Music Trivia | 100 facts & trivia about famous singers (part 3)

Singers are quite important for the music industry, and their lives tend to be kinda… fascinating!

Let’s find out more about them!

1. Cardi B was born on 11th October 1992!
2. She is a Libra!
3. Her real name is is Belcalis Almanzar!
4. Her parents gave her the nickname ”Bacardi”, just like the rum!
5. She is from the Bronx, New York, and of Trinidadian and Dominican descent!
6. She started as an Instagram star, as she posted videos on Instagram and became viral because she was speaking about things in life in a unique way!
7. She describes her personality as “humongous”!
8. You will find a lot of funny memes of her on the web!
9. Because she was a huge deal on social media, she was cast to be in US reality TV franchise Love & Hip Hop New York!
10. She stayed on the reality for two seasons and then left to focus on her career in music!
11. She used to work as a stripper!
12. But she didn’t have a problem with that.
13. She was a victim of domestic abuse and she has shared her story with her fans!
14. Beyonce and Drake love her! Other celebrities too!
15. Her fiance, Offset, proposed to her with a huge diamond ring while both of them were on stage performing, in Philadelphia!
16. They have collaborated for a song. Song’s name is “Clout”.
17. She admits having cosmetic surgery and she is not afraid to speak about it!
18. Her style is crazy! She loves bright colors and her nails are insane!
19. She loves laughing and making fun of everything around her!
20. She is the mother of a beautiful girl
21. She ”exploded” onto the Hip-Hop scene with hit single ‘Bodak Yellow’!
22. Lady Gaga and Madonna are two of her favorite artists!
23. Many believe she has what people in rap call “beef” with Nicki Minaj.
24. Despite that, both artists have collaborated for a song.
25. Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are the 2 most popular famous rap artists in a male dominant kind of music.
26. Offset’s real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus.
27. He was born on December 14, 199 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S.
28. In 2008, Offset formed Migos with Quavo and Takeoff.
29. Offset is Quavo’s cousin, and Quavo is Takeoff’s uncle.
30. The three grew up together in Gwinnett County, a mostly suburban area near Atlanta.
31. The group gained recognition following the release of their 2013 single “Versace’’.
32. Offset has released solo music and collaborated with numerous artists.
33. In June 2017, he was featured on Metro Boomin’s single “No Complaints” alongside Drake, which peaked at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100, and in September he joined Macklemore on the song “Willy Wonka”, from the album Gemini.
34. He and Migos appeared in an episode of Donald Glover’s series Atlanta, in 2016.
35. He has also starred in campaigns for the fashion designers Gosha Rubchinskiy, Bryce Barnes, and Lavati.
36. Offset started dating American rapper Cardi B, in 2017.
37. Offset is the father of four children: sons Jordan and Kody and daughter Kalea from early relationships, and a daughter with Cardi B, named Kulture Kiari Cephus, born July 10, 2018.
38. Cardi B and Offset got married in September 2017.
39. On December 5, 2018, Cardi B announced on Instagram that she and Offset had broken up.
40. Rumor had it, and then Offset confirmed it: He cheated on her.
41. Offset spent a lot of money, and time but he got his (almost ex) wife back.
42. It’s unclear whether Cardi B ever changed her mind about counseling, but by the 2019 Grammys on Feb. 10, they were back together.
43. He and the other two members of Migos got arrested on April 18, 2015. Offset was denied bond and was charged with possession of an unspecified Schedule II narcotic, possession of marijuana, possession of a firearm in a school safety zone, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
44. On May 2, 2015, Offset, while in custody, received additional charges of battery and inciting a riot within a penal facility after attacking another inmate, causing severe injury.
45. After eight months in custody, Offset was released on December 4, 2015, after accepting an Alford plea deal.
46. On March 17, 2016, Offset was arrested for driving with a suspended license but was released the next day without having charges filed.
47. Nick Minaj’s full name is Onika Tanya Maraj, and she adopted Nicki Minaj as a stage name.
48. She hates the name “Nicki Minaj.”
49. She’s admitted to having a hard upbringing, as her father was an abusive drug addict who tried to kill her mother by setting fire to their house.
50. Her favorite color is pink.
51. She used to rap in a quartet called ‘The Hoodstars’.
52. She named some of her biggest musical influences as Missy Elliot, Lil Kim, Jay Z, and Lil’ Wayne.
53. In 2008, she was awarded Female Artist Of The Year at the Underground Music Awards.
54. Despite having a rough time, it was her upbringing that made her “seek out and practice self-discipline”.
