Back in September, the long-simmering beef between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B came to a head during New York Fashion Week. There was a physical altercation between the entourages, and Minaj was too much of a coward to actually say anything face-to-face to Cardi. Days later, Minaj attempted to take the high road, and act like she was the only classy one in the situation. That’s stuck with me, this idea that Minaj sees herself as the “classy” Mean Girl, the one who is “above it all” in the dramas she often instigates. The reality is that Minaj is arguably one of the most problematic people in the music industry. She repeatedly stood up for her brother when he was arrested, tried and convicted of raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter. And now Minaj’s new boyfriend is also a registered sex offender and killer. Ugh.
Fans are not impressed with Nicki Minaj’s new beau. The “Barbie Dreams” rapper appeared to make her reported romance with Kenneth “Zoo” Petty — who is a registered sex offender in New York — Instagram official over the weekend after posting photos of him from her 36th birthday celebration in Turks and Caicos. On Sunday, Minaj shared two photos — one that features her posing with her leg wrapped around Petty while he looks at her lovingly another shot of him looking off into the distance — along with a caption quoting lyrics from Adele’s 2015 hit, “Hello.”
“Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happens?…it’s no secret…that the both of us…are running out of time,” Minaj wrote. Minaj disabled the comments on the post debuting her new relationship after fans started slamming her for being with Petty given his questionable past.
Petty, 40, is a level two registered sex offender in New York, which means he’s considered a “moderate risk of repeat offense” and will be required to register as a sex offender for life. According to online records from the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services, Petty was convicted in April 1995 of attempted rape in the first degree for an incident that occurred in September 1994 involving a 16-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 18 to 54 months in prison, but it is unclear how much time he actually served.
Minaj responded to a fan in the comments, writing, “He was 15, she was 16 … in a relationship. But go awf Internet. Y’all can’t run my life. Y’all can’t even run y’all own life. Thank you boo.”
Petty also pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of a man named Lamont Robinson in 2002, according to a criminal complaint obtained by The Blast. According to The Blast, Petty plead guilty to the manslaughter charge in March 2006 and served seven years in prison after being sentenced to 10. Petty was released in May 2013, and had been on supervised release for five years until May of this year.
I’m open to the idea that Minaj is just doing this for attention, and this is her own version of “creating a controversy so that she can act aggrieved.” I’m also open to the idea that Minaj has a terrible picker because she’s an awful person. How many of her ex-boyfriends have come out to discuss how she abused them and gaslighted them? Maybe this isn’t a case of “Poor Nicki fell for a bad dude.” Maybe it’s “Birds of a feather flock together.”
Photos courtesy of Instagram, WENN.
This is so foul….and she must not have ANYONE in her life who can hold a mirror up to her soul and hold her accountable for what it reflects….
I agree, she’s awful so she likes awful people.
Honestly, what is the main grievance regarding her?
I sometimes think if I my persona was only described by the various ex boyfriend, I’d be demolished lol.
Granted, I haven’t read enough about her yet but I’m curious to check out the links.
Oh and of course!! What I’ve just read about her new boyfriend is disgusting
… I bet he explained it in a way where the young girl was the problem. I hate those type of fukkers and the women who believe them sadden me.
Proudly worked with abusers, defended her brother (a child rapist), and now dates a rapist/murderer.
I was so glad she got shut out of the Grammys. I know her personal life has nothing to do with her music but I’m glad it was Cardi and not her getting the grammy love.
Was about to say – she defended her nasty child rapist brother and paid for his wedding. Her moral compass is waaaaay broken. THANK U, NEXT.
At this point I’m beginning to wonder if Nicki is actually a sexual predator. Her open support of her brother, choosing to work with and support Tekashi69, and now dating this guy. Definitely not a coincidence.
Exactly or a victim herself. Her repeated proximity to sexual abusers is becoming too much of a coincidence. She needs help.!
I hate writing this but I would guess a victim, she behaves as if sexual predation is no big deal, I would guess she has been groomed to think this is normal.
I’m not going to support assumptions about sexual abuse since she hasn’t said that herself, and there’s already enough of a problematic trend of people projecting that issue onto female celebrities without their consent. But, she did talk about witnessing her father abusing her mother as a child, and Nicki was also physically abused in one relationship as an adult. Not that that justifies any of the bad things she’s done, but that is part of her story.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/10/03/nicki-minaj-shares-experiences-domestic-violence-victim/1517773002/
Can we please stop to condone abuse or closeness to abusers/rapists with “she/he is a victim herself”?
This attitude is awful, sorry!
I am a rape survivor (of multiple rapes) and suffered domestic violence for 20 years at the hands of my father.
1) I will never abuse anyone and never did
2) You wouldn’t catch me in the proximity of a rapist/abuser even if dead
Nicky Money is simply an a$$h*l@ (not mutually exclusive with being a victim; however her constant association with awful men is due to the former)
If they were both minors in a relationship and everything was consensual, how did he get on the registry? It’s not statuary if they are both minors. Sexual assault and manslaughter… what a catch.
I bet she thinks he makes her more edgy. But she really needs to drop him fast.
From what I’ve read he held a sharp object to the girl to try to force her to have sex with him. It was attempted rape in the 1st degree
It was a violent rape with a knife.
I was 17 when I was raped by my 18 year old boyfriend. The idea that she is putting out there – that being teenagers and being in a relationship somehow makes him less culpable is utter bullsh*t. The fact that he was actually convicted says a lot – as it rarely happens. Now you tell me he pulled a knife on her?? Foul, absolutely foul. No excuses.
yeah, doesn’t matter how old he was OR if they were “in a relationship”, Nicki…or even if they had had sex previously. if he attempted to force the young woman to have sex, it’s rape. there’s even such a thing as “marital rape” which is…you guessed it!…RAPE.
