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Nicki Minaj doesn’t lift the veil on her role as a mother too often, but the rap queen offered Instagram a look at her life with her family on Thursday (September 2).
Just a month shy of her son’s first birthday, Minaj took to social media to share some videos of her and husband, Kenneth Petty, alongside their son, who’ve they nicknamed "Papa Bear." "Papa, say, 'Me and mommy laughed at that.' Booboo, what you doing? Say 'Hi!'," the rapper says in the video, before the little one seemingly says his first word: "Hi." In another clip, she encourages her son to say lines like "I know I'm a cute boy."
Minaj has been fairly reserved when it comes to sharing photos of her son. She posted the first photos of him in January, three months after giving birth. "#PapaBear thank you so very much for choosing me to be your mama. Wishing you guys a happy & prosperous New Year," she wrote at the time. "Thank you for your love & support throughout this journey. It’s meant so much to me. Becoming a mom is by far the most fulfilling job I’ve ever taken on. Sending love to all the superhero mothers out there."