Nicki Minaj Opens Up About Abortion She Had as Teen

"I thought I was going to die," she said.

ByABC News
December 31, 2014, 9:58 AM
Nicki Minaj arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, May 18, 2014 in Las Vegas.
Nicki Minaj arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, May 18, 2014 in Las Vegas.
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— -- Nicki Minaj said one of her goals with her new album "The Pinkprint" was to give her fans a look into her personal life.

In fact, the "Anaconda" rapper, 32, even refers to an abortion she had as a teen in the album and is now opening up to Rolling Stone magazine about the haunting experience.

"I thought I was going to die," she told the magazine of when she found out she was pregnant while in high school in Queens, New York. "I was a teenager. It was the hardest thing I'd ever gone through."

She called it something that has "haunted me all my life" and added, "It'd be contradictory if I said I wasn't pro-choice. I wasn't ready. I didn't have anything to offer a child."

Minaj has kept her private life under wraps until now, but said "I decided there's no reason for me to hide. I'm a vulnerable woman, and I'm proud of that."

In fact after a recent breakup, Minaj says "I had to learn to do something as simple as sleep alone."

The latest issue of Rolling Stone hits newsstands this Friday.