--- description: The "Anaconda" singer opens up about the abortion she got as a teenager title: Nicki Minaj on 'The Pinkprint' Lyrics: Her Abortion Has 'Haunted' Her image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d7b8f3fdf8cd2b3/698777c155a859553ba8508f/1035x1407-nicki_cover_sml.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Nicki Minaj Says Her Abortion Has 'Haunted' Her  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Dec 31, 2014 3:24 PM CUT  Nicki Minaj on the cover of Rolling Stone Nicki Minaj on the cover of Rolling StoneRolling Stone  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Dec 31, 2014 3:24 PM CUT Nicki Minaj’s new album _The Pinkprint_ got personal when she addressed an abortion she had as a teenager. Now in a new [interview](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nicki-minaj-is-hip-hops-killer-diva-inside-rolling-stones-new-issue-20141230 "undefined") with _Rolling Stone_, the “Anaconda” singer opens up about her choice. “I thought I was going to die,” she said of getting pregnant as a high schooler. “I was a teenager. It was the hardest thing I’d ever gone through.” Ultimately she decided to get an abortion, a choice that “haunted me all my life.” “It’d be contradictory if I said I wasn’t pro-choice,” she continued. “I wasn’t ready. I didn’t have anything to offer a child.” Minaj first referenced her abortion on her early mixtape track “Autobiography,” but she says she didn’t expect anyone to listen to that song. Now that she’s a superstar, she knows her fans are listening. “My child with Aaron, would’ve have been sixteen, any minute,” she raps on “All Things Go,” which premiered earlier this month. \[[_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nicki-minaj-is-hip-hops-killer-diva-inside-rolling-stones-new-issue-20141230 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651063/nicki-minaj-abortion-rolling-stone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651063/nicki-minaj-abortion-rolling-stone/"},"headline":"Nicki Minaj Says Her Abortion Has 'Haunted' Her","datePublished":"2014-12-31T15:24:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:12:44.788Z","description":"The \"Anaconda\" singer opens up about the abortion she got as a teenager","url":"https://time.com/3651063/nicki-minaj-abortion-rolling-stone/","keywords":["celebrities","Music","Nicki Minaj"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d7b8f3fdf8cd2b3/698777c155a859553ba8508f/1035x1407-nicki_cover_sml.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d7b8f3fdf8cd2b3/698777c155a859553ba8508f/1035x1407-nicki_cover_sml.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"1035x1407-Nicki_Cover_SML","caption":"Nicki Minaj on the cover of Rolling Stone","creditText":"Rolling Stone","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651063/nicki-minaj-abortion-rolling-stone/","name":"Nicki Minaj Says Her Abortion Has 'Haunted' Her"}}]}] ```