Nicki Minaj Explains Hiding Safaree Samuels Versus Meek Mill's, Mom Is Worried?

Nicki Minaj and rapper Meek Mill gush about their hoodful-bliss relationship and "The Pinkprint" star admits that her mother was scared for her rushing into marriage after ending her 12-year relationship with Safaree Samuels.

The 32-year-old gushed in a joint GQ interview with Meek that she has a very healthy and normal relationship, and it wasn't something that happened over night, "I definitely think we have a normal relationship off-camera. We're like any other couple in the hood. We're growing as a couple and as people and as human beings, but we still have our careers."

She explained her decision to finally make this relationship public was due to her successful career and not listening to record label demands to appear single, "Together, I think one of the biggest misconceptions at the beginning was that people thought that me and him just popped up out of the blue and were just in a relationship. We were friends for a very long time and he was someone that I was able to really confide in. Nothing that we do is for TV. My decision to be public about my relationship came before I even met Meek. I was in another relationship and I said after I drop my third album that I don't care anymore what people think."

The star admitted that although many questioned their genuineness, she admitted that her mother was skeptical about the Hip Hop romance, "Everyone professionally [was on board]. The only person was my mother. My mother only knows Meek from what she sees in public, in the media. She met him now, but she just wants to make sure he's a nice guy. She's overprotective of her daughter. Another thing people don't realize is I've only had three boyfriends in my whole life. I've never dated around... I don't have a whole lot of experience in that department so my mother and my family were very like what?"

She said, "This is a big step, because they've only known one thing for over a decade. Even my pastor, who's like a second mother, was scared. Everybody was just scared. Those women were scared for me because when I love someone I really let them in, and I really let me guard down. And I think it's only natural for a mother to just, you know, she just wanted to make sure I wasn't rushing into anything."