I wasn’t ever really a fan of her music but I didn’t dislike her. but that’s changed…what a gross person she is.
Yeah that’s the thing. It’s not a case of parents who wanted teenagers apart and pulled some strings/pressed charges. It was literally assault with a weapon… and he has a murder charge. What the hell is she thinkinggggg. I mean – people can change. But damn, you’re taking a risk with a creep like this.
Right. For whatever reason OP’s mind went straight to statutory rape without considering the possibility of violent rape.
The fact that he was 15 and attempted a violent rape is actually incredibly disturbing and the fact that Nikki’s first impulse is to defend his actions is just as bad.
She also collaborated with a rapper who was accused of having sex with someone under she is nasty.
Seriously, is anyone surprised?
Her behaviour makes me wonder if she’s a victimar/abuser or both herself.
I’m with you Kaiser, in the war, I’m team Cardi. Nicki has always been a caricature, now she’s just a sad clown. Girl bye!
Both women are problematic in different ways, but this is next level. I used to work with someone who was married to a murderer, met him post release and seemed to judge him on his present rather than his past. But Nicki is ultimately dismissive of what he did and that’s disrespectful to the victims and also dangerous. Maybe he is a changed character but don’t just dismiss the victims. Ugh she should’ve stuck to flirting with Lewis Hamilton.
Yeah, this is disturbing on many, many levels and in many, many ways, but I can just as easily be on NO ONE’S team, and still support WoC & hip hop.
Easily.
BOTH are bothersome. A lot of Cardi’s mess just hasn’t or doesn’t make it here (I’m gonna guess that and a LARGE percentage here never saw her on Love & Hip Hop).
I don’t understand anyone that wants to date a person that was plead guilty to killing someone else. It makes me fearful for her safety that she is dating him.
But it’s totally okay you guys – because he was only like, 16 and they were in a relationship. You can’t rape somebody if you’re in a teen relationship. ::::sarcasm:::
And apparently we’re just ignoring the murder charge. But what can you expect from someone who defends her rapist brother?
Slightly OT because it doesn’t apply to this specific case at all, which is obviously abuse, but that’s one of the reasons why I think criminalizing teen sexuality is a bad thing. It kind of lumps situations like two high school juniors or seniors consensually sexting each other or a teen dating someone 2 or 3 years younger in with actual abuse.
Ugh. I WANT to support female rappers but believe you are right in guessing that this may be a “birds of a feather” situation. It’s looking more and more like Nicki just isn’t a good person. Disappointing.
Good god. I was willing to extend her the benefit of the doubt about her brother- I could easily understand just not being able to believe that of someone you love so much until a conviction was actually handed down- but no more. No way in hell. Not after 69, and now THIS? I’m sorry, she is just an AWFUL person.
I mean, how far does the benefit of the doubt go when victim’s brother statement (as a witness) that her monster brother not only raped a 11old girl, but threatened her brother also? His witnessing statement is so horrific, so authenthic, that there really is no doubt!
Same. I was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt about her brother because I didn’t hear about her making any statements defending him. But then she defended that Tekashi guy she worked with, now she’s dating someone who raped someone at knifepoint, and she’s been outed as an abuser herself.
When you think Nicki can’t get any lower. Of all the people available in the world, you pick a convicted rapist and murderer??? And don’t forget father of 5! And the way she was acting when she “introduced” him on instagram, this is either a publicity stunt because, frankly, she needs it or she is allegedly on drugs like industry insiders have been insinuating for a while now or both. Her behavior is not that of a superstar and just plain odd. SMH.
Yes, because the man being 15 and in a relationship with his victim makes any difference. FFS woman, grow up.
But how! She’s known for her classy, humble and kind attitude.
I haven’t liked Nicki since….well never… but even I’m disappointed in all of her horrible choices this year. She seems to like dating “down”as a means of control but this is the lowest of the low.
Take him back to the dumpster you found him in Nicki
Welp, he’s a winner isn’t he?
She needs to start seeing a therapist instead of this random criminal.
She’s always been an insecure, hypocritical a**hole
Mmmmm… What could go wrong?
What could be the ultimate “wrong” is if they brought a child into their union. Considering his ability to breed it would be inevitable, and oh what an example they would set. I already pity the innocent kid.
If she’d played her cards right, she could have taken her place along with the rest of the idiots on Love After Lock-Up.
Are we supposed to be surprised or…?
This dude is the father of FIVE children. How does he get women??? I don’t understand. Are some women THAT desperate?????
This is the people she likes to surround herself with, what’s the shock?
Let’s not forget how she loves her “baby” 6ix9ine, another convicted sex offender (victim was a 13 yo girl, he was 18) who she uses to specifically market her music to minors. Also, remember recently when that writer said she was pushing 40 and it would be dope if she made more mature content? Nicki hit back that she was 34 not 36. Wonder which is true. A friend of mine also wrote an article about how she is problematic af for consistently dealing with sex offenders. I don’t think y’all allow links, but if you do let me know. Nicki got wind of that article and instead of coming up with an actual counter argument, she resorted to calling her all types of b’s and other names. I wrote her off a while ago.
She doesn’t seem like a nice person, she doesn’t LOOK like a nice person (and before anyone says one can’t help how they look — that doesn’t apply here). And imo she hasn’t made any good songs in a long time, so, can she be canceled please?
I used to like her, then I didn’t like her, but liked her music, now I think she’s just a horrible person inside and out. I wish Cardi’s shoe did hit her in the head because something needs to knock some sense into this woman. Of all the men she could choose from, she picks this guy? I knew she was insecure, but I didn’t think it was this bad.