55. She was born in St James, Trinidad and Tobago on 8th December 1982.
56. Before she became Nicki Minaj she had nicknames including Cookie and Harajuku Barbie.
57. She was discovered by Lil’ Wayne and signed to his record label Young Money Entertainment in 2009.
58. She was fired from her waitress job at Red Lobster in the Bronx because of her discourtesy to customers.
59. She was brought up by her grandmother when she was younger.
60. She was the first female singer to top Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs Chart since 2002.
61. She has a tattoo on her left arm which says “God Is With Me Always in Chinese”.
62. She used to play the clarinet when she was in elementary school.
63. She has collaborated with cosmetic brands MAC and OPI to launch her own range of products.
64. She was listed as the fourth most active musician on Social Media by Billboard in 2011.
65. Her career ambition was to be an actress and managed to bag herself a role in the Off-Broadway play “In Case You Forget” in 2001.
66. In 2011, A Nicki Minaj inspired Barbie doll was released by Mattel.
67. She was the first-ever female rap artist to perform at Yankee Stadium.
68. She is a self-confessed chocaholic, and her favorites are Kit Kat and Twix.
69. Nicki Minaj has been involved in promotions and endorsements with Pepsi, Nokia, and Adidas.
70. Her favorite fruit is mango.
71. She kissed Madonna on her 29th birthday.
72. She regrets copying Lil’ Kim’s ‘Hardcore’ squat.
73. She’s always been focused on women’s empowerment because of the things her mother went through.
74. Nicki helped raise $250 million for AIDS in 2012. With the help of MAC Cosmetics, Nicki endorsed Viva Glam lipstick and 100% of the profits went to the MAC AIDS Fund.
75. The intro Nicki reads on Kanye’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ is an adaptation of Roald Dahl’s ‘Cinderella”.
76. Kanye West almost cut her verse from ‘Monster.’
77. Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez have both sung Nicki’s ‘Super Bass.’
78. Nicki Minaj is the first solo female artist to have seven singles simultaneously charting on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 Chart.
79. Meek Mill’s real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams.
80. He was born on May 6, 1987, in South Philadelphia.
81. He has an older sister, Nasheema Williams.
82. Meek Mill’s father was killed when Meek was five years old.
83. He died during an attempted robbery.
84. As a kid, he became acquainted with another one of his father’s brothers, who went by the MC name “Grandmaster Nell”, who was a pioneering disc jockey (DJ) in the late-1980s Philadelphia hip-hop scene and influenced rap artists Will Smith and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
85. During his early teenage years, Meek Mill often took part in rap battles, under the pseudonym Meek Millz.
86. When he was 18, while walking to a corner store armed, Meek Mill was arrested for illegally possessing a firearm and was beaten up by the police.
87. In 2008, Mill was convicted of drug dealing and gun possession and was sentenced to 11 to 23 months in prison by Judge Genece Brinkley.
88. On March 11, 2017, Mill was arrested at a local airport in St. Louis, Missouri for assaulting two pedestrians. Shortly after his arrest and court appearance, he was given a court summons.
89. On November 6, 2017, he was sentenced to two to four years in state prison for violating his parole.
90. On April 24, 2018, Mill was released pending the outcome of the appeal to the Pennsylvania supreme court.
91. The rapper began dating rapper and singer Nicki Minaj in early 2015 but after two years they broke up.
92. On October 26, 2012, Meek Mill announced the launch of his own record label imprint, Dream Chasers Records.
93. The flagship artists were Louie V. Gutta, Lee Mazin, and Goldie.
94. In early 2013, he also signed 17-year-old Louisiana rapper Lil Snupe moments after hearing his demo.
95. On June 20, 2013, Dream Chasers artist Lil Snupe was murdered at an apartment building in Winnfield, Louisiana by two gunshots to the chest. A warrant was issued for 36-year-old Tony Holden in connection with the shooting. Holden was on the run from police for four days before turning himself into authorities.
96. Meek Mill has had quite some feuds with other rappers such as The Game, Beanie Sigel, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Cassidy.
97. After he was released from prison in April, he started working on an album and it dropped on 29th of November 2018 and we see a lot of collaborations on it such as Cardi B, Jay-Z, and surprisingly Drake.
98. T.I. was impressed by Mill along with others and offered him an opportunity to travel, to meet with him, and Warner Bros. Records.
99. Within a week both record companies offered him a deal.
100. Although he was offered other record deals, Mill felt collaborating with T.I. was “an opportunity of a lifetime” and thus chose his label.

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