◇ image via WikipediaNicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj is a Contemporary R&B and Hip hop act. Their catalogue also touches Pop and Trap. Their sound grew out of Foxy Brown, Farruko, Rami Yacoub, Super Freak and Dej Loaf. Those roots explain a lot about how Nicki Minaj arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as JT, DJ Khaled, Rihanna, Kash Doll and Remy Ma, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Charlie Puth, Chappell Roan, Ester Dean, Villano Antillano and French Montana, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 165 connections around Nicki Minaj, reaching back through Foxy Brown and forward to Charlie Puth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Nicki Minaj connections
Nicki Minaj grew out of Foxy Brown, Farruko, Rami Yacoub and Super Freak, shares an orbit with JT, DJ Khaled, Rihanna and Kash Doll, went on to shape Charlie Puth, Chappell Roan, Ester Dean and Villano Antillano. 165 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Nicki Minaj
Sounds and acts that shaped Nicki Minaj.
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Artists similar to Nicki Minaj
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Nicki Minaj.
Bands Nicki Minaj shaped
Where the influence of Nicki Minaj travelled next.
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