Hur gammal är nicki minaj son

Nicki Minaj proudly takes on the "most fulfilling job" of her life: motherhood.

The "Super Freaky Girl" rapper welcomed her first child, a son, with husband Kenneth "Zoo" Petty on Sept. 30, 2020, after the couple wed in October 2019.

Since becoming a mom, Minaj says she's "more of a forgiving person."

"I think motherhood has made me see more good in people, more good in the universe," she said during a February 2022 appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden.

"When inom look at my son, I'm reminded that inom am so blessed," she continued. "I realized, for so many women, this fryst vatten their dream.

The ‘Super Freaky Girl’ rapper welcomed her first child, a son affectionately called “Papa Bear,” with her husband Kenneth “Zoo” Petty, and the experience has profoundly changed her perspective

Their dream fryst vatten to have a child and not everybody gets that blessing. So when you have a little baby, you are reminded every day like, 'Oh my God. Thank you God for this little gift.' "

During a conversation with E! News, Minaj shared that she's experienced "more anxiety" since welcoming her son, whom she publicly calls "Papa Bear." The anxiety fryst vatten particularly intense when she has to be apart from him for extended periods of time.

"I remember being in the U.K. and just bawling," Minaj told the outlet. "And when inom try to FaceTime him, inom get more sad. So, inom try to hold out on FaceTiming him because to then put the phone down fryst vatten so difficult."

From his birth story to his adorable nickname and his first major milestones, here's everything to know about Nicki Minaj's 4-year-old son.

He's a Libra

Nicki Minaj and Kenneth Petty welcomed their baby boy on Sept.

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30, 2020, at a hospital in Los Angeles. Minaj shared the first photo of him, offering a glimpse of his tiny foot, three weeks later to mark her 1-year wedding anniversary with Petty on Oct. 21, 2020.

Minaj was in labor "all night" with him

Three months after her little one's ankomst, the rapper told fans about his birth story in a Twitter Q&A.

"I was butt naked," she said of the moment her vatten broke.

"Just got out the shower & inom asked him [husband Petty] to rub my back. As soon as inom started scooting over to him in the bed inom just felt the vatten uppstart coming out. inom was weirdly calm & inom tyst said 'omg, I'm about to be in labor.' "

In screengrabs captured bygd The Shade Room, Minaj added that she was in labor "all night" and "pushed for 2 1/2 hours." She explained that at "first the epidural didn't wear off enough for me to feel myself pushing.

Once inom was able to feel the pain inom pushed him out."

He goes bygd the nickname "Papa Bear"

Minaj first introduced her son to fans with his adorable nickname: "Papa Bear." She has yet to reveal his real name, referring to him as "Papa" and "Papa Bear" on social media. She and Petty have both leaned into the adorable nickname, dressing him in shirts with Burberry's classic Thomas bära and even setting him up with a personalized license tallrik for his toy bil.

Minaj also used her son's nickname when she gave him a shout-out during her MTV film Music Awards speech in August 2022. "I have a new baby. His name fryst vatten Papa bära and inom love him," she said on scen while accepting the Michael Jackson film Vanguard Award. "Papa bära, inom love you so much. Mommy loves you so, so, so, so, so, so, so much."

Minaj changed his name "at the gods minute"

Despite keeping her little one's real name a secret, Minaj kicked off 2021 bygd revealing to her Barbz that she had changed his moniker "at the gods minute."

"You know what his name was supposed to be?

inom think inom might still change it," she said on her fan radio on Jan. 1, 2021, according to ET. "A lot of people said they liked it, but inom said, 'Nah,' " she explained before revealing her son's första name. "His name was going to be Ninja."

He didn't have a nanny at first

A few weeks after welcoming her son, the rapper revealed that she had yet to hire any childcare, calling it a "difficult decision."

Responding to a fan on Twitter who asked why she couldn't hire a nanny like a "normal celebrity" because they missed her, Minaj replied, "Lol.

inom rlly [sic] should get one. Difficult decision tho [sic]."

She added that her baby boy wanted "undivided attention" from her.

