Nicki Minaj the real name is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty is a Trinidadian-born rapper, singer-songwriter, and actress. Dubbed as the “Queen of Rap” by several media outlets, Minaj is one of the most influential and best-selling female artists of all time, with 137 million records sold worldwide. These Nicki Minaj quotes will motivate you.
Best Nicki Minaj Quotes
- “True confidence leaves no room for jealousy. When you know your are great, you have no need to hate.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Call it a curse, or just call me blessed, if you can’t handle my worst, you ain’t getting my best” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “People will love you and support you when it’s beneficial.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “You’re not gonna tell me who I am. I’m gonna tell you who I am.” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“I put God first and do not allow other things to cloud my vision.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I don’t promote giving up. I promote fighting and winning.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “You wanna know what scares people? Success. When you don’t make moves and when you don’t climb up the ladder, everybody loves you because you’re not competition.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Refuse to lose, Refuse to be defeated, Refuse to have regrets.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Don’t stay watching happiness, make it.” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“Life is a prize, but to live doesn’t mean you’re alive” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Got the eye of the tiger, the lion of Judah” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Pussy put his ass to sleep, now he calling me NyQuil” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Sometimes you don’t realize how far you’ve gotten until you look around at the people who are still trailing far behind you.” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“I came to win, to conquer, to thrive” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “You can hate me, but why knock my hustle? I’ma be the queen no matter how they shuffle.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Bad as I wanna be. She aint bad, she a sad little wannabe.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I truly believe my haters are my motivators.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Now it’s me & my time, it’s just me in my prime” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“Take me or leave me, I’ll never be perfect. Believe me I’m worth it” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “You should never feel afraid to become a piece of art. It’s exhilarating.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Shout out to my haters, sorry you couldn’t phase me.” ~ Nicki Minaj, Nicki Minaj quotes on haters
- “I’mma just do me, when it feel right.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Cause I am not a word, I am not a line. I am not a girl that can ever be defined” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“Still I rise Still I fight Still I might crack a smile Keep my eyes on the prize See my haters tell em hi” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I’m very protective of my heart” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Extracurricular Parallel to none I am perpendicular” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “People face difficulties, no matter who you are. I faced difficulties with a lot of things. I face opposition every day, but I didn’t kill myself and now, thank God, I’m here.” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“Greatness is what we on the brink of.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Good advice I always hated, but lookin back it made me greater.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I feel like people always wanna define me and I don’t wanna be defined.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “When you’re a girl, you have to be everything, You have to be dope at what you do, but you have to be super sweet, and you have to be sexy, and you have to be this and you have to be that and you have to be nice, and you have to – it’s like, I can’t be all of those things at once. I’m a human being.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive
I came to win, to survive, to prosper, to rise
To fly.” ~ Nicki Minaj -
“No I’m not lucky, I’m blessed YES” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Love it or hate it, this is me, this is who I am!” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “You want to know what scares people? Success.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “We all have insecurities but you have to know you’re beautiful.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I hope you lay down in your sleep and you choke on every lie you told” ~ Nicki
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“He toss my salad like his name Romaine” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Strange how someone you once loved can become just another person you once knew.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “The people that are inclined to hate are also inclined to belosers. A loser could never congratulate a winner – it’s not in them” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I don’t want children cursing. I’m very strict on my nieces and my little brother. They have to listen to clean versions of music. Even my music.” ~ Nicki Minaj, Nicki Minaj quotes on music
- “So, my happiness doesn’t come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “May the Lord protect me as the world gets hectic. My voice projected, my life reflected.” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“All these haters mad because I’m so established.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I feel like when I reach my 500-million-dollar goal, then no other woman in rap will ever feel like they can’t do what these men have done” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “You have to know that as long as you love who you are – your morals, your values, that type of stuff – you’re OK.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Being honest, if I had a daughter I wouldn’t want her listening to a Nicki Minaj CD until she was a certain age. Even when I meet my fans and they tell me they are 12, I cringe a little. I always say, ‘Listen. I don’t want you saying the bad words, put school first.'” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “If you don’t take control of your career, guess what? You’ll be stuck in the sunset watching the sunrise, I am thesunrise.” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“Runnin’ this game for five years, guess that’s why my feet hurt.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “Don’t get it twisted. It’s not about money, it’s not about the fame. It’s about I don’t have to worry about if my little brother is gonna be able to get a new toy for Christmas. It’s those little tiny things that really make up the bigger picture. So, my happiness doesn’t come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I don’t mind being called a weirdo.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “My goal, in the beginning, was to buy my mother a house. Now I realize, Okay, if I really focus and become a key player in business, then I can build an empire.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “If you don’t have critics, you probably don’t have success either.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “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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“Defend my honor – Protect my pride” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America from a different country. My brother and I had accents. It was very tough.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I think women are much stronger than men in society. We take more risks than they do in general.” ~ Nicki Minaj, Nicki Minaj quotes on women
- “I do have a few personalities. When people started making a big deal out of it, I started making names for these people.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “You shoulda left the other day You let me beg for you to stay” ~ Nicki Minaj
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“If I wasn’t winning you wouldn’t care” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “You succeeded at your attempts to make me Need you desperately to vindicate me” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I just kinda do what I feel. I never knew what lane I would fill, [or that] I would fill a lane at all. I didn’t even really contemplate that far down the road. I just started having fun, and a lot of that came from me seeing Wayne dare to be different, and I started feeling like I can be a multifaceted rapper. I don’t have to be a one-dimensional female rapper. Once I put that in perspective, it was like everything just got easier for me, because I no longer wanted to fit in anybody’s box… I just wanted to be Nicki.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “I happen to be a pessimist, and maybe that’s a good thing because I don’t stop to smell the roses – which is not a good personal thing. I don’t stop and enjoy those moments. Always on to the next and never in the moment.” ~ Nicki Minaj
- “He said he don’t like em boney, he want something he can grab” ~ Nicki Minaj