When it came to planning her wedding,Nicki Minajknew that she didn’t want anything too extravagant — at least initially.
The rapper, 36, announced the news of her marriage toKenneth “Zoo” Petty, 41, on Instagram Monday, surprising her fans as she constantly referred to Petty as her “husband” in the past, but the two never publicly tied the knot.
“Nicki wanted to keep her wedding low-key,” the source said. “She’s become much more private over the last year, but she is very happy.”
Minaj’s newsworthy post on Instagram showed matching “Mr. and Mrs.” mugs and black and white baseball caps that had “Bride” and “Groom” written across the front.
Keeping it short and sweet, the rappercaptioned the short clip, “👰🏽🤵🏽😢🙏🏽🎀 Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty 10•21•19” — referencing her new official name and seemingly the day that she and Petty officially tied the knot.
Reps for Minaj did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
On the Aug. 12 episode of herQueen Radioshow, Minaj revealed that she had filed for a marriage license and would be married in “about 80 days.”
Even though she made it official, Minaj still had music priorities to attend to.
“I have to work on my album and I have a lot to focus on that I don’t want to do the big wedding now,” she said at the time. “We’ll do the big wedding later.”
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Minaj and Petty have been dating since 2018, going Instagram-official with their relationship in December of that year.
“He want me to be his wife- his MISSIS like SIPPI NOW,” she captioned a series of photos of the two of them laughing together later that month at her birthday party (as well asa video of her grinding up on him).
Since then, the two have been hot and heavy on social media, posing in photo after photo together. Petty even debuted anew tattooof the rapper’s birth name, Onika, weeks after they went live with their love.
In March, Minaj sparked questions about whether or not she had married Petty aftercalling him her “husband”on her radio show.
“Every night when I get out of the shower, my husband takes this really good lotion that we just bought, and he massages my feet, and rubs them, and he rubs each toe individually, and the heel, and the ball of my foot, and he does it all,” she said.
The same month, she posted aphotowith Petty in France, along with the caption: “Bae out in Paris.”
Back in June 2019, Minaj revealed on her new Queen Radio show onApple Beats 1that she and Petty had gotten a marriage license
“We did get our marriage license,” she said. “I think I have what I was striving for, just happiness. It was so hard to get to a happy place. Now that I’m there, I don’t want to compromise that for anyone or anything.”
source: people.com
