Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect that after publication, TMZ reported that the petition appears to have been started by Cardi B fans trolling Nicki Minaj.
Nicki Minaj and her husband, convicted sex offender Kenneth Petty, are at the center of a petition that has asked them to move out of their home in Hidden Hills, California, over “safety concerns.” The petition, titled “SAY NO TO SEX OFFENDERS IN HIDDEN HILLS,” was signed by hundreds of people and was reportedly launched after the couple bought their $19.5 million mansion. However, TMZ now reports the petition may just be an elaborate “troll job” orchestrated by fans of Cardi B. The site unearthed a tweet by one Cardi fan that read, “We, as nicki antis, can turn the residents of Hidden Hills AGAINST Nicki and her pedo husband moving in, hurting her assets in the process.” That same fan appears to have created the Change.org petition, according to TMZ. Petty was convicted of attempted rape in 1995 and is currently serving a year of home detention after failing to register as a sex offender in California.
