Coolio’s Girlfriend Reacts To His Loss of life – Hollywood Life

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Coolio‘s long-term girlfriend Mimi Ivey paid tribute to the late rapper, who she was romantically concerned with for a decade, in a brand new interview with the Day by day Mail on Monday, Oct. 3. Mimi, 41, seemed again fondly on her time with the rapper. “We had been greatest buddies. We might discuss all the pieces and joke and giggle about all the pieces. There was by no means a uninteresting second being with him,” she advised the outlet.

Mimi additionally shared a few of her favourite qualities and recollections with the rapper. “He was an eccentric, a storyteller. He liked life. He liked his household, his profession, and he liked to make folks smile,” she stated. “Sure, we had our ups and downs. However I don’t care who you might be, for those who say you’ve gotten an ideal relationship, then it’s not actual.”

One other reminiscence Mimi recalled is when she and Coolio nearly obtained married however determined to not flip within the paperwork for his or her wedding ceremony. Though the couple by no means obtained legally married, Mimi revealed that her love for Coolio was so necessary to her. “It’s only a piece of paper that doesn’t change how both of us felt about one another,” she defined.

The chef and entrepreneur additionally revealed whereas they weren’t married, her daughter checked out Coolio as a father determine. “My daughter requested him to be her father, they’d a dialogue about it, and he selected to tackle the function as her father,” she famous. “He embraced that function 100%.”

Coolio and Mimi had been collectively from 2012 till his dying on Sept. 28 at age 59. “I simply keep in mind the entire air and life popping out of my physique,” she advised the publication concerning the second she discovered about his sudden dying. “I used to be outdoors, on the brink of take my son to soccer apply. All I keep in mind was dropping to my knees. I collapsed.” The couple appeared collectively on the TV reveals Love Objectives and Movie star Spouse Swap.

Earlier than getting right into a long-term relationship with Mimi, Coolio was married to Josefa Salinas from 1996 till 2000. He had 4 youngsters together with her.

Since Coolio’s dying, Mimi has shared two tributes to her late boyfriend. “I’ll always remember you. You’ll all the time be by my facet,” she wrote with a set of photographs and a video on Sunday, Oct. 2.

The day after this dying, Mimi penned a lengthier caption alongside a selfie with him. “Phrases can’t specific the ache that I’m feeling proper now. You might be my soul mate, hubby, lover & greatest buddy I’m so blissful that you simply referred to as me on FaceTime at 2am and woke me up out my sleep to inform me you’re keen on me and miss me,” she started. “If I might have recognized that it was going to be the final dialog I’ve with you I wouldn’t have allow you to get off the telephone. I miss you boo and I’m staying sturdy & I’ll see you once I get there!”

Mimi revealed that Coolio won’t be having a funeral per his needs, and there can be a really personal cremation for his household and buddies. The invitation listing is reportedly so unique, nevertheless, that even a few of his longest buddies won’t be current for the cremation service.