Robert Maraj, the father of the rapper Nicki Minaj, died on Saturday after being struck in a hit and run on Long Island, the authorities said.
Mr. Maraj was walking in the roadway near the intersection of Roslyn Road and Raff Avenue in Mineola, N.Y., at around 6:15 p.m. on Friday when he was hit by a northbound vehicle that left the scene, the Nassau County Police Department said in a statement.
Mr. Maraj, 64, a resident of Mineola, was transported to a hospital in critical condition, the police said, before he was pronounced dead by a hospital doctor on Saturday.
The Nassau County Police Department said its Homicide Squad was investigating.
A representative for Ms. Minaj confirmed his death but did not provide further details.
Ms. Minaj, whose parents moved to the United States from Trinidad, has spoken previously about crack cocaine use and domestic violence at her childhood home in Jamaica, Queens, including an episode in which her father tried to burn down her house.
In an interview with The New York Times in 2015, Ms. Minaj was asked if she was abused by her father.
“No. He was just abusive,” she said. “I would always hear him yelling and cursing, always. And it made me feel it was the way to interact, because that’s how I saw him interacting.’’