Nicki Minaj wanted to `kill` her father

London: Singer Nicki Minaj says she wanted to "kill" her father when she was growing up.

The 29-year-old`s father Omar was a drug addict and he once tried to burn their house in New York. "I wanted to kill him. I used to wish he was dead. We were afraid for my mother`s life, because whenever he would have a real bad outburst he would threaten to kill her," contactmusic.com quoted the 29-year-old as saying. IANS