned home as a "new man". 

"He got saved and started changing his life" Nicki says to the interviewer.

Even though Nicki's father was back didnt get a stable job yet. So Nicki worked multiple jobs to help pay the bills. She was fired from about 15 jobs due to costumer discourtesy. At the age of 19 she started. A few years later her little sister Ming was born.