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Nicki Minaj is getting personal with fans with the release of her upcoming docuseries, Nicki.
According to Variety, a six-part documentary series on the career of Nicki Minaj is on the way, with the Queen Barb confirming the news by sharing the trailer on social media. Taking to Twitter. the “Yikes” rapper shared a two-minute trailer with the caption:
“Coming SOON!!!! The #NickiDocumentary you didn’t know you needed. Love you so much.”
Taking to Instagram to expound on the project, the “Do We Have a Problem” rapper shared even more with fans, revealing that it will arrive “sooner rather than later.”
“I took some time to perfect this very intimate, delicate, electrifying, inspiring body of work,” Nicki Minaj explained via her Instagram caption. “As I decide on a home for this project, I can’t help but reflect on what I’m including in this doc. Some things are so personal, it’s scary. It’s like NOTHING you’ve seen before & I need it to be handled with care.”
Produced by the Canadian company Bron Studios, the “Nicki” trailer starts with a clip of a young Minaj rapping and reflecting on her early come-up. Nicki Minaj narrates her documentary as her 2018 single “Chun Li” plays and she shares her thought process at the time saying:
“Female rappers weren’t really charting at the time. I’m fighting for the girls who never thought they could win. You don’t get a manual on how to be a famous rapper. You just learn it as you go.”
Over a screenshot of Taylor Swift’s 2011 tweet — in which Swift wrote, “Driving back from rehearsals listening to Super Bass by @nickiminaj OVER AND OVER. I’m so obsessed with this song” — Minaj explains she “never wanted to be mainstream. “Mainstream came to me;” she said before adding that she had to “medicate” herself to get through the “lows” of a career in a male-dominated industry as a female rapper.
“When you are just focused on the business, you can lose yourself,” she says before adding “It was time for me to grow up and start loving myself.”
In addition to sharing intimate details about her road to stardom, Minaj also dishes on her love life with her husband, Kenneth Petty, noting that he played “a huge part” in helping her become stronger. The trailer also displays clips of the two together as she discusses the moment she “became the strongest I’ve ever been in my life.”
Check out the trailer below.