The trailer promises that the upcoming 6-part documentary series, which is titled 'Nicki', is about 'a story so raw, it can only be told by a legend that's real.'
- Jul 29, 2022
AceShowbiz - Nicki Minaj is ready to show more about herself on her upcoming documentary series, "Nicki". On Thursday, July 28, the Grammy-nominated rapper treated fans to the first teaser for the highly-anticipated project.
The trailer opens with young Nicki rapping. She is later heard saying in a voiceover, "You don't get a manual on how to be a famous rapper. You just learn it as you go." Footage of her taking pictures with her fans, who are known as Barbz, later flickers on the screen, before the star is seen performing at arenas and getting off of a private jet.
As the trailer features more videos of the "Bang Bang" raptress during her peak moments of her career, the mom of one shares a message about her younger self. "I think the woman back then, she wasn't afraid to fail. Female rappers weren't really charting at the time," she shares. "I'm fighting for the girls who never feel like they could win."
Also featured in the trailer is the moment when Taylor Swift gushed over Nicki in the earlier days of the rapper's career. "Driving back from rehearsals listening to Super Bass by @nickiminaj OVER AND OVER," the "Evermore" artist wrote on Twitter back in January 2011. "I'm obsessed with this song."
"I never wanted to be mainstream. Mainstream came to me. I take an art form of rap very serious," Nicki explains in the trailer. She also reflects on being a female rapper in the industry, "I think that we just don't get the respect that men do. You constantly feel like you're doing something wrong, and so you just stop doing period. This industry is just not a loving, supportive place. It pretends sometimes, but it's just not."
She continues in the trailer, which also sees loving moments between Nicki and her husband Kenneth Petty, "I could medicate myself and tell myself it's okay. But when the high comes down, when you are just focused on the business, you can lose yourself. It's time for me to grow up and start loving myself."
"I became the strongest I've ever been in my life. And then I just started rapping," she admits as her 2010 single "Moment 4 Life" is playing. "I still can remember the great feeling, and the moment when I wanted the night to last forever. I have to make music in order to stay sane."
Sharing the two-minute video on her Twitter page, the "Anaconda" hitmaker teased, "Coming SOON!!!! The #NickiDocumentary you didn't know you needed. Love you so much."
Nicki also shared the trailer on Instagram. "I took some time to perfect this very intimate, delicate, electrifying, inspiring body of work. As I decide on a home for this project, I can't help but reflect on what I'm including in this doc," she revealed in the caption. "Some things are so personal, it's scary. It's like NOTHING you've seen before & I need it to be handled with care. Love you so much. Thank you for the continued support."
Before it concludes, the trailer promises that the 6-part documentary series is about "a story so raw, it can only be told by a legend that's real." "Nicki" doesn't have a release date just yet.
