Bianca Naidoo says she is still struggling to comprehend and cope with the death of her children’s father and lover Riky Rick.
Riky Rick’s partner, Bianca Naidoo, remembers him as a wonderful parent, devoted spouse, and driven musician a year after his death.
Bianca Naidoo, who also managed her late husband Riky Rick, describes the previous year as a roller coaster and says she’s taking each day as it comes.
“I’ve decided this year I’m not going to put pressure on myself,” she says. “I’m trying to figure out a lot of things and I want to ensure I make Riky proud. I want to be a great mom and support our kids. It’s a lot of learning, this new normal. Trying to understand and deal with grief.”
According to you, Ricky’s presence is still felt at the house of the rapper, who battled depression before committing suicide in 2022.
Naidoo says her initial meeting with the late rapper was informal, and she made the first move by asking a friend to give him her phone number.
“And then we chatted over the phone. I don’t know if he was scared [to make the first move]. I guess he was just doing the right thing. I’m a shy and private person. I think he did it out of respect and it worked out.”
When Bianca Naidoo and Riky Rick first met, she was captivated to his “infectious aura”: “I’ve said this quite often before: I know the fact that Riky and I were put together was God’s work. It was meant to be. I feel like we were part of the same tree. There were just so many things that made sense. It was just right.”
Naidoo also tells You that she would always appreciate the family unit since he always made time for the kids.
“He made all the effort in the world to make sure he was present, even when he was tired. He worked a lot, but he’d always do activities with the kids. Maik learned so much from Riky because he was so present. I’m so grateful for that.”
She adds that Ricky’s death was the worst one of her life and she doesn’t know how she got through it.
“Having to tell the kids. I don’t even know how I was feeling. I can’t even remember if I was numb. Survival mode kicked in, not for myself, but for the children and everyone else around me. I tried to be open and honest with my children because I wanted them to know what had happened from me,” she says.
Six months after his death, Naidoo told the SABC that she had a lovely discussion with Riky before he died.
“We spoke about everything, just life, us, the kids, and the way he was feeling. That conversation gave me a lot of peace because any questions or doubts were spoken about in the conversation we had.”
She discloses that his final words to her were, “I’m on my way home,” and that he loves her.
“His last words to me were ‘I’m on my way home and love you’. I went to bed and when I woke up two hours later and realised that he wasn’t home, I didn’t get concerned right away, because sometimes he’d stay late in the studio. I miss everything about him. The kids are constant reminders of him, but in everything I do, he is there.”
Main Image: Bianco Naidoo and late rapper Riky Rick/ Twitter
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