I'm a children freak: Nicki Minaj

Singer Nicki Minaj says that she loves children and would love to have her own family in couple of years.

The 30-year-old is currently dating rapper Safaree 'SB' Samuels.

"In five years, perhaps, I'd like to have children. I love children - I'm a children freak. I'd like two, maybe three," Marie Claire magazine quoted Minaj as saying.

Minaj, seen as a judge on reality show "American Idol", is mostly in the news for her row with co-judge Mariah Carey as they say nasty things to each other.