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Everything to Know About Nicki Minaj's Parents - After Rapper's Dad is Killed In a Hit-and-Run Accident · Fresh Intelligence

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  [SPEAKER_01]: Here's Fresh Intelligence first to start your day.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nicki Minaj has often discussed her parents, Robert and Carol marriage, revealing key insights about their lives and impact on her own.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nicki Minaj's parents moved to New York City, Asterisk, before her rise to fame, Nicki endured a challenging childhood.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At age three, her parents immigrated from Trinidad to the U.S., leaving her with her grandmother.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: They returned two years later, relocating the family to South Jamaica, Queens.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nikki recalled, every time my parents fought, my mother would have a smooth, I dreaded it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I had butterflies in my stomach each time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As a child, Nikki witnessed domestic violence, and in her documentary Queen Asterisk, she recounted her instinctual attempts to protect her mother.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe some people would describe me as abrasive, because I vowed from that age no man would ever abuse me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She shared emotionally.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Carol marriage is a gospel singer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Asterisk Nikki appears to have inherited her talent from Carol, a gospel singer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Carol fondly recalled, I sang all the time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When they heard me sing, they would just leave whatever they were doing upstairs and run down.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In a 2014 interview, she noted that Nikki often called for prayers during challenging times, emphasizing the importance of faith in her daughter's life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Carol marriage founded a nonprofit supporting women experiencing domestic violence as a domestic abuse survivor.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Carol established the Carol marriage foundation to support women facing similar challenges.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I started feeling a burden for them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I was moved to start the foundation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She shared aiming to bring financial independence to support victims.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Robert marriage struggled with substance abuse AstraZeneca's father battled substance abuse throughout much of his life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: During the 1980s, he transitioned from marijuana use to crack cocaine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nikki described him as often absent and violent toward Carol.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, he later sought rehabilitation and found faith, leading to significant personal changes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Robert marriage was killed in a hit-in-drun accident in 2021 tragically.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Robert died in a hit-in-run accident on February 12, 2021.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Charles Pulvich, 70, was charged in relation to the incident.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Month later, Carol filed a $150 million lawsuit, claiming negligence in Robert's death.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Reflecting on her loss, Nikki stated, I can't really bring myself to discuss the passing of my father.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: May his soul rest in paradise.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Driver later pleaded guilty, receiving a one-year prison sentence.