Rapper Nicki Minaj’s father died after being hit by a car accident in New York.
Robert Maraj was walking down a street in Mineola on Long Island on Friday at 6:15 p.m. when he was hit by a car that failed to stop, according to Nassau County police. Maraj was taken to a hospital where he died the next day. He was 64 years old.
The police are asking every witness to the fatal accident to speak out.
Minaj, whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj, was born in Trinidad and grew up in New York City, Queens County.
The 38-year-old artist has made no public statements about her father’s death.
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There was little they could do for the music star’s father after the fatal event that happened around 6pm. Robert Maraj arrived at the hospital in critical condition and there was nothing the doctors could do to save his life.
It is currently unknown what happened because the driver fled. Police are investigating the outrage, although they don’t have much at the moment because passers-by haven’t seen much of what happened. It was getting dark and they could not see the license plate of the vehicle or the driver. It was also very fast.
Nicki Minaj has yet to make a public statement, although her representative has confirmed the news. The rapper and her father had a difficult relationship. When she was a child, she had to watch her father get drunk and use crack every day.
He also abused his mother, Carol. ‘He drank a lot and used drugs, and he got violent when he did. When he set the house on fire, he tried to kill my mother, ” he said in an interview. He eventually managed to quit alcohol and drugs, but the damage was already done. To make matters worse, Minaj’s brother was sentenced to life in prison in January 2020 for raping an 11-year-old girl.