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A man was arrested Wednesday in connection to the death of rapper Nicki Minaj’s father. The musician's father, Robert Maraj, was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6:15 p.m.

Nicki Minaj's father, Robert Maraj, was killed in a hit-and-run, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Maraj, 64, was hit by a car that kept going in Mineola, Long Island at 6:15 p.m.

 Nicki Minaj ’s father Robert Maraj, 64, reportedly died after being hit by a car on Friday, February 12. TMZ confirmed the tragic news with Nassau County Police in New York, learning that Robert was out walking near Roslyn Road and Raff Avenue around 6 PM ET when he was hit by a vehicle.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSavannah Guthrie’s next one-hour special won’t appear on any of NBC News’ best known properties, which include “Today” and “NBC Nightly News.”  And yet, it may be of more critical importance to the NBCUniversal-owned news organization than any in-depth report she’s presented in recent months.Guthrie will today kick off a week-long focus by NBC News on the mental health of young people during the pandemic, the first of what NBC News President Noah Oppenheim says

The father of rapper Nicki Minaj has been killed in a hit-and-run accident according to reports in the US.

The 64-year-old father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York, police said. Robert Maraj was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Island at 6:15 p.m.

Nicki Minaj‘s father, Robert Maraj, died on Friday, February 12, after he was struck by a car in a hit-and-run accident on Long Island, Us Weekly can confirm. He was 64.

Nicki Minaj’s father, Robert Maraj, has died after being struck by a car in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend.

Nicki Minaj‘s dad Robert Maraj has tragically died after he was struck in a hit-and-run. HollywoodLife confirmed the sad news with Nassau County Police in New York, after he was hit by a car around 6pm on February 12. The 64-year-old was walking between Roslyn Road and Raff Avenue when he was hit by a car that then fled the scene. He was transported to hospital in critical condition, and sadly passed away over the weekend.

He’s got a new companion and now new hair, too. Scott Disick, 37, debuted a platinum blonde hair makeover while hitting Miami Beach in Florida with model Amelia Hamlin, 19, on Friday, Feb. 12. The bleached-blonde ‘do was a dramatic 180 from the brunette hair that Scott has been rocking since…well, forever! You can see Scott’s blonde makeover, here.

Mike Memoli and Carol Lee will join the NBC News White House team as correspondents, as part of a series of assignments announced on Monday by the network’s VP and Washington bureau chief Ken Strickland.

When Punchbowl News, a startup from veterans of Politico, launched earlier this month, it promised politics from a different D.C. vantage point: The Capitol, often overshadowed by national media coverage of chaos in the White House.

When Punchbowl News, a startup from veterans of Politico, launched earlier this month, it promised politics from a different D.C. vantage point: The Capitol, often overshadowed by national media coverage of chaos in the White House.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesWhen Bryan Fogel set out to make “The Dissident,” his intrepid and arresting exposé on the assassination of Saudi Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in 2018, he knew there were myriad security risks involved.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTom Llamas, the ABC News anchor who leads the unit’s weekend “World News Tonight” broadcast and is its chief national affairs correspondent, is jumping from the Disney operation to NBC News.