Nicki Minaj has written a heartfelt tribute to her husband Kenneth Petty on their fifth wedding anniversary.
The Young Money rapper celebrated the occasion on Monday (October 21) by sharing photos and videos of their time together
on Instagram, including an adorable clip of Petty cradling their son Papa Bear when he was a baby.
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In the caption, Nicki wrote: “24 years after we first met. Love at first sight. I’m so proud of you. Thank you for catching me…every single time. Thank you for our little BFF. Dear Ken, Happy 5th Anniversary, Love, Barbie. 10.20.”
Check it out below.
The couple originally knew each other as teenagers before reconnecting years later in 2018 after Nicki Minaj broke up with Meek Mill.
They would then marry in 2019 and a year later welcomed their first child together.
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Despite his seemingly picture-perfect family life, Petty has faced much scrutiny over his criminal past and went viral earlier this year after his updated sex offender registry photo circulated social media.
Thr 46-year-old’s mugshot was taken from the Megan’s Law website, which required certain information about sex offenders to be publicly available.
The website lists Petty’s sex offender status along with personal details such as his date of birth, profile description and the reason for his conviction: “Attempted rape by force or fear.”
Petty was convicted in 1995 for the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl, for which he spent four years in prison.
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He was later given three years’ probation and one year of house detention in 2022 after failing to register as a sex offender in California, where he and Nicki moved in 2019 before getting married.
Jennifer Hough, Petty’s sexual assault victim, accused Nicki and her husband of harassing her because of the incident.
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The “Starships” rapper has frequently defended Petty over his conviction and was previously accused of offering Hough $500,000 to publicly recant her allegations — a claim she has denied.
Petty has also continued to deny that he raped anyone and that the encounter was consensual, saying in a court filing: “I never raped the Plaintiff and I deny her accusations of rape contained in the Amended Complaint. The sexual encounter between Plaintiff and I, which occurred 27 years ago, was consensual and Plaintiff was a willing participant.”
