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"This is one of the more unique adventures I've ever embarked
on," Minaj, 32, said in a statement on Tuesday.
The series is to be based on Minaj’s family which moved to the
United States from Trinidad and Tobago in the early 1990s.
The musician will produce the still-untitled show as well as act
in it, although her role has not been announced. In revealing
the news on Twitter on Tuesday, she said she was scouting for at
least one important role: “I am now launching a nation wide
search to find #YoungNicki.”
Shooting will begin this winter in the Queens borough of New
York but no date has yet been set for broadcast.
"Nicki is an international superstar, yet not everyone knows how
inspiring and hilarious her true story is,” said Karey Burke,
ABC Family's executive vice president programming and
development, in a statement.
The hip hop celebrity is to appear next year on the big screen
for "Barbershop 3," starring as a hairdresser alongside rapper
Ice Cube.
ABC Family is a unit of Walt Disney Co.
(Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon; Editing by Jill Serjeant and
Matthew Lewis)
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