Rapper Weds Kenneth Petty After Less Than a Year of Dating<\/p>\n
Nicki Minaj can finally refer to Kenneth \u201cZoo\u201d Petty as her \u201chusband\u201d without confusing everybody.<\/p>\n
After using the nickname to describe him in the past, the \u201cSuper Bass\u201d rapper, 36, has finally married Petty, 41.<\/p>\n
Minaj announced the exciting news on Monday with a video on Instagram, showing matching \u201cMr. and Mrs.\u201d mugs and black and white baseball caps that had \u201cBride\u201d and \u201cGroom\u201d written across the front.<\/p>\n
Keeping it simple, the rapper captioned the short clip, \u201c 10\u202221\u202219\u201d \u2014 seemingly the day that she and Petty officially tied the knot.<\/p>\n
Reps for Minaj did not immediately respond to PEOPLE\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n
On the Aug. 12 episode of her Queen Radio show, Minaj revealed that she had filed for a marriage license and would be married in \u201cabout 80 days.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe still had to pick it up and I was traveling, by the time I came back, we had to renew it again,\u201d she explained. \u201cFrom that time, you have 90 days to get married. That was about a week ago, so now I have about 80 days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even though she made it official, Minaj still had music priorities to attend to.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have to work on my album and I have a lot to focus on that I don\u2019t want to do the big wedding now,\u201d she said at the time. \u201cWe\u2019ll do the big wedding later.\u201d<\/p>\n
The rapper then raved over her beau, saying, \u201cI\u2019m very happy about that because my baby makes me so happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Minaj and Perry have been dating since 2018, going Instagram-official with their relationship in December of that year.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe want me to be his wife- his MISSIS like SIPPI NOW,\u201d she captioned a series of photos of the two of them laughing together later that month at her birthday party (as well as a video of her grinding up on him).<\/p>\n
Since then, the two have been hot and heavy on social media, posing in photo after photo together. Petty even debuted a new tattoo of the rapper\u2019s birth name, Onika, weeks after they went live with their love.<\/p>\n
In March, Minaj sparked questions about whether or not she had married Petty after calling him her \u201chusband\u201d on her radio show.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery 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,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The same month, she posted a photo with Petty in France, along with the caption: \u201cBae out in Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n
Back in June 2019, Minaj revealed on her new Queen Radio show on Apple Beats 1 that she and Petty had gotten a marriage license.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did get our marriage license,\u201d she said. \u201cI think I have what I was striving for, just happiness. It was so hard to get to a happy place. Now that I\u2019m there, I don\u2019t want to compromise that for anyone or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also that month, Perry starred with Minaj in her newest music video, for the song \u201cMegatron.\u201d<\/p>\n
The video featured Minaj and Petty in a hot tub as she sang, \u201cI f\u2014 him like I miss him \/ He just came out of prison\u201d \u2014 a line that fans interpreted as reference to Petty\u2019s criminal record (He is a registered sex offender in the state of New York and served time in prison for manslaughterafter being convicted in 2002).<\/p>\n
Many fans have expressed concern over Petty\u2019s criminal past, but Minaj doesn\u2019t appear to care about the criticism.<\/p>\n
Responding to commenters on Instagram, Minaj said, \u201cHe was 15, she was 16 \u2026 in a relationship. But go awf Internet. Y\u2019all can\u2019t run my life. Y\u2019all can\u2019t even run y\u2019all own life. Thank you boo.\u201d According to TMZ, Minaj has known Petty since they themselves were teenagers, and she is \u201cconfident he\u2019s matured\u201d since then.<\/p>\n