Nicki Minaj Once Again Denies Ever Using Cocaine: ‘But If I Did, I’d Do It Proudly’

Allegations of cocaine use have followed Minaj throughout her career, although she’s long had an energetic persona since her late 2000s mixtape era. The artist admitted to a Percocet addiction last November in an interview with Vogue, which Minaj claimed she stopped. Her late father, Robert Maraj, also briefly abused crack cocaine during his life.

“No one told me that this was a narcotic and this was addictive,” Minaj told the publication about her use of Percocet. “Luckily, I was able to ground myself. But — once an addict, always an addict. I feel like if you’ve ever experienced addiction to anything, which I have, you always have to think twice and three times about the choices that you make.”