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City of Port of Spain is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. Port of Spain is emerging as a leading city in the Caribbean region and the first Caribbean city to host the 5th Summit of the Americas Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre are ranked as the 7th and 8th tallest buildings in the Caribbean islands. Port of Spain also hosted the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009. There are 49,031 who live in the city but 128,026 people live in the metropolitan area.

The City of Port of Spain is known for its Carnival and was the birthplace of steelpan and calypso.


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Onika Tanya Maraj (born December 8, 1982), better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj /mɪˈnɑːʒ/, is a Rap and R&B recording artist who rose to fame after becoming a member in rapping group Young Money. She was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago, but moved to the Queens borough of New York City as a child and graduated from LaGuardia High School in 2003.

Minaj began her music career in 2007 after she released her first mixtape Playtime Is Over. The mixtape followed by mixtapes, Sucka Free and Beam Me Up Scotty which were released in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Minaj had her first label success after fellow American rapper, Lil Wayne discovered and secured a record deal with her with Young Money Entertainment with distribution from Universal Motown In August 2009.

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