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Kenneth Petty Pleads Guilty To Failure To Register As Sex Offender, Faces 10 Years & Life Parole
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Kenneth “Zoo” Petty, husband of superstar rapper Nikki Minaj, is currently facing the possibility of spending 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty Thursday to failure to register as a sex offender in the state of California. Petty—who, as a teenager, was convicted for the first-degree attempted rape of then-16-year-old Jennifer Hough in 1995—was arrested for the offense in March of last year. According to People, Petty initially pleaded not guilty to the charge at the time of his arrest and posted $100,000 bail. His clash with law enforcement in California began in 2019 when he was pulled over in Beverly Hills and the authorities discovered he was registered as a sex offender in New Yor...
Kenneth Petty Pleads Guilty To Failure To Register As Sex Offender, Faces 10 Years & Life Parole
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Kenneth “Zoo” Petty, husband of superstar rapper Nikki Minaj, is currently facing the possibility of spending 10 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty Thursday to failure to register as a sex offender in the state of California. Petty—who, as a teenager, was convicted for the first-degree attempted rape of then-16-year-old Jennifer Hough in 1995—was arrested for the offense in March of last year. According to People, Petty initially pleaded not guilty to the charge at the time of his arrest and posted $100,000 bail. His clash with law enforcement in California began in 2019 when he was pulled over in Beverly Hills and the authorities discovered he was registered as a sex offender in New Yor...
Elton John Taps SG Lewis, Dua Lipa, More for “The Lockdown Sessions” Album
For the music industry, 2021 has been full of surprises. But a new album from Elton John might be the biggest one yet. Due October 22nd, The Lockdown Sessions will feature eclectic collaborations with artists from across the sonic spectrum: Stevie Wonder, Nicki Minaj, Lil Nas X, Yo-Yo Ma—the list goes on and on. The record will also include a hotly anticipated collab with electronic music wunderkind SG Lewis. Co-written with British singer-songwriter Frances, “Orbit” came to fruition after the artists linked in March for a discussion on John’s Apple Music 1 show, Rocket Hour. “I would desperately like to do something with you as far as writing or doing something,” the legendary musician said to Lewis. “So I’ll get you my email, ema...
Nicki Minaj’s Husband Sues To Have His Name Taken Off Sex Offender Registry
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN Nicki Minaj’s husband has been dogged by allegations of sexual abuse of a minor for a while now and it seems like he’s preparing to fight back against the state of New York for putting him on it’s sex offender registry. TMZ is reporting that Kenneth Petty is demanding to have his name taken off the registry and is suing New York State for doing so without so much as informing him of the move saying he never got his day in court to challenge the move. Petty says he was incarcerated when the hearing went down back in 2004 and never got a notice that it was happening. “Petty claims the notice of the hearing was sent to an address where he didn’t live — because he was in prison at the time — and alleges the “Kenny Petty” signature on the bo...
Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty Sued By His Alleged Rape Victim
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty When you marry someone, all their baggage comes along with them. Case in point, Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenneth Petty are being sued for harassment by his alleged rape victim. Petty was convicted of trying to rape a woman in 1995, and served his time. However, the woman, Jennifer Hough, claims Nicki Minaj tried to pay her to change her story, and is now suing because she feels she is being harassed by the couple. Hough has been asserting her claims of harassment publicly for months. The tea is still steaming. Reports TMZ: Hough claims in new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Nicki and Kenneth have directly and indirectly harassed her and threatened her to not speak about the incident, and she says they’ve inflicted emotional di...
This UFO-Inspired Spotify Playlist Features Daft Punk, Jack Ü and Frank Sinatra
What do Jack Ü, Led Zeppelin and Nicki Minaj all have in common? If you’re coming up blank, you’re not alone. Luckily, Spotify has found a peculiar way to put these artists in conversation with each other: UFOs. Inspired by a recent uptick in UFO sightings across the globe, the streaming giant has launched an eclectic playlist called “cl0se ënc0ūnteRs.” “We can’t explain this playlist,” its description reads. “Just like we can’t explain those UFO sightings.” Featuring 25 tracks across a wide range of genres and musical eras, “cl0se ënc0ūnteRs” manages to find space for songs like “Levitating” by Dua Lipa and DaBaby, “Creep” by Radiohead and “Come Fly With Me”...
