Katlego Sekhu
Bianca Naidoo recently opened up about Riky Rick’s battle with addiction.
Speaking to Metro FM, Bianca shared that Riky ‘wanted to do more than he was actually doing; he wanted to make a difference.’
“I feel like he probably didn’t feel like he was doing enough, and that was definitely something that hurt… just with a lot of the things that have been happening in the country and in the industry. Those are the things that didn’t sit well with him. It’s just a whole lot of worldly things that he struggled with,” she said.
Riky Rick previously opened up about his battle with mental health and addiction. Bianca shared that the rapper struggled again toward his last days.
“Riky did struggle with addiction and had a very good run and then, unfortunately, struggled again towards the end. That was hard for him to feel like he’d kind of failed, but I have to say we held him close through all those moments. We gave him so much love, even though he felt that he wasn’t worthy of it probably,” said Bianca Naidoo.
Bianca Naidoo had been dating Riky Rick before his untimely death in 2022. The pair share two children together.
In February this year on the 1-year anniversary of Riky’s passing, Bianca launched a bursary in his memory. Through the bursary, three AFDA students were offered the opportunity to succeed in their studies.
In a statement shared on the AFDA website, the institution revealed that the programme welcomed the support of other corporates and financial institutions to step in and assist.
Riky Rick was an AFDA student himself.
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