Rapper Nicki Minaj’s father killed by hit-and-run driver – police mazech.com

Popular rapper, Nicki Minaj has lost his father who died after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York, police announced.Robert Maraj, 64, was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6:15 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a car and the driver didn’t stop but continued going, the Nassau County Police Department said in a statement.

Robert Maraj, 64, was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6:15 p.m. Friday when he was hit by a car and the driver didn’t stop but continued going, the Nassau County Police Department said in a statement. The man was taken to a nearby hospital, but sadly died on Saturday, the report said.

The homicide squad is investigating, and police are asking any witnesses to the fatal crash to come forward.

Minaj, 38, was born Onika Tanya Maraj in Trinidad and was raised in the New York City borough of Queens. She has not made any public statement about her father’s death. Read more