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(http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/01/29/nicki-minaj-abuse-lil-wayne-drake/)HIP HOP ARTIST NICKI MINAJ DID NOT LET HER TROUBLED CHILDHOOD STAND IN THE WAY OF HER SUCCESS! GROWING UP NICKI'S FATHER WAS PHYSICALLY AND VERBALLY ABUSIVE, AND ONLY HER OLDER BROTHER WOULD STAND UP TO HIM. THAT WAS THE ONLY TIME THEY HAD PEACE IN THEIR HOME, WHEN THEY KNEW THERE WAS ANOTHER MALE FIGURE IN THE HOUSE TO PROTECT THEM.NICKI MINAJ IS BOTH EMOTIONAL AND A TOUGH PERSON.SHE SAYS"IT WAS VERY TOUGH FOR ME TO HAVE A PARENT WHO WAS AN ALCHOHOLIC AND A DRUG ADDICT". HER MOTHER LACKED THE COURAGE TO LEAVE NICKI'S FATHER BUT THE RELATIONSHIP TAUGHT NICKI ALOT.

