Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, has a very controversial past, particularly when it comes to his shocking arrest record.
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But despite his disturbing criminal convictions, Nicki has always had his back.
So why exactly does she keep going above and beyond to protect her husband?
The real reason Nicki continues to stick by Kenneth’s side and defend him, even when he’s in the wrong, is seriously insane, so let’s get into it.
Nicki Minaj Blamed Canadian Authorities of Trying to Sabotage Her Montreal Show
Nicki just recently kicked off her Pink Friday 2 World Tour, but apparently, there was a problem on the very first stop.
She was several hours late to her concert in Montreal, Canada, and what she claimed to be the reason was absolutely bizarre.
According to HipHopDX, Nicki took to social media to accuse Canadian authorities of trying to sabotage her Montreal show.
She shared several heated posts on X, explaining that she believed they had intentionally delayed her flight due to Kenneth’s past convictions.
Nicki ranted about how the authorities had held up her travel plans and implied that they were giving her ridiculous excuses while they were searching for her husband.
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Because of how serious Kenneth’s criminal record is, and the fact that he’s legally required to be listed on a certain type of registry as an offender, he most likely isn’t even allowed to enter Canada.
Not to mention, Kenneth is still on probation.
So, in order for him to join Nicki on her international tour, he needed to get permission from a judge just to be able to leave the country.
The Daily Beast reported that Kenneth recently filed a motion in court for permission to accompany his wife on her tour.
His filing revealed that the reason he and Nicki were making the request was so that he could help take care of their 3-year-old son.
But even though Kenneth was granted permission to leave the United States, that doesn’t mean other countries are obligated to let him in.
Duncan Levin, a former federal prosecutor, told the outlet that Nicki’s husband might still be restricted from entering “countries like Canada or the UK.”
That’s why it’s not exactly surprising that Nicki allegedly encountered some issues right after landing in Canada.
But based on how upset she sounded about what happened, she didn’t think the authorities had any right to be concerned about Kenneth’s whereabouts at all.
But let’s be real – Nicki knew exactly who Kenneth was and what his past was like when she married him in 2019.
Even before they tied the knot, she was aware of the legal trouble he’d been in.
None of that stopped her from deciding to start a family with him either, and she’s been trying to protect him for the last several years.
Nicki Minaj’s Husband, Kenneth, Threatened 16-Year-Old With Weapon
According to People magazine, as soon as Nicki’s fans began calling attention to Kenneth’s criminal record, she immediately defended him.
In December 2018, she took to Instagram to try to protect him, but how she went about it was extremely insensitive.
Nicki tried to make it seem like Kenneth’s past conviction wasn’t a big deal, since he was just a teenager when it happened.
But his victim was only 16 years old when he threatened her with a weapon and attempted to force her into an adult act against her will.
Kenneth was definitely old enough to know that what he did was wrong, and his victim will probably always be mentally scarred by the incident.
And it’s not like he was simply on a troubled path as a teen and decided to turn his life around by changing his ways.
What happened after he was convicted for that crime was truly outrageous.
USA Today reported that Kenneth was sentenced to four years in prison for his first conviction, and was released in January 1999.
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But online records from the New York State Department of Corrections show that he ended up being sent back to prison several years later for an absolutely crazy reason.
It turns out that Kenneth received another prison sentence in 2006 after being convicted of ending someone’s life.
He sat behind bars for about seven years, until he was allowed to leave on parole in May 2013.
After that, he was involved in even more run-ins with the law.
However, Nicki doesn’t seem to care about Kenneth’s criminal convictions, and apparently, she doesn’t believe that anyone else should either.
But every single time that she’s tried to stick up for him, she ends up making things much worse.
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CheatSheet reported that in February 2019, Nicki made a creepy confession on her radio talk show, Queen Radio.
She explained that she and Kenneth had “a different level of passion and friendship” with each other because of how long they’d known one another.
Believe it or not, Nicki claimed that she was only 14 years old when she first met Kenneth.
Even if she was 17 like she mentioned in Chance the Rapper’s 2019 song, “Zanies and Fools,” her admission was still really concerning.
There’s nearly a 5-year age gap between Nicki and Kenneth, which means he would have been either 18 or 19 years old when she was 14.
And if they actually did meet when she was 17, that would have put him at 21 or 22 years old.
Nicki also said that shortly after she met Kenneth, he tried to fight her then-boyfriend because he was interested in dating her.
Whether she was 14 or 17 at the time, that’s insanely disturbing, and their potential relationship also would have been illegal.
Nicki’s alarming attempt to defend Kenneth by explaining their history together definitely didn’t do either of them any favors.
Even though it doesn’t excuse his past, she might feel a stronger sense of loyalty to him because of how long they’ve been in each other’s lives.
Obviously, love and loyalty can cause a person to stand by their partner, even in circumstances that aren’t ideal or healthy.
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And maybe Nicki sees a side of Kenneth that most people don’t.
Although that doesn’t justify his actions, it might influence her to believe that he can potentially grow as a person and change for the better.
Nicki may also feel that if she and Kenneth appear to have a united, equal partnership, fewer people will scrutinize them.
In that sense, she probably believes that defending him also protects her own reputation.
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But since they’ve been together, it seems like her constant defense of Kenneth has only caused her more controversy, as well as legal issues of her own.
According to Radar Online, Nicki and Kenneth were both sued in 2019 by a security guard named Thomas Weidenmuller.
He claimed that he had been working security at one of Nicki’s concerts in Germany, but after the show, he witnessed an unsettling situation.
Thomas revealed in his filing that he saw Nicki reportedly start angrily shouting at a female security guard.
He supposedly tried to intervene, which only made Nicki more upset.
But what happened next was honestly unbelievable.
Thomas explained that Nicki asked him to join her in a room backstage to have a conversation.
But when he got there, he discovered that Nicki was accompanied by Kenneth, along with two of their personal bodyguards.
Thomas said that Nicki started screaming threats at him.
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Then, Kenneth allegedly hit him in the face with an extreme amount of force.
Thomas claimed that he immediately went to the hospital, where he ultimately needed surgery to repair his broken jaw.
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But after that, the challenges he faced were far from over.
TMZ reported that Thomas had to have a total of eight operations to fix the injuries to his mouth and jaw.
But because Nicki and Kenneth supposedly never responded to Thomas’s lawsuit, they were ordered by the judge to pay him over $500,000 in March 2024.
The fact that Nicki just faced legal and financial consequences alongside Kenneth makes her recent frustration with Canadian authorities seem even crazier.
At this point, what does she expect?
She has to realize that his intense criminal record is going to affect certain aspects of his life, and as a result, she’s most likely going to be affected at times as well.
Not to mention, Nicki has a troubling habit of downplaying the severity of her husband’s convictions.
It’s incredibly disrespectful to the victims of Kenneth’s crimes whenever she publicly tries to defend him by carelessly dismissing his actions.
Whether Nicki stands up for him because of her sense of loyalty, her desire to protect her own public image, or her refusal to believe how extreme his convictions were, it’s clear that she’s not going to stop defending Kenneth anytime soon.
But anyway, now that we’ve gotten into Nicki’s constant need to protect her husband, I want to know what you guys think.
What are your thoughts on why she always defends Kenneth, despite the serious crimes he’s been convicted of in the past?
What do you think about her attempts to brush off the severity of his criminal record by coming up with really insensitive excuses for him?
Let me know in the comments below.
