Time magazine’s ‘The 100 Most Influential People’ list has celebrated the meteoric rise of the rapper Nicki Minaj by welcoming her to its exclusive club.
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The list is now in its thirteenth year and honours what it believes are the most influential people in the world.
This year, as sales of her first and third album continue to rise in the U.S, Minaj has learned that she now stands as one of these people, rubbing shoulders with Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Zuckerberg and the International Monetary Fund leader Christina Lagarde.
No doubt a career high for the Queens, New York native, her inclusion on the list sees her extend her lead as the music’s most impactful female rapper and was announced before the premiere of her very first ABC TV series.
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Nicki Minaj
Lewis Hamilton
Usain Bolt
Marilynne Robinson
Karlie Kloss
Jordan Spieth
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Adele
Tu Youyou
Denis Mukwege
Sania Mirza
Ronda Rousey
Leonardo DiCaprio
Pioneers
Aziz Ansari
Caitlyn Jenner
Laura Esserman and Shelley Hwang
Palmer Luckey
Sunita Narain
Roy Choi
Felix Kjellberg (a.k.a. PewDiePie)
Hope Jahren
Dan Carder
Nadia Murad
Lee Berger
Mussie Zerai
Marc Edwards and Mona Hanna-Attisha
Christiana Figueres
Alan Stern
Raj Panjabi
Ibtihaj Muhammad
Gina Rodriguez
Kathy Niakan
Kip Thorne
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Titans
Tim Cook
Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal
Yuri Milner
Mohammed bin Nayef
Katie Ledecky
Dwayne Johnson
Pope Francis
Sundar Pichai
Wang Jianlin
Kathleen Kennedy
Eli Broad
Stephen Curry
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg
Artists
Kendrick Lamar
Gael García Bernal
Taraji P. Henson
Melissa McCarthy
Elena Ferrante
Riccardo Tisci
Ryan Coogler
Ariana Grande
Idris Elba
Bjarke Ingels
Oscar Isaac
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Guo Pei
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Mark Rylance
Charlize Theron
Yayoi Kusama
Priyanka Chopra
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Kim Jong Un
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Vladimir Putin
Paul Ryan
Diana Natalicio
Lori Robinson
Lester Holt
Queen Máxima
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François Hollande
Darren Walker
James Comey
Raghuram Rajan
Hillary Clinton
Aung San Suu Kyi
Sergio Moro
Justin Trudeau
Xi Jinping
Barack Obama
Mauricio Macri
Jaha Dukureh
Reince Priebus
Tsai Ing-wen
Sean MacFarland
Bernie Sanders
Nikki Haley
Jin Liqun
Donald Trump
Angela Merkel
John Kerry
Christine Lagarde
Yes Nicki!!!!!
Nicki is an ICON? Bish, where? At the hair salon? Barbershop? Ellen Show? Grocery store checkout line? LAWD, they trying it this morning chile! lol
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Yass Nicki!
She gon be a legend one day, haters to the left ?
For what?
Showing people her booty, lol.
Who TF Cares About A Grammy, Plenty Of Great Legendary Artist Don’t Have Grammys!! Kim Fans Clinging Too A Pop Song That Still Would’ve Won A Grammy Whether Kim Was On It Or Not…. Let’s Be Clear, Kim’ Is The Laughing Stock Of Holliwood, & The Only Reason Celebs Stop & Take Pics With Here Is Because They Probably Feel Sorry For Her… The New Music Is Garbage, The Flow Is Trash, The Face Is Repulsive… She Can Have That Grammy, That’s All She Has Left, I Wouldn’t Be Suprised If She Pawned It Or Sold It On EBay By Now, She Could Use The Coin
Sorry For Any Typos But You Giuys Get The Point
The shade of it all is that while this fraud is getting “honored,” all you can think of is the real Queen of Rap Lil’ Kim. That’s the thing with being a copycat. Oinknika will never escape the shadow of the Queen Bee. Oinknika will never be legendary. She’s a fad & her music career has faded. It’s only being held on life support by streams. Nobody will remember her music in 10 years.
