Nicki Minaj CONFIRMS birth of baby boy with cute message
Congrats Nicki!
Last updated 16th Oct 2020
Just weeks ago reports were rife that American rapper Nicki Minaj had given birth to her first child, and now the proud mum has confirmed her lovely news with fans!
Nicki, who announced her pregnancy in spectacular fashion back in August, confirmed she's welcomed a baby boy, telling fans she is so in love with her son.
Sharing a number of cute notes from her celebrity pals such as Kim Kardashian and Kayne West, Winnie Harlow, and Beyoncé, Nicki wrote, 'Thank you to Queen B, Kim & Ye, Riccardo Tisci, Winnie, Karol & everyone who sent well wishes during this time. It meant the world to me. I am so grateful & in love with my son. Madly in love. My favorite liddo boy in the whole wide world. 🥳🧸🎁🎈'. (sic)
According to TMZ, Nicki welcomed her baby boy on Wednesday 30th September with her husband Kenneth Petty in attendance.
Nicki didn't announce she was pregnant until August, seemingly taking inspiration from Beyoncé with her extravagant pregnancy announcement. Kneeling on a bed as she cradles her bump, Nicki told simply captioned the snap with, '#Preggers 💛'. (sic)
Check out Nicki Minaj's biggest collabs to date:
'Moment 4 Life' with Drake (2010)
After both featuring on the iconic 'Bed Rock' back in 2009, Drake and Nicki joined forces with one another again in 2010 to bring us the hit single 'Moment 4 Life'.
'Fly' with Rihanna (2011)
A somewhat iconic duo, who can forget Nicki's huge collabs with pop superstar Rihanna?! 2010 brought us the incredibly catchy 'Raining Men', with the pair teaming up again in 2011 with 'Fly'.
'Turn Me On' with David Guetta (2011)
Over the years, Nicki has featured on a number of massive David Guetta tracks. But their 2011 single 'Turn Me On' is an absolute classic!
'Beauty and the Beat' with Justin Bieber (2012)
Nicki featured on Justin Bieber's 2012 hit 'Beauty and the Beat', a song which delivered one of the best music videos ever!
'Give Me All Your Luvin'' with Madonna and M.I.A. (2012)
A collab we never saw coming, but what a collab it was! When Nicki, M.I.A. and Madonna got together in 2012, 'Give Me All Your Luvin'' was a huge hit.
'Bang Bang' with Jessie J and Ariana Grande
Nicki teamed up with British artist Jessie J and American sweetheart Ariana Grande in 2014. The trio released the hit single 'Bang Bang', with fans loving the collab as it peaked at Number 1 in the UK and has also been certified 3x Platinum by the BPI!
'Side To Side' with Ariana Grande (2016)
Following the success of 'Bang Bang', Nicki and Ariana Grande teamed up once again in 2016, with Nicki providing vocals on Ari's hit single 'Side To Side'.
'Swish Swish' with Katy Perry (2017)
The pair teamed up back in 2017 on Katy Perry's iconic track 'Swish Swish', which featured on her fifth studio album 'Witness'.
'The Light Is Coming' with Ariana Grande (2018)
After previous success working together, it seems anything Nicki and Ariana work on together turns to gold. The pair teamed up yet again in 2018 on the single 'Bed' and 'The Light Is Coming' - the latter of which appeared on Ari's 2018 album 'Sweetener'.
'Woman Like Me' with Little Mix (2018)
In 2018, Nicki only went and joined forces with Little Mix! The girls released 'Woman Like Me' as the lead single from their fifth studio album 'LM5'.
'Say So' with Doja Cat (2020)
After the viral success of Doja Cat's 'Say So' in 2020, thanks to the mighty powers of TikTok, fans were overjoyed when the singer teamed up with Nicki to release a new remix of the popular track.
'Boyz' with Jesy Nelson (2021)
After Jesy Nelson officially left Little Mix in December 2020, she began to tease fans with upcoming solo music. Fans were thrilled when the singer dropped her first solo single on 8th October 2021, and the track, 'Boyz', features none other than Nicki herself!
'Alone' with Kim Petras (2023)
In April 2023, Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj released their song 'Alone', which samples a 90s dance classic by Alice Deejay called 'Better Off Alone'.
'Barbie World' with Ice Spice (2023)
Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj teamed up for their song 'Barbie World', featured in the Barbie movie which is out in July. The song features the 1997 hit 'Barbie Girl' by Aqua.
'Everybody' with Lil Uzi Vert (2024)
Nicki worked with fellow US rapper Lil Uzi Vert on 'Everybody', which samples 2002 classic 'Move Your Feet' by Junior Senior. The track appeared on her 2023 album 'Pink Friday 2', but was released as a single in January 2024. Nicki said of writing the track on X (formerly Twitter): 'This is mad funny b/c that was the song I wrote in 5 mins one day for "Call Of Duty" 🤣😂. Once I kept it for my album, I still didn't even rlly know if it made sense on PF2. I didn't wanna send it to Uzi b/c I thought he'd be over it. Instead he was like this hard af! Uzicito 🥹.' (sic)
Nicki is yet to release any photos of her son or reveal his name.