Nicki went to back to her roots this weekend…visiting Trinidad for her very first show there. She spoke with their local paper about her upcoming album, her Trini roots, costumes and hating her “Minaj” name?? The emcee told the press:

“I was always called Nicki at home so I was known as Nicki Maraj but my first producer [Fendi] did not like Maraj and thought Minaj sounded better. I still hate the name and I was going to go back to Maraj on the album but people told me no because my fans like it.”

So no fear to the thousands of girls with “Minaj” in your Twitter name. You can keep thugging it out LOL. At least for now anyway!

@MarisaMendez

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