Nicki Minaj Cries Over Safaree 'Scaff Breezy' Samuels Break Up [VIDEO]: Says Music Industry Broke Them Up After 12 Years

Rapper Nicki Minaj opened up to radio host, Angie Martinez about her break up with Safaree "Scaff Breezy" Samuels nearly after 12 years of being together.

During the Power 105.1 interview she opened up about the recent break up and became emotional when explaining her transition without him in her life, "My relationship was based off of love," she said. "And there still is nothing but love there. This is not some person I picked up off the street. This is somebody I grew up with. Like I don't even know how I'm gonna function without that person in my life. I've never lived my life as a famous person without him."

Nicki explained that she still loves her ex-boyfriend and misses including him in her life decisions now, "I tell my girlfriends, my best friends, but sometimes I still wanna tell him stuff and get his opinion," she said before crying.

 "I don't think people realize it's not just a relationship or breakup. That was a humongous part of my life," she told Angie. "It is something that I am dealing with publicly and it's not easy. I'm also not gonna joke about it or try to disrespect him and try to act like he didn't mean the world to me and still doesn't mean the world to me. I'm just figuring it out." She added, "If I wasn't a rapper, we would have children, be married, and be living happily ever after. And that's what we're both sad about because we know that this shit is what did it."