Nicki Minaj CONFIRMS pregnancy on social media

MUMBAI: Congratulations are in order for Nicki Minaj as she just announced that she is going to be a mom! Today, the superstar rapper took Instagram by storm as she confirmed that she's pregnant with her first child. Nicki shared a series of bikini-clad photos of herself cradling her baby bump on the social media platform. The 37-year-old star captioned one of her posts, "#Preggers." Shortly after announcing her baby news, Minaj also thanked her fans for the good wishes, "love. Marriage. Baby carriage. Overflowing with excitement & gratitude," she captioned one of the photos from the series of pictures on her feed.

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This will be the rapper’s first child with husband Kenneth Petty, who she wed in October 2019 after more than a year of dating. Minaj has also previously tweeted that she was looking forward to becoming a mother and was willing to give up her career to achieve that dream. “I think I have what I was striving for, just happiness," Minaj previously confessed. "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." "I've decided to retire and have my family," she tweeted in September 2020. "I know you guys are happy now," she concluded.

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