‘Overflowing with excitement’: Social media erupts after Nicki Minaj announces pregnancy

Erica Ponder, Digital Content Producer

Published: July 20, 2020 at 11:01 AMUpdated: July 20, 2020 at 11:47 AM

A baby Barb is on the way!

Rapper Nicki Minaj announced Monday she and her husband Kenneth Petty are expecting.

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The 37-year-old rapper made the viral announcement through Instagram. The news comes after fans suspected the pregnancy months ago.

“#Preggerz,” she captioned a photo of herself that broke the internet within seconds. The post surpassed nearly one million likes in less than 20 minutes on Instagram.

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#Preggers 💛

A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) on Jul 20, 2020 at 7:21am PDT

She then posted two more pictures of her and her baby bump with the most recent caption saying, “Love. Marriage. Baby carriage. Overflowing with excitement & gratitude. Thank you all for the well wishes.”

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A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) on Jul 20, 2020 at 7:43am PDT

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Love. Marriage. Baby carriage. Overflowing with excitement & gratitude. Thank you all for the well wishes. 💛

A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) on Jul 20, 2020 at 8:08am PDT

Take a look at how fellow Barbs and other social media users erupted in excitement at the breathtaking reveal:

The barbz rushing to twitter after hearing Nicki Manajs pregnancy announcement #Nicki #NickiMinaj pic.twitter.com/52y4UrgU92
— G I R L S | O N L Y💗 (@amour_jordann) July 20, 2020

this is not a drill NICKI MINAJ IS PREGNANT🥺🥺🥺
— zel (@denzeldion) July 20, 2020

OMFGGGGGG SODYSGEGIDIENSHSUSISKSJ pic.twitter.com/Pfvu8xNxQu
— Sister lilith💅🐍 (@lilxMaraj) July 20, 2020

Nicki Minaj calling us her sons all these years but leaving us to start her own family? pic.twitter.com/TdTl34EfEr
— Agron (@Agronveliu97) July 20, 2020

Nicki laughing at the fact we didn’t see her baby bump in the trollz video😭 #NickiMinaj pic.twitter.com/UVMeLJ4yP1
— nickis biological son. (@thereald1ldn) July 20, 2020

I hope little Minaj-Petty knows that I’m their brother cause Nicki already had sons#NickiMinaj pic.twitter.com/mD4r2rLVJ4
— Pressed Plantain (@jordii_ravaas) July 20, 2020

WE DONT CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, NICKI IS PREGNANT #preggers #NickiMinaj pic.twitter.com/v06rXVBg6k
— rufaidamoahmed (@rufaidamoahmed) July 20, 2020

WE'RE HAVING A BABY... OOPS I MEAN SHE'S HAVING A BABY... 😀 CONGRATS #NICKIMINAJ 😀😀🙏🏿🙏🏿❤️❤️ #HOLLABLOCK
Reposted from @nickiminaj Love. Marriage. Baby carriage. Overflowing with excitement & gratitude. Thank you all… https://t.co/XjEMqKstFN
— BADGUY TRIMURTI (@REPUTEDBADGUY) July 20, 2020

can Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj collaborate in a new song and shoot a video with their baby bumps pic.twitter.com/jMtjd0j2VP
— 𝙢𝙪𝙝 (@muhadkins) July 20, 2020

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