T-Pain Reveals Nicki Minaj Politely Curbed Him After Asking Her For A “Quick Little Verse”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty One thing we are learning about T-Pain, he has plenty of stories to share. The Rappa Ternt Sanga has been on a mission to respond to DMs he missed from fellow artists and celebs because he didn’t know about the “secret” request folder the Instagram implemented to curb spam worked had another interesting tale to share, this involving Nicki Minaj. During a recent episode of the 85 South Show, T-Pizzle revealed that Nicki Minaj gave him the cold shoulder when he reached out to her in 2007 to collab on some music. “She was like, ‘Hey, I’m an artist too, and I’m working on my shit, so ya know, baby chill,” the “Buy You a Drank” crafter revealed to podcast hosts. At the time, Minaj was still bubbling and was working on her own proj...
Nicki Minaj’s Ex Got Another Woman Pregnant Along With Estranged Wife Erica Mena?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: JOHANNES EISELE / Getty You just knew there had to be more to this story. Safaree Samuels and Erica Mena are getting divorced, and word is that the latter getting another woman pregnant is what sparked the sudden split. Our peeps at Madame Noire reported the tea: Apparently, the more to the story has come to the light. According to The Neighborhood Talk, the reason Erica might not want Safaree in the room is because he apparently impregnated another woman, according to a source close to the couple. That was all the information they shared but given the sudden split, after the couple had that photoshoot and Erica was defending their union, it could make sense. Not to mention, we’ve all seen the back and forth between Mena and Samuels, including S...
Nicki Minaj Posts & Deletes Old Mugshot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz The return of Nicki Minaj last Friday once again had her Barbz base in a frenzy by taking subliminal shots at Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion in the expanded re-release of her 2009 mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty Naturally Nicki’s been more than happy to keep fans engaged via social media and decided to tweet a picture of her old mug shot to remind everyone she was bout that life. Interestingly enough though she deleted the pic but not before heads were able to save it and share it online. As you can see the 20-year-old Onika Maraj looks unimpressed in her mugshot and doesn’t exactly look like Nicki Minaj the superstar rapper, but she does have a familiar, unbothered demeanor. Why she decided to tweet this out is anyone’s guess....
Moment 4 Life: Nicki Minaj Pays Tribute To Her Father On His Birthday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 While she returned to the Rap game last week Nicki Minaj’s heart is very heavy. 2021 is the first year she celebrated her father’s birthday without him in the physical. As reported by HipHopDX the queen from Queens finally opened up with the world regarding the loss of her parent. On Sunday, May 16 she shared a post dedicated to her dad. While it was far from lengthy anyone who read the caption could tell it took a lot for her to hit the share button on Instagram. “Happy Birthday Daddy. Miss u so much. So much. So so much. Rest In Peace. Oh my God. 🙏🏽” she wrote. This past weekend would have been Robert Maraj’s 65th birthday. In February 2021 he suffered life ending injuries from a hit and run a...
She Ready: Tiffany Haddish Shades Nicki Minaj in Leaked Clubhouse Chat
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rich Fury/KCA2021 / Getty Tiffany Haddish has built her professional reputation on speaking her mind, so when the latest audio leaked regarding her feelings about Nicki Minaj, few were surprised. According to TMZ, in a recent chat on the invite-only app, Clubhouse, Tiffany Haddish was partaking in a discussion when a guy compared her to Nicki — calling her the “Nicki Minaj of comedy right now.” “Anybody tell you’re like the Nicki Minaj of comedy,” the fan said. “Just killing the muthaf*ckin’ game.” Another fan shot down the comparison, saying Haddish “shows up on time,” to which Haddish responded, “And unlike Nicki, I treat everybody with respect and dignity.” [embedded content] While many are unsure where the shade came from, some fans are attributi...
Assault Victim Claims Associates of Kenneth Petty And Nicki Minaj Harassed Her
Source: @PhotosByBeanz / @PhotosByBeanz 2021 continues to be a tough year for Nicki Minaj and her family. The rapper and her husband are being accused of intimidating a woman who is tied to his criminal past. As spotted on Complex the celebrity couple have their names wrapped up in more scandal. More importantly it is traced to Kenneth Petty’s very extensive rap sheet. For those that don’t know the Queens native is registered as a Level 2 sex offender on New York State’s Sex Offender Registry. According to the registry he was convicted of attempted first-degree rape back in April 1995 in connection to an a incident when he and the victim were 16-years-old. The documentation also confirms he used a sharp object, presumably a knife, during the crime. 26 years later she says that she is ...
