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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 55651" data-attributes="member: 81"><img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nicki-Minaj-2022-Met-Gala-top.jpeg?w=1024&amp;h=437&amp;crop=1" alt="Nicki Minaj 2022 Met Gala" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Getty Image<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/nicki-minaj-release-date-freaky-girl/" target="_blank">Nicki Minaj</a> has already firmly cemented her place in hip-hop history, but now she’s added yet another bullet point to her resume: <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-nicki-minaj-monster-killed-me-amber-rose/" target="_blank">Minaj’s</a> Instagram account just passed 200 million followers, which makes her the first rapper to rack up that many followers on the platform.The next closest rappers on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-followed_Instagram_accounts" target="_blank">the list</a> are Cardi B (who has 138 million followers), Drake (117 million), and Snoop Dogg (75 million). Minaj now has the 18th most-followed account on the platform overall.Minaj observed the milestone on her Instagram Story by sharing a screenshot from the early days of her account, when she had only one post and a bit over 7,000 followers. She wrote, “most followed rapper on IG? Do I get a prize or smthn? From 7K to 200MM. thx yall.”<img src="https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Nicki-Minaj-Instagram-Story-200-million-followers.jpg" alt="Nicki Minaj Instagram Story" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />@nickiminaj/InstagramMinaj is the seventh most-followed musician behind Selena Gomez (338 million followers, No. 5 most-followed user overall), Ariana Grande (324 million, No. 8), Beyoncé (270 million, No. 9), Justin Bieber (250 million, No. 12), Taylor Swift (220 million, No. 15), and Jennifer <s>Lopez</s> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/style/jennifer-lopez-name-change.html" target="_blank">Affleck</a> (219 million, No. 16). Minaj is also the sixth most-followed female musician, the second most-followed Black musician behind Beyoncé, and the second most-followed musician not born in the United States after Bieber (Bieber is Canadian while Minaj was born in Trinidad and Tobago).<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/nicki-minaj-first-rapper-200-million-instagram-followers/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 55651, member: 81"] [IMG alt="Nicki Minaj 2022 Met Gala"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Nicki-Minaj-2022-Met-Gala-top.jpeg?w=1024&h=437&crop=1[/IMG] [UWSL]Getty Image[/UWSL] [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/nicki-minaj-release-date-freaky-girl/']Nicki Minaj[/URL] has already firmly cemented her place in hip-hop history, but now she’s added yet another bullet point to her resume: [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/kanye-west-nicki-minaj-monster-killed-me-amber-rose/']Minaj’s[/URL] Instagram account just passed 200 million followers, which makes her the first rapper to rack up that many followers on the platform. The next closest rappers on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-followed_Instagram_accounts']the list[/URL] are Cardi B (who has 138 million followers), Drake (117 million), and Snoop Dogg (75 million). Minaj now has the 18th most-followed account on the platform overall. Minaj observed the milestone on her Instagram Story by sharing a screenshot from the early days of her account, when she had only one post and a bit over 7,000 followers. She wrote, “most followed rapper on IG? Do I get a prize or smthn? From 7K to 200MM. thx yall.” [IMG alt="Nicki Minaj Instagram Story"]https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Nicki-Minaj-Instagram-Story-200-million-followers.jpg[/IMG] [UWSL]@nickiminaj/Instagram[/UWSL] Minaj is the seventh most-followed musician behind Selena Gomez (338 million followers, No. 5 most-followed user overall), Ariana Grande (324 million, No. 8), Beyoncé (270 million, No. 9), Justin Bieber (250 million, No. 12), Taylor Swift (220 million, No. 15), and Jennifer [UWSL][S]Lopez[/S][/UWSL] [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/18/style/jennifer-lopez-name-change.html']Affleck[/URL] (219 million, No. 16). Minaj is also the sixth most-followed female musician, the second most-followed Black musician behind Beyoncé, and the second most-followed musician not born in the United States after Bieber (Bieber is Canadian while Minaj was born in Trinidad and Tobago). [url="https://uproxx.com/music/nicki-minaj-first-rapper-200-million-instagram-followers/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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