Pop star Nicki Minaj, has revealed that when she was younger, her dad used to terrorise her family with his violent outbursts aimed predominantly at her mother and left her feeling helpless as her and her siblings lived in fear that her father’s violence would kill their mother. In an interview with The Sun, the ‘Right Thru Me’ singer revealed…

“My father was violent – physically and verbally. All of my young and teenage years we lived in fear that my mother would be killed by my father. It made me act out to guys and be evil to them when I was growing up. It made me tough, of course it did. I am an emotional person, but I am a tough person. It was very tough emotionally for me to have a parent who was an alcoholic and a drug addict. I had a mum with no money. We didn’t really have many options. When you don’t have options you feel helpless. And I think that is the worst feeling.”

She went on to add that the family dynamic changed as soon as her older brother was able to stand up to their violent dad…

“Once my older brother grew up, he became the man of the house and started standing up to my father. That was the only time we had peace in my home, when we knew there was another male figure in the house and he could protect us.”

Minaj admitted that the experience has made her a stronger person…

“I will cry about something but I never let anything stop me. I can’t be like my mum. I know I can cut ties and still make it. She didn’t cut ties when I felt like she should have done. That’s been my whole thing. I’ve been able to say, ‘This isn’t working anymore. You need to get out of my life.’ I keep it moving and it has worked.”

Photo courtesy of naijamayor.com

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