What race is Nicki Minaj? What ethnicity is Nicki Minaj?
Nicki Minaj is mostly identified as a black woman but she is of mixed ethnicity. Her parents come from a diverse heritage due to the unique structure of the inhabitants of Trinidad and Tobago. Minaj’s father was born to an Afro-Trinidadian mother and an Indo-Trinidadian father, while her mother was born to Afro-Trinidadian parents.
Nicki was born to Robert Maraj (1956–2021) and Carol Minaj. Her father was a financial executive and part-time gospel singer of Douglas (Afro-Trinidadian mother and Indo-Trinidadian father) descent.
Her mother, Carol Maraj, is also a gospel singer with Afro-Trinidadian ancestry. Carol worked in the payroll and accounting departments during Minaj’s youth.
Minaj’s father was addicted to alcohol and crack cocaine and had a violent temper, burning down their house in December 1987.
