WATCH: Nicki Minaj arrives in SA
The 33-year-old rapper landed in South Africa last night for three shows, in Cape Town, Durban and Joburg.
Grammy Award-nominated superstar, Nicki Minaj, continues to break records and impact pop culture at large.
Her critically lauded third full-length album, The Pinkprint arrived at the top of the Billboard 200 and Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, cementing her as rap's reigning queen.
Minaj recently made history, simultaneously occupying four top 10 spots on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart and becoming the first female artist to achieve the feat. Minaj also has the most hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart of any female rapper in history and is #3 among all female artists on the chart only behind Aretha Franklin and Taylor Swift.
Here's raw footage of @NICKIMINAJ touching down in Joburg taken by The Juice. Story to follow soon... pic.twitter.com/flpz1BCfBL
— TheJuiceSA (@TheJuiceSA) March 16, 2016
.@NICKIMINAJ's #ThePinkprintTOUR is finally coming to South Africa. pic.twitter.com/2NwGtdYsEc
— Gisele Bronx (@GiseleBronx) March 2, 2016
What’s more, twelve of her entries entered the top ten, yielding another record for a female rapper.
Minaj stands at the top of the pop vanguard. To date, the global superstar has sold over 50 million singles and 5 million albums worldwide.
@NICKIMINAJ has officially landed in South Africa! pic.twitter.com/aVASJlXO3m
— Zkhiphani.com (@Zkhiphani) March 16, 2016
Minaj has also been the recipient of a bevy of awards including American Music Awards, MTV VMA’s, Billboard Awards, People’s Choice Awards, BET Awards & many others.