Nicki Minaj plans to take a "vacation" from music to have a baby.
The 31-year-old singer, who is gearing up to release her third album, 'The Pinkprint,' next month, says she would be "disappointed" if she isn't married with children by the time she releases her fifth album, but is worried she won't let herself take a break.
Asked what her biggest fear is, she said: "That I'll become so consumed with work that I'll forget to live my personal life to the fullest. If I'm done with my fifth album and I don't have a child by then, no matter how much money I have, I would be disappointed, as a woman, because I feel like I was put here to be a mother."
The 'Pills N Potions' hitmaker, who split from long-term boyfriend Safaree Samuels earlier this year, admits she has "put off" getting married in the past.
She said: "I have definitely put off the wife thing because I don't want people in my business. I'd rather not do anything that's going to be on paper but I definitely will be married before I have my baby. I want to make sure I do it in that order. I've always felt like that since I was young; my mother always put that in my head. By the fifth album, I will have walked down the aisle and I will at least be on baby number one, possibly baby number two. And have $500 million."
Nicki grew up in New York, but now lives in Los Angeles and feels guilty about not having enough time to spend with her loved ones.
She told Complex magazine: "I've struggled with a lot of guilt. When you're working and you're busy and you're successful, no matter what, something suffers, whether it's your relationship with your mother, your relationship with your whole family, not being able to go to your brother's graduation....
"I go to New York all the time and I'm so ashamed to say that I could be out there for a few days and not even be able to see my family because of my schedule."
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