The Trailer For Nicki Minaj’s Forthcoming Docuseries ‘Nicki’ Has Been Released

The first teaser for Nicki Minaj’s self-titled six-part documentary series, which will follow the rapper’s quick ascent to fame in the 2010s, has been released.

The opening line of the trailer, “You don’t get a manual on how to be a famous rapper – you just learn it as you go,” is just the first of many memorable quotes from Minaj. She continues by thinking back to her early days as a budding rapper in the mid-2000s: “I think the woman [I was] back then, she wasn’t afraid to fail. Female rappers weren’t really charting at the time… I’m fighting for the girls who never thought they could win.”

We also discover that Minaj never sought out the limelight because of what she says about her early goals: “I never wanted to be mainstream – mainstream came to be.” 

However, an equal amount of attention is paid to Minaj’s problems as a woman in the hip-hop industry in the six-part Nicki series, with the rapper stating that she just doesn’t get the respect that men do.

“This industry is just not a loving [or] supportive place,” Minaj says later in the trailer. “It pretends sometimes, but it’s just not.” She went on to address her drug use as a coping mechanism, saying that she “could medicate myself and tell myself it’s okay, but when the high comes down, you’re still there”, and noted that after taking a hiatus from music after 2018’s ‘Queen’, she became the strongest she has ever been in her life.

The making of Nicki’s forthcoming fifth album appears to be a topic as well, as the rapper says in the trailer’s ending: “I have to make music in order to stay sane”.

Check out Nicki’s debut trailer below:

Coming SOON!!!! The #NickiDocumentary you didn’t know you needed. Love you so much. 😘🫶🏽🎀💕🦄 pic.twitter.com/KbOY5fPU0s

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 28, 2022

Nicki’s release date has not yet been announced, but it has been confirmed that the series will stream on HBO Max before the year is through.

The trailer was made available before the release of Nicki Minaj’s upcoming single, ‘Freaky Girl,’ which is scheduled for 11th August.

Following the Lil Baby collabs ‘Do We Have A Problem?’ and ‘Bussin,’ ‘Blick Blick’ with Coi Leray, and ‘We Go Up’ with Fivio Foreign, it will be her fifth release of the year.

–Silviya.Y