The rapper voices the title character and executive produces alongside 50 Cent in the adaptation of popular comic book series.
With her new TV series, Lady Danger, Nicki Minaj is bringing her talents to the world of animation.
The 40-year-old rapper, born Onika Tanya Maraj, is set to star in and executive produce the series, which is based on the two-part Dark Horse Comics comic book series created by Alex de Campi with artwork by Mulele Jarvis and John Lucas that debuted in 2015.
Nicki Minaj is set to star in and executive produce new animated series ‘Lady Danger’ based on the comics.
Producers also include 50 Cent. pic.twitter.com/iqq2wFep1B
— Pop Base (@PopBase) April 12, 2023
Lady Danger tells the story of a government field agent who is abandoned by her team after uncovering a dangerous secret in the year 2075. Lady Danger is resurrected as a “afrofuturistic a**-kicking Agent of B.O.O.T.I (Bureau of Organized Terrorism Intervention).”
Through his G-Unit Film & TV company, Minaj will voice the title character and executive produce the series alongside Curtis “50 Cent.” The series will be written and executive produced by Carlton Jordan and Crystle Roberson, as well as Brian Sher and Paul Young & Mike Griffin for Make Good Content, with Starburns Industries serving as the animation studio.
Minaj’s first major film or television project since voicing Pinky in The Angry Birds Movie 2 in 2019. The rapper has also voiced Sugilite in three episodes of the animated series Steven Universe between 2014 and 2016, and appeared in live-action movies such as Barbershop: The Last Cut and The Other Woman, along with a slew of music videos.
Nicki Minaj’s chart-topping streak continues with back-to-back #1 hits on the Hot Rap Songs charts.
Lady Danger’s release comes just weeks after Minaj had back-to-back #1 singles on the Hot Rap Songs chart. Her latest hit, Red Ruby Da Sleeze, was her second #1 hit in a row, following Super Freaky Girl, which topped the Hot Rap Songs charts for 11 weeks in 2022.
Minaj’s ascension to the top of the chart was fueled primarily by 41,000 pure sales in the first week, the most of any hip-hop song this year. Among all music genres, it ranks second only to Miley Cyrus’s song Flowers, which sold 70,000 copies.
