The father of rapper Nicki Minaj has been killed in a hit-and-run accident according to reports in the US. Police in New York say Robert Maraj suffered fatal injuries while walking home on Friday evening.
The 64-year-old was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6.15 pm on Friday when he was hit by a car that kept going, Nassau county police said.
Maraj was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead on Saturday. Police are asking any witnesses to the fatal crash to come forward and the incident is under investigation.
Minaj, 38, was born Onika Tanya Maraj in Trinidad and was raised in the New York City borough of Queens. She has not made any public statement about her father’s death.
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