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Want to learn to rap like Nicki Minaj? The easy first step: Listen to her music like you're getting paid to do it. Treat listening to Nicki's raps and rhymes like it's your job. Study her new stuff, her old stuff, and her best feature verses on other people's songs.  Nicki's five studio albums are:  Pink Friday Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up The Pinkprint Queen   Nicki's official mixtape releases include:  Beam Me Up Scotty Playtime is Over Sucka Free If you want to dig a little deeper to learn how Nicki crafted her sound, it's good to listen to the same people that she listened to. If you're a super fan, you owe it to yourself to check out her favorite artists, as well as her stuff. She's even had Twitter feuds with a few of these people, she's got so much in common with them. Nicki was most influenced by the following pop and rap artists:  Madonna Lil Kim Missy Elliot Eve Janet Jackson Trina TLC Lil Wayne Cyndi Lauper Enya The most important part of rapping like Nicki is studying her lyrics and seeing how they're put together. Listen to the sounds of the words, as well as what she's saying. Learn the style of her best rhymes.  Memorize some of Nicki's best verses. Before you start trying to rap your own rhymes or songs in a Nicki Minaj style, it's good to memorize your favorite verses entirely so you can see how they're put together. Copy them out into a journal or onto your phone, and carry them around with you. You can check out RapGenius for the lyrics to most of Nicki's songs, or you can check out the lyric sheets in the physical copy of her albums. As you gradually learn more and more of the lyrics, lock yourself in your bedroom and start spitting alongside the pink queen herself. As you play the tracks, try to keep up and mimic the way Nicki uses her voices, staying on beat as closely as possible. Try to keep up. Try rapping them a cappella as well, once you get the hang of rapping along with the track. Try to focus on staying as rhythmic as possible, and not losing track of your Nicki flow.

Summary:
Listen to lots of Nicki. Listen to Nicki's influences. Study Nicki's lyrics. Start rapping along to Nicki's songs.