Nicki Minaj Is Getting Dragged For Her Husband’s Use Of A Gay Slur

Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, have come underneath heavy criticism due to his use of a homosexual slur on TikTok Reside.

Followers known as out Petty for the derogatory phrases, saying he insulted his spouse’s “complete male fan base.” Minaj additionally took warmth for failing to appropriate him, which followers say is not the primary of such incidents.

Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, is well-known for his rap sheet, which incorporates tried rape and first-degree manslaughter.

Minaj and her husband are on the middle of controversy concerning his use of a homosexual slur throughout her TikTok Reside occasion on Friday night.

Whereas speaking with followers, Minaj sat along with her husband behind her and mentioned, “Do not you let anyone or something steal your motherf-cking pleasure.”

To buttress his spouse’s level, Petty smiled and mentioned, “That is proper, particularly little f-ggots or f-ck boys.”

Nevertheless, this remark didn’t sit properly with followers on social media, and it shortly turned a subject on X ( previously Twitter). Many followers known as out Petty for utilizing the derogatory time period that refers to gay males.

A fan wrote, “Why did he unnecessarily assault them lmao. Like he is attempting to be further masculine and show he isn’t homosexual.”

Minaj wasn’t spared from the recent seat as many followers criticized her for not defending her huge LGBTQ+ fan base and correcting Petty’s use of the derogatory time period.

Some insisted that it confirmed that the “Starships” rapper does not actually care about her followers, popularly often known as Barbz.

One fan tweeted, “That is the second time he has mentioned this round her, and she or he did not appropriate him. Her fandom is generally homosexual males smh.”

An identical remark learn, “Nicki Minaj has by no means been silent on something. Why shut up now when it is time to make a distinction?”

Netizens additionally attacked Petty’s troubled previous, with one writing, “He ain’t complaining when the identical gays are paying his court docket charges and funding his [wife’s] life-style.”

Nevertheless, some followers nonetheless sided with Minaj and defended her in opposition to the allegations. One fan wrote, “She’s right here to ship music, to not police everybody’s phrases.”

As a consequence of his current use of a homosexual slur, Petty’s historical past of breaking the legislation turned a scorching subject on X.

His most up-to-date authorized bother occurred in September 2023, when he was sentenced to 120 days of dwelling detention. On the time, he violated the principles of his probation by threatening rapper Offset on social media.

Petty’s probation was a part of his sentence for failing to register as a intercourse offender when he married Minaj and moved to California in 2019. He was sentenced to a few years of probation, one 12 months of dwelling detention, and a effective of $55,000.

Petty’s rap sheet additionally goes way back to 1995, when he was convicted of tried rape within the first diploma in opposition to a 16-year-old lady, which occurred the 12 months earlier than.

Since their marriage, Minaj has defended Petty in opposition to the conviction and beforehand claimed he was additionally a minor on the time of the assault.

Nevertheless, in 2002, Petty pleaded responsible to fees of first-degree manslaughter. He was sentenced to a decade of jail time however was launched in 2013 after serving solely seven years of his sentence.

Petty and Minaj married in 2019, however they’ve recognized one another for for much longer. The couple first met throughout highschool at New York Metropolis’s LaGuardia Excessive College of Music & Artwork and Performing Arts.

Throughout a December 2023 interview with Vogue, Minaj revealed that she was drawn to Petty as a result of he did not care about her fame and success.

She mentioned, “As a result of I’ve recognized my husband for therefore lengthy, there’s an ease we now have with one another. We make one another chortle. We’re foolish. And we’re at all times reminiscing about some previous story.

The “Barbie World” rapper defined that she apprehensive that males would solely like her due to her fame.

She famous, “If it was a man that I met as Nicki Minaj, I believe I might really feel like they favored me as a result of I am Nicki Minaj, and what if I do not appear to be Nicki Minaj on daily basis? And that, mixed with being pregnant, would in all probability have made me loopy.”

In March, court docket paperwork obtained by The Blast confirmed that Minaj and Petty had been ordered to pay $500,000 in settlement to a bodyguard.

The couple was sued by a former bodyguard of Minaj, who alleged that Petty assaulted him after the rapper’s live performance in Frankfurt, Germany, again in 2019.

The bodyguard, recognized as Thomas Weidenmuller, claimed in his lawsuit that Petty punched him within the face and sued the pair for $750,000, citing battery and infliction of emotional misery.