Congratulations are in order for Nicki Minaj as she celebrates her greatest hit, yet! The rapper and her husband, Kenneth Petty, are in full celebration mode as they’ve welcomed a brand new bundle of joy to the world on September 30th. Not only are The Petty’s celebrating becoming new parents, but the couple has also accomplished one year of marriage together.
Nicki Minaj has been at the top of the echelon in the rap game for years, dominating the female rap scene as well as going toe to toe with her male counterparts. Now that the “Queen” rapper has added “mom” to her belt, her superstar friends are stepping in to gift her with some lavish treats for the newborn baby. While in the midst of thanking her celebrity friends and showing off their thoughtful notes, she revealed the gender of the baby.
“Thank you to Queen B, Kim & Ye, Riccardo Tisci, Winnie, Karol & everyone who sent well wishes during this time,” Nicki wrote on Instagram. “It meant the world to me. I am so grateful & in love with my son. Madly in love. My favorite liddo boy in the whole wide world.”
In another post, the “Moment 4 Life” rapper shared her love and gratitude to rapper Kanye West for his extravagant care package full of “baby Yeezy’s” along with Dolce & Gabbana, sure to spoil the infant boy. “What a lucky little infant Thank you Team Yeezy/Adidas,” she captions the Instagram video. “Thank you Dolce & Gabbana…so thoughtful of you guys.”
Perhaps another gift for Minaj was a recent response from Drake, with whom she’s had a strained relationship for years. She recently appeared as a feature on the remix to Sada Baby’s “Whole Lotta Choppas” remix, where a lyric caught the rapper’s attention. “To be honest, I hope one day we do a play-date with Adonis,” she raps. Drake responded upon hearing the bar with a message for his former Young Money labelmate on his Instagram story saying, “Play dates soon come @nickiminaj.”
In the search for information, fans have obviously been awaiting pictures or even news of a name. The #Barbz were sent into a frenzy when a tweet emerged from a Nicki Minaj impersonator going by “@NICKIMINEJ” on Twitter, with a message and an alleged first look of the newborn. “Welcoming Jeremiah-Maraj-Petty, you are a blessing to us and we love you so much,” the post read. However, the “Yikes” rapper came forward to set the record straight in a post saying, “116K likes. Not my baby. Not his name. Imagine doing this. Pls delete this person’s child from your page.”
Nicki Minaj responds to viral fake tweet “revealing” her newborn son:
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 16, 2020
“Not my baby. Not his name. Imagine doing this. Pls delete” pic.twitter.com/LT5anivX62
Now that she’s come forward to denounce the claims from the viral tweet, she’s come through with her own post to mark the Petty’s one year anniversary as a married couple, while giving the world a picture of her baby boy.
“Happy Anniversary, my love,” she wrote on Instagram under a close-up picture of Kenneth holding their son’s foot. The couple hasn’t released the name of their infant son as of yet.