Perhaps this is not the right question for Quora. Explaining a rapper's success is akin to asking why Simon Cowell is as good as he is at what he does?<p>Personally to me Quora is great for answering questions that do not require very deep analysis but require specific knowledge in an area.
I personally feel like she asked a question that couldn't be suitably answered by most of quora's current community.<p>This has nothing to with it as a whole or on the track its going<p>what about?<p><a href="http://www.quora.com/Why-is-Lady-Gaga-so-popular" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/Why-is-Lady-Gaga-so-popular</a>
<a href="http://www.quora.com/Justin-Bieber/Why-is-Justin-Bieber-so-popular-1" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/Justin-Bieber/Why-is-Justin-Bieber-so-p...</a><p>And also why is this on the front page of Hacker News?
"Is Quora Ready for Pop Music?" would actually be a good question to be posted Quora itself and
"Why is Nicki Minaj so popular?" would make a fine personal blog post... downside of that is the later would probably not make HN front page.