She is currently considered the new sex symbol and female face of hip-hop and rap music, her album "Pink Friday" has taken the charts by storm, and has become the second-highest selling debut album in all female history (for the hip-hop and rap genre) - If she manages to top Lauren Hill's album sales, Nicki Minaj might just make history there.
The only other recent female artist to make such an impact on music sales amongst large audiences world-wide is Lady Gaga (current world-wide top selling pop-artist).
With such elaborate tastes for fashion in their acts, Minaj and Gaga, both represent an entire generation of pop-culture bridging with the high-fashion industry - They both wore Alexander McQueen couture dresses to the MTV VMA's (Lady Gaga is a publicly known fan of the lost designer, RIP Alexander McQueen).
Minaj and Gaga are two artists who are both very innovative with their styles and bring forth a fresh new approach to music. When people bring up the topic of pop-culture, the general audience automatically considers Madonna and Michael Jackson the king and queen of pop, but Lady Gaga is also now just as popular as they are - taking that throne to another level.
With her ability to sing and her clever rap tactics, it's no question that Minaj has a talent that many female rappers have not yet brought forth to the game. She's worked with top notch players in the rap industry such as Drake, Lil' Wayne, Kanye West, and Rihanna - "Pink Friday" was also number 2 on the Billboard 200 right behind Kanye West's album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" (Kanye sold 495,000 while Nicki sold 395,000).
She's been taking many stabs by other female rap artists such as Lil' Kim and Tiye Phoenix, because of her look and style - There's been heavy controversy about the beef with Lil' Kim and Minaj, mainly because of a record which was recorded with both artists, but did not recognize Lil' Kim as much. With all of the current controversy in the industry, it's difficult to picture what is going to play out for both of their careers - but if we consider numbers, Minaj is currently taking the game to another level.
