Another accomplishment for the HB to add to the list! Nicki Minaj has been named Billboard’s “Rising Star” for 2011. The Rising Star Award acknowledges the Nickster’s “phenomenal year” and will be presented at the Billboard Women in Music Event on December 2nd in the city that never sleeps! That’ll be a great birthday present for Minaj, who rings in another year just 6 days later. Read more info on the Rising Star award below.
Minaj will be joined at the sixth annual event by Billboard Woman of the Year Taylor Swift, her friend and an early booster through radio interviews and a widely seen concert cameo.
“I am deeply honored to be recognized by Billboard,” says Minaj. “My nation of barbz and I have come a mighty long way; yet we are nowhere close to where God will take us. Sit back and enjoy the ride.”
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