For so long as she will be able to bear in mind, Nicki Minaj knew motherhood can be an enormous a part of her future. “I would like to have the ability to prepare dinner for my kids, bake cookies for them, and watch them develop up. I simply need to be Mommy,” she advised Cosmopolitan again in 2015. “Take them to high school, go to the parent-teacher convention, assist them with their homework, and put their work on the fridge.” Well, her desires of changing into a guardian got here true! In September 2020, Minaj welcomed her first baby, a son whom she refers to as Papa Bear, along with her husband, Kenneth Petty.
In February 2022, the “Super Bass” rapper opened up throughout an episode of “The Late Late Show With James Corden” about how her son was doing and the fun of being a mother. “He’s simply strolling round and telling all people, grown adults, ‘What are you doing? What are you doing?'” the legendary rapper shared. “If I’m feeding him his meals and take too lengthy with the subsequent spoon, he is like, ‘What are you doing? What are you doing?’ I’m like, ‘What are you doing?’ And he repeats all the pieces now.”
She additionally mirrored in that very same interview on how changing into a mother has modified her. “I believe motherhood has made me see extra good in individuals, extra good within the universe. Makes you slightly bit extra of a forgiving individual,” she stated, including, “Not that you simply forgive individuals and also you need all people round you, as a result of I’ve forgiven individuals just lately and never essentially wished them in my area. But simply have peace, transfer on, God bless you.” She defined why she has this new mindset: “When I take a look at my son, I’m reminded that I’m so blessed.”
Get to know Papa Bear forward!