Coolio’s partner Mimi Ivey opens up about the rapper’s shock death at 59

The late rapper’s grieving long-term partner has opened up about their relationship after the Gangsta’s Paradise rapper died last week.

Coolio’s long-term partner claims the rapper was “seeing other women” before he died – but says the two had an “understanding.”

“He was who he was. If he was seeing other women, I knew about it,” Mimi Ivey told the Daily Mail in a new interview, per Page Six.

“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.”

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Mimi has opened up about relationship with the rapper.

Although they were not legally married, Ivey took Coolio’s last name – his given name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr. – and referred to each other as “husband” and “wife” in public.

“We went to the courthouse, we filled out all of the paperwork and we were planning on it. But we just decided not to turn it in,” she said. “It’s just a piece of paper that doesn’t change how either one of us felt about each other.”

The exotic dancer revealed that the late Gangsta’s Paradise performer won’t be having a funeral, per his request, and will be cremated.

Coolio and Mimi Ivey had an ‘arrangement’ which saw the rapper date other women.

Mimi says there were ‘no secrets’ between the pair.

“I’m respecting his wishes. He wanted to be cremated. He did not want a funeral,” she said. “He did not want a memorial service. He didn’t want any of that.”

Mimi also recounted the moment she received the devastating phone call informing her of Coolio’s death.

“I just remember all of the air and life coming out of my body,” she told the publication. “I was outside, getting ready to take my son to football practice. All I remember was dropping to my knees. I collapsed.”

Mimi recalled ‘collapsing’ at the news of Coolio’s passing.

Just days before his death, a very “engaging” Coolio snapped selfies with fans at Houston Airport ahead of what would end up being his last live performance.

Coolio is survived by his six children and ex-wife Josefa Salinas, who he married in 1996. The former couple called it quits four years later.

This article originally appeared on the New York Post and has been reproduced here with permission

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