On Thursday, the 36-year-old rapperclaimed on Twitterthat she is going to retire to focus on family.
“I’ve decided to retire & have my family. I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me … Love you for LIFE,” Minaj posted on the social media site in a since-deleted Tweet.
Reps for Minaj did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
While the future of Minaj’s music career appears to be up in the air, the Queens, New York, native has hinted at a new album — as well as changes in her personal life — in the past few months.
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In June, Minaj said she and boyfriend Kenneth “Zoo” Petty, 41, hadacquired a marriage license.
“We did get our marriage license,” Minaj said on her “Queen Radio” show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio. “I think I have what I was striving for, just happiness. It was so hard to get to a happy place. Now that I’m there, I don’t want to compromise that for anyone or anything.”
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Then in July, Minaj (real name: Onika Maraj)appeared to confirm she was engaged— and expecting — in her Chance the Rapper collaboration “Zanies and Fools.”
“He the Clyde to my Bonnie, ’bout to walk down the aisle and be a mommy,” Minaj rapped on the track.
Kenneth “Zoo” Petty (L) and Nicki Minaj.Nicki Minaj/ Instagram
In the same song, Minaj appeared to provide a timeline to her relationship with Petty: “I met my husband when I was 17 out in Queens / If you love it, let it go, now I know what that means / While he was up North for a body / I bodied everybody and got known for my body.”
And in August, the hip-hop starchanged her Twitter display namefrom “Ms. Minaj” to ”Mrs. Petty” just days after revealing she and Petty hadrenewed their marriage license.
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“I have to work on my album and I have a lot to focus on that I don’t want to do the big wedding now. We’ll do the big wedding later,” Minaj said. “I’ll be married before my album comes out, but will have my wedding after the album comes out. Before the 90 days is over, yes, I will be married.”
TMZpreviously reported that Minaj and Petty first dated when she was 16 years old and living in Queens, New York City. The outlet also reported that Minaj has referred to him as “one of her first loves” and is “confident he’s matured” over the years.
Kenneth “Zoo” Petty and Nicki Minaj.Johnny Nunez/Getty Images
According to New York Division of Criminal Justice Servicesrecords, Petty was convicted in April 1995 of attempted rape in the first degree for a September 1994 incident involving a 16 year old. He was sentenced to 18 to 54 months in prison, but it is unclear how much time he actually served.
source: people.com
