Nicki Minaj performing during the Pink Friday Tour in 2012. In September, Minaj joined the judges' panel for the twelfth season of American Idol with Mariah Carey, Keith Urban, and Randy Jackson. That October, a leaked video circulated online, which showed Minaj and Carey in a heated argument during auditions in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Born Onika Tanya Maraj, Nicki Minaj has recorded three albums: Pink Friday (2010), Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), and The Pinkprint (2014). In addition to her music career, Minaj has acted in films such as Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) and The Other Woman (2014). She completed two tours, Pink Friday Tour and Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour, both in 2012. Minaj started her career by ...

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