Nicki Minaj’s father dies after hit-and-run crash in New York

Rapper Nicki Minaj. Picture: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

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 6.15pm local time on Friday when he was hit by a car that kept going, Nassau County police said.