Nicki Minaj Offers College Tuition to Teen Hero Defending His Mother

Rapper Nicki Minaj has offered to pay the college tuition for a 14-year-old boy who shot and killed his mother's attacker. The charges against the teen and his mother have been dropped. Minaj called the boy a hero and expressed her desire to help him with his education. The incident occurred when the mother and the attacker got into an argument at a restaurant in Chicago. The boy intervened when the attacker began physically assaulting his mother, ultimately shooting and killing him. The mother has filed a lawsuit against the city and police officers involved.