Nicki Minaj Arrested for Rape of 12 Year Old Minor


Rapper Nicki Minaj’s brother accused of raping a 12-year-old child.  The brother of award-winning singer and rapper Nicki Minaj has been charged in Nassau with raping a child, according to a source with knowledge of the case.

Jelani Maraj, 37, of Baldwin, was arraigned Thursday on first-degree rape and first-degree course of sexual conduct against a child, according to online court and jail records. The child is 12, according to the source.

Bail was set at $100,000, said the Nassau district attorney’s office, which declined to comment on the case, including the circumstances of the case, the age of the child and how the matter came to authorities’ attention.

Maraj was released on bail Thursday from the Nassau County jail in East Meadow, authorities there said.

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