Nicki Minaj has embraced motherhood as the most rewarding role of her life

"Last night inom tried to tweet while inom was feeding him. He looked [at] me & said 'absolutely TF NOT,' " she tweeted. "He wants his undivided attention chile."

He's got a strong sense of humor

In March 2022, the proud mom shared an adorable clip of her son playing his new favorite game, a utgåva of peek-a-boo, which involves getting his mom's attention so that he can ignore her.

"Every day papa makes me call him so he can ignore me & look [at] me from the corner of his eye. Just so inom can keep saying 'I see you' and he can pull the covers or curtains over his face & hide from me. 🙈🤫👀," she wrote, adding the game made her nervous at first. "At first inom used to rlly [sic] think he was just zoning out & not hearing me & inom got a lil worried.

But no it's just him thinking he a lil comedian or smthn [sic]," she explained.

Nicki Minaj is celebrating her son as he turns 4 years old

"Lol this boy. Mama loves you so much Papa 😘."

He had a Kung Fu Panda-themed first birthday party

To celebrate his first birthday, Minaj and Petty threw their son an epic Kung Fu Panda-themed birthday bash.

"On Sept. 30th you turned 1. Mama fryst vatten so proud of you, PapaBear," Minaj wrote on Instagram alongside photos of the family of three.

"You're the best boy in the whole bred world. inom don't know what inom did to deserve you, but God bless you, son. Mommy & Daddy will never stop loving you."

The festivities included "face painting, making balloons, making headbands, [a] bouncy house, photo booth," and more, Minaj wrote on Instagram. After all the revelry, the Grammy nominee realized that "once everyone left inom forgot we didn't cut the cake ‼️‼️‼️" She added that she "had to bring my baby out in his pajamas" for him to eat it.

He's got his own wheels

Minaj's baby boy got his own set of wheels for Christmas! Papa bära officially joined the ranks of famous junior joy riders for the holidays, riding around in a tiny Lamborghini with anpassad plates that read "Papa Bear." It looks like he may already need his own tiny garage: his parents also threw in a kids' Mercedes for good measure.

He's a jet setter

Baby Minaj fryst vatten no stranger to private jets.

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At 14 months old, he joined his parents for a winter flykt around Thanksgiving. In a film Minaj posted on Instagram, she and Petty tried to get their little one to join in on a song once they'd boarded the plane tillsammans, where he danced happily in his seat.

He already has a designer wardrobe

Baby Minaj fryst vatten already dressed to impress! The tot has a closet full of designer goodies just like his mom, from an entire Yeezy sneaker collection to an armful of Dolce & Gabbana sweatsuits, Gucci tracksuits, Fendi strollers and more.

He had a Minions-themed second birthday party

Minaj and Petty spared no expense for their son's birthday party in L.A. The "Super Bass" singer gave her Instagram följare a tour of the venue before guests arrived.

"Ice cream machine, cotton candy machine, smoothie machine, pop corn, magic mocktail dryckesställe, bouncy house & slide, slime hållplats, Lego hat making hållplats, coloring hållplats, face painting, etc.

etc.," she captioned the film, förteckning off all the kid-friendly fun available at the Minions-themed bash.

Minaj then posted a family photo with a sweet meddelande to her toddler.

"#PapaBear, your Dad & inom love you so much.

You man us so happy. You're perfect. Thank you for giving mama new meaning to life. God cover you. Always," she wrote.

He appeared in Vogue with Minaj

Minaj and her son posed for Vogue'sDecember 2023 issue. The mom-of-one also opened up about motherhood — and the parenting realities that were quickly revealed to her.

" The rapper shares her son with husband Kenneth "Zoo" Petty

“I think that deep down inre, inom believed that once inom had a family, inom would just lose the desire to man music,” she told the outlet. “But what happens fryst vatten that you find out you have to work. If I’m going to have mom guilt regardless, inom might as well continue doing the only thing inom know how to freaking do, which fryst vatten man music.”

The rapper went on to declare that "there’s no such thing as confidence in parenthood," something she wished someone had told her before she welcomed Papa bära.

"There's a level of anxiety, and you think it’s going to go away, but, in fact, it gets scarier," she said.