Right By His Side: Nas Celebrates 44th Birthday With Nicki Minaj

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Celebration (and romance) was in the air when the rap king of Queens, Nas, rang in his 44th birthday with his alleged very special friend and fellow Queens rapper Nicki Minaj:

The legend himself… #EscobarSeason

A post shared by Barbie® (@nickiminaj) on Sep 14, 2017 at 11:40am PDT

#PressPlay: #NickiMinaj parties with #Nas at his birthday party ? @nasnika_ @thecolewerld

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Issa real nigga Birthday… HBD @nas ? @therealswizzz Happy Belated Swizzy!!! ? @aliciakeys ?

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Of course, Nicki’s presence at Nas’ birthday shindig could have been completely platonic, as the rap legend was also in the company of celebrity friends Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz. That was until we saw this playfully adorable moment on Minaj’s Instagram Live:

More cutting up from #NickiMinaj and #Nas at his birthday dinner last night ?? Via: @jungleqb

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Looks like their relationship is blossoming quite nicely! Everytime we see them together we can’t help but think of the time where Nas played Nicki Minaj’s love interest in the Right By My Side music video.