Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, was killed in a hit-and-run, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Maraj, 64, was hit by a car that kept going in Mineola, Long Island at 6:15 p.m.
ET on Friday night, according to a spokesperson for the Nassau County Police Department. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead on Saturday.
While a rep for Minaj confirmed her father's death, she has yet to comment on the incident. Minaj was born Onika Tanya Maraj in Trinidad and raised in Queens.
Minaj has previously spoken about how her father was abusive towards her mother, once setting fire to their house while her mother was inside. "I remember when my mother would let my father be violent with her and she always brings up this story.
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