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

Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, have come below 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 “entire 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 relating to his use of a homosexual slur throughout her TikTok Dwell occasion on Friday night.

Whereas speaking with followers, Minaj sat along with her husband behind her and stated, “Don’t you let anybody or anything steal your motherf-cking joy.”

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

Nonetheless, this remark didn’t sit nicely with followers on social media, and it shortly grew to become 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 attack them lmao. Like he’s trying to be extra masculine and prove he’s not gay.”

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 does not actually care about her followers, popularly generally known as Barbz.

One fan tweeted, “This is the second time he has said this around her, and she didn’t correct him. Her fandom is mostly gay men smh.”

A related remark learn, “Nicki Minaj has never been silent on anything. Why shut up now when it’s time to make a difference?”

Netizens additionally attacked Petty’s troubled previous, with one writing, “He ain’t complaining when the same gays are paying his court fees and funding his [wife’s] lifestyle.”

Nonetheless, some followers nonetheless sided with Minaj and defended her in opposition to the allegations. One fan wrote, “She’s here to deliver music, not to police everyone’s words.”

Attributable to his current use of a homosexual slur, Petty’s historical past of breaking the regulation grew to become a sizzling subject on X.

His most up-to-date authorized bother occurred in September 2023, when he was sentenced to 120 days of house 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 3 years of probation, one 12 months of house detention, and a positive 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.

Nonetheless, 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 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 stated, “Because I’ve known my husband for so long, there’s an ease we have with each other. We make each other laugh. We’re silly. And we’re always reminiscing about some old story.

The “Barbie World” rapper explained that she worried that men would only like her because of her fame.

She noted, “If it was a man that I met as Nicki Minaj, I believe I would really feel like they favored me as a result of I am Nicki Minaj, and what if I do not appear like Nicki Minaj every single day? And that, mixed with being pregnant, would most likely have made me loopy.”

In March, court documents obtained by The Blast showed 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 concert in Frankfurt, Germany, back in 2019.

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