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Charles Polevich at the Nassau County Courthouse for sentencing on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Mineola, N.Y. Polevich, the driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed the father of rapper Nicki Minaj last year has been sentenced to a year in jail. Polevich, who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene and tampering with evidence in the crash on New York’s Long Island, was also ordered Wednesday to pay a $5,000 fine and had his driver’s license suspended for six months. (Howard Schnapp/Newsday via AP)

Driver in hit and run crash that killed Nicki Minaj’s father sentenced

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In this Sept. 11, 2018, photo, Nicki Minaj attends the Oscar de la Renta show during Fashion Week in New York. The White House is offering to connect Minaj with one of the Biden administration’s doctors to address her questions about the COVID-19 vaccine. The offer comes after the Trinidadian-born rapper’s erroneous tweet alleging the vaccine causes impotence went viral. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) **FILE**

White House denies inviting rapper Nicki Minaj, offering a call on vaccines instead

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

This Aug. 20, 2018, file photo shows Nicki Minaj at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Minaj has a new release coming soon: her first child. The rapper took to Instagram on Monday, July 20, 2020, to announce she is pregnant, posting photos of herself with a baby bump. One caption simply read: “#Preggers.&quot; (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Nicki Minaj cites ‘impotent’ friend in vax warning: ‘Make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, May 6, 2019, file photo, Nicki Minaj attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York. Minaj’s mother has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the man who is accused of killing the rapper's father in a hit-and-run crash in February 2021. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Lawsuit filed over hit-and-run death of Nicki Minaj’s father

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FILE - Nicki Minaj presents the award for favorite duo or group - pop/rock at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, in this Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, file photo. The 64-year-old father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York, police said. Robert Maraj was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6:15 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a car that kept going, Nassau County police said. Maraj was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, FIle)

Man arrested in hit-and-run death of Nicki Minaj’s father

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FILE - This Aug. 20, 2018 file photo shows rap artist Nicki Minaj at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Artavion Cook, a University of Louisiana at Lafayette student who just graduated, is thanking Minaj for helping to pay his tuition. Cook graduated with a bachelor's in science in biology. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Graduate thanks Nicki Minaj for tuition _ med school next

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This Aug. 20, 2018, file photo shows Nicki Minaj at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Minaj has a new release coming soon: her first child. The rapper took to Instagram on Monday, July 20, 2020, to announce she is pregnant, posting photos of herself with a baby bump. One caption simply read: “#Preggers.&quot; (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Nicki Minaj announces she’s pregnant with 1st child

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Cardi B, left, accepts the award for best rap album for &quot;Invasion of Privacy&quot; as Offset looks on at the 61st annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Cardi B deactivates Instagram account after Grammy criticism

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In this Nov. 6, 2017, photo, Nicki Minaj attends the 14th Annual CFDA Vogue Fashion Fund Gala in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) **FILE**

Nicki Minaj pulls out of BET concert after network’s tweet

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This combination photo shows Nicki Minaj at the Harper's BAZAAR 'Icons by Carine Roitfeld' party in New York on Sept. 8, 2017, left, and Tracy Chapman at a benefit event on behalf of amfAR (American Foundation for AIDS Research) in New York on Jan. 31, 2007. Minaj is being sued for sampling a Chapman song without permission. Chapman filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, in a Los Angeles federal court. The Grammy-winning singer says Minaj’s unreleased track “Sorry” incorporated the lyrics and vocal melody from her 1988 single “Baby Can I Hold You.” (AP Photo)

Tracy Chapman sues Nicki Minaj for copyright infringement

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Cardi B, with a bump on her forehead, leaves after an altercation at the Harper's BAZAAR &quot;ICONS by Carine Roitfeld&quot; party at The Plaza on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, New York. Nicki Minaj and Cardi B have been involved in an altercation that got physical at a New York Fashion Week party. Video circulating on social media shows Cardi B lunging toward someone and being held back at Harper's Bazaar Icons party. A person who witnessed the incident who asked for anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly said Minaj was finishing up a conversation with someone when Cardi B tried to attack her, but Minaj's security guards intervened. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Minaj calls dustup with Cardi B ‘mortifying,’ ‘humiliating’

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Nicki Minaj attends the Harper's BAZAAR &quot;ICONS by Carine Roitfeld&quot; party at The Plaza on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Nicki Minaj: Fashion week fight with Cardi B ‘mortifying,’ ‘humiliating’

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Nicki Minaj attends the NYFW Spring/Summer 2019 Kick-Off Party at The Pool on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Cardi B escorted out of fashion party after lunging at Minaj

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2018 file photo, Nicki Minaj poses in the press room at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Minaj has cancelled her North American tour with rapper Future. She said on her Twitter account Tuesday night that she didn’t have enough time to rehearse for the upcoming “NickiHndrxx” tour in September after the release of her latest album “Queen,” released Aug. 10. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Nicki Minaj cancels North American tour with Future

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This combination photo shows Beyonce Knowles at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Aug. 28, 2016, left, and SZA at the Black Girls Rock! Awards in Newark, N.J., on Aug. 5, 2017. SZA co-wrote Nicki Minaj and Beyonce’s hit song “Feeling Myself.” (Photos by Evan Agostini, left, and Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Outtakes: SZA on writing for Beyonce and sampling Timberlake

By MESFIN FEKADU - Associated Press

Nicki Minaj’s brother convicted in rape case of preteen girl

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

Jury deliberates child rape counts vs. Nicki Minaj’s brother

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

Musician Nicki Minaj is seen in Philadelphia in this Jan. 16, 2016, file photo. Minaj promised to pay college costs for more than a dozen fans who tweeted her on Saturday, May 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)

Nicki Minaj pays college costs for Twitter fans

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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, Nicki Minaj performs &quot;Do You Mind&quot; at the American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The Wilhelmina talent and modeling agency has signed Nicki Minaj to its celebrity division. The agency said in a statement Wednesday, March 29, 2017 it will work to further the six-time American Music Award winner's influence in fashion and beauty. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Talent agency Wilhelmina signs rapper Nicki Minaj

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