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

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

Followers known as out Petty for the derogatory phrases, saying he insulted his spouse’s “whole male fan base.” Minaj additionally took warmth for failing to right 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 Dwell occasion on Friday night.

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

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

Nevertheless, this remark didn’t sit nicely 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 additional masculine and show he is not homosexual.”

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

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

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

The same 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 latest use of a homosexual slur, Petty’s historical past of breaking the regulation 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 foundations 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 advantageous 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 woman, 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 identified one another for for much longer. The couple first met throughout highschool at New York Metropolis’s LaGuardia Excessive Faculty 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 stated, “As a result of I’ve identified my husband for thus lengthy, there’s an ease we’ve got with one another. We make one another giggle. 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 preferred me as a result of I am Nicki Minaj, and what if I do not appear to be Nicki Minaj day-after-day? 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.