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Nicki Minaj is a soon-to-be mommy, and I’m so happy for her! So here are some upstanding citizens that I wish could’ve raised me.

5. Loretta Devine

The Broad Museum Celebrates the Opening of Soul Of A Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 Art Exhibition

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She’s played somebody’s mama in every movie she’s been in. “Lottery Ticket,” “This Christmas,” “Madea’s Big Happy Family…” and she died in that one! If you can’t find motherly comfort in her bosom, you should just give up all hope.

4. Taraji P Henson

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She’s loud, she cusses, and she def seems like the “when we get in this store, don’t touch NOTHING!” type of parent. It’ll be just like my actual childhood was.

3. Afeni Shakur

'Tupac: Resurrection' World Premiere

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I know she passed, but this is my top 5 so let me live. She raised 2 bad kids on her own, and even as a crack fiend, mama…she always was a black queen, mama. Bruh…I could’ve been Tupac!

2. Kim Kardashian

Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - September 01, 2014

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Why not just wake up, be rich, and never have to have goals? And even if my mom is busy trying to stop my dad from becoming president, my real mom will be right by my side as I check into rehab for that coke addiction I picked up. That’s right; my nanny.

1. Drake

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Listen, girls go through a lot. We fall in love, we get our hearts broken, we fight over people we want…and Drake is the perfect parent to help me get in touch with my feelings. Who better to cry to, than someone who’s constantly crying?