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Nicki Minaj Father Killed In Hit and Run

by Paul Cashmere on February 16, 2021

Robert Maraj, the father of rapper Nicki Minaj, has died after being involved in a hit and run in New York.

Maraj was walking around Mineola, Long Island at around 6:15pm last Friday 12 February when he was struck by a car. He died the next day.

Nicki Minaj was born Onika Maraj in 1982. She is 38, Her father was 64.

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