Nicki Minaj’s criminal boyfriend Kenneth Petty has pleaded guilty to driving on a suspended license reports TMZ.
According to court documents viewed by the website, Petty, 41 – who started dating Starships rapper Nicki, 36, in December – pled guilty in New York to aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
The offence reportedly occurred when a police officer saw Petty run a stop sign at around 1.30am on September 13 in Long Island.
Police are then said to have pulled Petty over and discovered he was driving on a suspended license.
It was alleged that Kenneth will have to pay $88 in fines and clear his license.
The rapper raised eyebrows when she confirmed her romance with Kenneth – who has reportedly been slapped with two violent conduct violations in 2010 for threats and fighting.
According to TMZ, Kenneth spent seven years behind bars for first degree manslaughter, which he pleaded guilty to after being charged with second degree murder.
Citing insiders in law enforcement, the website claimed that Kenneth shot one Lamont Robinson three times on a street corner in Queens in April 2002.
Kenneth and some associates allegedly drove to a point across the street from Lamont, whereupon Kenneth emerged from the vehicle and walked over to his victim before firing into his stomach.
Petty was also convicted of first degree attempted rape in 1995, after a 1994 incident with a 16-year-old girl, according to public records from the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services.
According to records, Petty used a ‘knife/cutting instrument’ during the attempted assault.
He was sentenced to 18 to 54 months in state prison, but the records did not contain any information about how much time he served.
However, soon after making their romance official, Nicki defended her new beau as she replied to a fan who was sticking up for her.
‘He was 15, she was 16 … in a relationship. But go awf, Internet. Y’all can’t run my life. Y’all can’t even run y’all own life. Thank you boo,’ she replied.