Nicki Minaj Mourns Loss Of Her Cousin, Who Was Murdered In Brooklyn

Robbie Daw | July 5, 2011 10:59 am

Nicki Minaj no doubt had a heavy heart when she performed in Winnipeg last night on Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale tour, as reports have surfaced that her 27-year-old cousin Nicholas Telemaque was gunned down in the early morning hours on July 4. “Lived in Brooklyn his whole life. My precious cousin. My baby. Killed last nite,” the “Super Bass” songstress tweeted less than 24 hours ago. Minaj, clearly upset, vented her grief online by tweeting out two photos of her slain cousin, who went by the nickname “Juse.”

“My cousin Nicholas. Also goes by Juse, or @brolicalcoholic* Murdered. Last nite. Near his home. Brooklyn,NY,” she wrote, while posting this image:

TMZ quotes law enforcement sources who say “Telemaque was killed around 2:40 AM on July 4 from ‘multiple gunshot wounds to the upper torso’.” No arrests have been made in connection with the murder, according to the site.

Our condolences to the Harajuku Barbie and her family.

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