Coolio’s GF Of 10 Years Breaks Silence On His Death: It Was ‘Never A Dull Moment With Him’

Coolio‘s long-term girlfriend Mimi Ivey paid tribute to the precocious rapper, who she was romantically progressive with for a decade, successful a caller interrogation with the Daily Mail on Monday, Oct. 3. Mimi, 41, looked backmost fondly connected her clip with the rapper. “We were champion friends. We would speech astir everything and gag and laughter astir everything. There was ne'er a dull infinitesimal being with him,” she told the outlet.

Mimi besides shared immoderate of her favourite qualities and memories with the rapper. “He was an eccentric, a storyteller. He loved life. He loved his family, his career, and helium loved to marque radical smile,” she said. “Yes, we had our ups and downs. But I don’t attraction who you are, if you accidental you person a cleanable relationship, past it’s not real.”

Another representation Mimi recalled is erstwhile she and Coolio astir got joined but decided not to crook successful the paperwork for their wedding. Even though the mates ne'er got legally married, Mimi revealed that her emotion for Coolio was truthful important to her. “It’s conscionable a portion of insubstantial that doesn’t alteration however either 1 of america felt astir each other,” she explained.

The cook and entrepreneur besides revealed portion they were not married, her girl looked astatine Coolio arsenic a begetter figure. “My girl asked him to beryllium her father, they had a treatment astir it, and helium chose to instrumentality connected the relation arsenic her father,” she noted. “He embraced that relation 100%.”

Coolio and Mimi were unneurotic from 2012 until his death connected Sept. 28 astatine property 59. “I conscionable retrieve each of the aerial and beingness coming retired of my body,” she told the work astir the infinitesimal she recovered retired astir his abrupt death. “I was outside, getting acceptable to instrumentality my lad to shot practice. All I retrieve was dropping to my knees. I collapsed.” The mates appeared unneurotic connected the TV shows Love Goals and Celebrity Wife Swap.

Before getting into a semipermanent narration with Mimi, Coolio was joined to Josefa Salinas from 1996 until 2000. He had 4 kids with her.

Since Coolio’s death, Mimi has shared 2 tributes to her precocious boyfriend. “I’ll ne'er hide you. You’ll ever beryllium by my side,” she wrote with a acceptable of photos and a video connected Sunday, Oct. 2.

The time aft this death, Mimi penned a lengthier caption alongside a selfie with him. “Words tin not explicit the symptom that I americium feeling close now. You are my psyche mate, hubby, person & champion person I’m truthful blessed that you called maine connected FaceTime astatine 2am and woke maine up retired my slumber to archer maine you emotion maine and miss me,” she began. “If I would person known that it was going to beryllium the past speech I person with you I wouldn’t person fto you get disconnected the phone. I miss you boo and I’m staying beardown & I volition spot you erstwhile I get there!”

Mimi revealed that Coolio volition not beryllium having a ceremonial per his wishes, and determination volition beryllium a precise backstage cremation for his family and friends. The invitation database is reportedly truthful exclusive, however, that adjacent immoderate of his longest friends volition not beryllium contiguous for the cremation service.