New York
The rapper’s father Nicki Minaj he died after be run over by a collider near New York City, police said on Sunday.
Robert Maraj, 64, walked in along a road Mineola, Long Island, at 6:15 p.m. local time on Friday when he was run over, the police said of Nassau County in a statement.
The driver left the scene of the accident and Maraj was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Saturday.
“The investigation is underway,” police added.
The statement did not specify Maraj’s relationship with Minaj, but a police spokesman confirmed it was his father
Minaj, 38, was born in Trinidad and Tobago and grew up in the Queens borough of New York City. The rapper has been nominated to ten Grammy Awards during his career.