Its weird that Nicki and Ariana is there but not Riri, Katy and Taylor. These girls are clearly more influential.
Rihanna has made the list a few years ago! Far as the other girls they are just pop stars! At least our girl Bey has made this list numerous times, TOP THE LIST AT #1, and landed the cover.
Congrats Ms. Minaj ??????
Do not worry about rih if society feel nicki influence young girls to get implants and surgeries so be it,because we live In a country that accepts anything rih teaches girls to be who you are and you dont need surgies to be accepted as a barbie white woman because I really do not see what nicki done rih has broken records from left to right up there with legends rih time will come she only 28 ariana made the list for what licking a donut time list is a,farce year after year they had Kendall and Kylie one year but I guess the magazine have to move with this generation not the importance of your actions
Rih started a cancer charity to pay for equipment’s to a hospital In Barbados alot of those countries do not have the advance cancer treatment to help black people some of these stars over here ain’t doing nothing for their own people
Nicki deserves this.
This fraud is getting honored and all people can talk about is Lil’ Kim the Queen Bee! Kiiiiiiii! I guess we all know who the real queen is! The Time 100 is a bought honor. It’s not real. Oinknika needs to worry about the fact that her career is in the toilet. She’s STILL a Grammyless flop with no #1 record.
Was the “real Queen Bee” honored by TIME magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential people today? Is the “real Queen Bee” worth as much as Nicki? Has “the real Queen Bee” been as successful in the music business as Nicki. NOPE! Didn’t think so *nelly furtado voice*
1. The Time Magazine “honor” is a paid for. It’s propaganda for dumb people like you to get happy about.
2. “Fuuuck cash, my name is a black card.” You can focus on money, but Kim has been living the same lifestyle since she came out in ’96. The Queen Bee stays dripping in Chanel and doesn’t have to worry about where her next Birkin is coming from.
3. Lil’ Kim: Three platinum albums in SALES. A Grammy. A #1 Billboard record. Oinknika: One platinum album in sales. Zero Grammys. 43943990430943034 songs and Zero #1 record. The Queen Bee wins.
You’re dismissed bittttch.
I don’t personally follow Nicki outside of her music as I do with all artist. However whatever it is that you’re doing keep it up Nicki. This is a win and a good look for your career.
If Beyonce is not on the list then it’s a brick!
She is one of times influential people. Was on last year’s cover..
Who?
Yay Lil Kim Jr! That check did wonders for you girlll. TGJ and even Time are getting sweet payola for spreading your pure FRAUD agenda. Newsflash: Any aspiring female rapper who follows the footsteps of Gimmicky Garbaj is likely to be a) unoriginal b) a fraud c) both a & b, c) arrogant/insecure enough to close doors to other female rappers who outshine you lyrically d) strive to be the only female rapper out doing features because of c.
Yes Onika you can stay duping this deaf dumb generation who will grow up to realize you’re nothing short of cancer to female rap. NEXT!
MESS!
No Theifyonce oh well…
Influence be it may negative or positive is still influence. An influential person has the ability to influence. Her capacity to influence people to generate dollars for so many companies is undeniable. I don’t like her as a person but she has mastered the art of influence?? great awareness of self and I don’t like the broad.
Yes Ronda Rousey, Usain Bolt and Nicki Minaj.
QUEEN!!!!!!!!! And people always try to downplay her success and influence.
This is a good look for her. Congrats to the other 99 people listed – it’s a huge honor that many don’t receive during their careers.
Why the hell is racist Priyanka on the cover? She threw black people under the bus and said that they were the ONLY group to pick on her and call her “curry” in high school, when we ALL know that’s not true.
That´s a joke LOL
She wasn´t even that influential 4 years ago. Much less now. Did I see Ariana Grande in that list too???? LMAO Girl cannot even release an album and have some real success but she is so influential??? LOL Mainstream losing it more and more as time goes by. Pathetic.
Try to discredit Nicki all you want, she’s going down in history as one of the best to ever do it. Props to her.
What the hell
Nice