It is a sad day for Nicki Minaj and her family.
According to MTV News, the rapper’s cousin, Nicholas Telemaque, was murdered in Brooklyn, New York, last night.
Police responded to a call in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, at 2:40 a.m. yesterday morning. There, they found the 27-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Kings County Hospital.
Minaj expressed her grief on twitter, first writing:
“Lived in Brooklyn his whole life. My precious cousin. My baby. Killed last nite,”
Minaj followed that tweet soon after by this one, which also contained a link to a picture:
“My cousin Nicholas. Also goes by Juse, or @brolicalcoholic* Murdered. Last nite. Near his home. Brooklyn,NY,”
No arrests in Telemaque’s death have been made yet.