As the world continues to return to grips with legendary rapper Coolio’s dying, his longtime companion is talking up about rumors of his infidelity.
During an unique interview with DailyMail.com posted Monday, Mimi Ivey, who had been courting the Gangsta’s Paradise rapper since 2012, advised all. First she recounted the second she discovered about his premature dying, revealing emotionally:
“I just remember all of the air and life coming out of my body. I was outside, getting ready to take my son to football practice. All I remember was dropping to my knees. I collapsed.”
She added:
“He lived a very wonderful life. You have no choice when you are going to get taken out of this world. It’s a shock, but there’s no way you can ever prepare for this.”
We can’t even start to think about what a heartbreaking second that was for her…
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Mimi then gave some backstory to their relationship, noting they met all the way in which again in 2004 however didn’t truly turn out to be romantically concerned till 2012 when a mutual good friend reintroduced them. She remembered how he “was very persistent” and “wouldn’t let me go,” even noting a time early of their relationship when a good friend let him into her home so he might make her breakfast! She recalled:
“I just woke up and he was in my room serving me breakfast in bed. I was a little confused. It’s hilarious now, I love having that memory. He said, ‘You’re officially my girl. You’re mine. You belong to me. We belong together. It’s us.’ And I said, ‘Okay.’”
Um… somewhat creepy for our tastes, but when she was cool with it, OK then! While the 2 by no means formally tied the knot, she did take the true final identify of the rapper, who was born Artis Leon Ivey Jr. He grew to become a father determine for her kids from a earlier relationship. So candy. What a legacy for the 59-year-old.
However, when requested about rumors he was seeing different girls, Mimi calmly waved away any controversy, saying:
“He was who he was. If he was seeing other women, I knew about it. There’s nothing that man ever did that he hid from me. We talked about everything. I knew his whole life. We had no secrets.”
She added:
“We were best friends. We would talk about everything and joke and laugh about everything. There was never a dull moment being with him. He was an eccentric, a storyteller. He loved life. He loved his family, his career, and he loved to make people smile.”
That’s a reasonably inneresting association, however you realize what? Monogamy isn’t for everyone! At least he was upfront together with her and let her select for herself whether or not she’d be OK with it or not.
As for the West Up! rapper’s funeral preparations? There are none — and there gained’t be. Mimi defined to the outlet:
“I’m respecting his wishes. He wanted to be cremated. He did not want a funeral; he did not want a memorial service. He didn’t want any of that.”
A supply later added the cremation might be a personal occasion with a particularly restricted variety of folks allowed to attend, noting it could be partially to keep away from potential feuds from the child mommas of his 10 kids! Yikes…
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Our hearts are with Mimi and Coolio’s kids throughout this heartbreaking time. See her stunning Instagram tribute to the late artist (under):
Rest in peace to a legend!
[Image via Mimi Ivey/Instagram]
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