Police direct Nicki Minaj’s father killed by hit-and-race driver

MINEOLA, N.Y. — The 64-year-passe father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-race driver in Unique York, police mentioned.

Robert Maraj used to be walking alongside a road in Mineola on Lengthy Island at 6: 15 p.m. Friday when he used to be hit by a automotive that kept going, Nassau County police mentioned. Maraj used to be taken to a wisely being facility, where he used to be pronounced unimaginative Saturday.

Police are asking any witnesses to the fatal rupture to attain forward.

Minaj, 38, used to be born Onika Tanya Maraj in Trinidad and used to be raised in the Unique York Metropolis borough of Queens. She has not made any public statement about her father’s loss of life.

An email searching out out comment used to be sent to a representative for Minaj.