Alter Egos
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Alter egos With her parents frequently fighting during her childhood, Minaj lived through characters she created as a means of escape. She recalled that "fantasy was my reality" and her first identity was Cookie, who became Harajuku Barbie and (later) Nicki Minaj. [147] In November 2010, Minaj assumed the alter ego Nicki Teresa, wearing a colorful headdress and calling herself "healer to her fans" during a visit to the Garden of Dreams Foundation at Fuse Studios in New York. [148] She introduced another alter ego, Rosa (pronounced with an exaggerated R), to commemorate her December 2010 appearance on Lopez Tonight. [149] "Roman Holiday" Menu 0:00 Minaj switches between her fast-paced Roman Zolanski persona to his mother, Martha, during this 30-second sample of "Roman Holiday". Problems playing this file? See media help. For Pink Friday, Minaj created another alter ego: Roman Zolanski, "a demon inside her", Minaj's "twin brother" whose character she assumes when she is angry. [150] Roman has been compared to Eminem's alter ego Slim Shady, and on "Roman's Revenge" Minaj and Eminem collaborate as their alter egos. [151] On her next album, she said that there would be a lot of Roman: "And if you're not familiar with Roman, then you will be familiar with him very soon. He's the boy that lives inside of me. He's a lunatic and he's gay and he'll be on there a lot." [152] Roman has a mother, Martha Zolanski, [153] who appeared on "Roman's Revenge" with a British accent [154] and singing on "Roman Holiday" for the first time. [155][156] Martha appeared in the "Moment 4 Life" video as Minaj's apparent fairy godmother. Although Minaj was rapping in songs such as "All I Do Is Win (Remix) ", she promised to introduce Nicki, Roman and Onika on her first album. [150]
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Alter egos
With her parents frequently fighting during her childhood, Minaj lived through characters she
created as a means of escape. She recalled that "fantasy was my reality" and her first identity
was Cookie, who became Harajuku Barbie and (later) Nicki Minaj.[147]
In November 2010,
Minaj assumed the alter ego Nicki Teresa, wearing a colorful headdress and calling herself
"healer to her fans" during a visit to the Garden of Dreams Foundation at Fuse Studios in
New York.[148]
She introduced another alter ego, Rosa (pronounced with an exaggerated R),
to commemorate her December 2010 appearance on Lopez Tonight.[149]
"Roman Holiday"
Menu
0:00
Minaj switches between her fast-paced Roman Zolanski persona to his mother,
Martha, during this 30-second sample of "Roman Holiday".
Problems playing this file? See media help.
For Pink Friday, Minaj created another alter ego: Roman Zolanski, "a demon inside her",
Minaj's "twin brother" whose character she assumes when she is angry.[150]
Roman has been
compared to Eminem's alter ego Slim Shady, and on "Roman's Revenge" Minaj and Eminem
collaborate as their alter egos.[151]
On her next album, she said that there would be a lot of
Roman: "And if you're not familiar with Roman, then you will be familiar with him very
soon. He's the boy that lives inside of me. He's a lunatic and he's gay and he'll be on there a
lot."[152]
Roman has a mother, Martha Zolanski,[153]
who appeared on "Roman's Revenge"
with a British accent[154]
and singing on "Roman Holiday" for the first time.[155][156]
Martha
appeared in the "Moment 4 Life" video as Minaj's apparent fairy godmother. Although Minaj
was rapping in songs such as "All I Do Is Win (Remix)", she promised to introduce Nicki,
Roman and Onika on her first album.[150]
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