Bianca Naidoo Speaks on Ricky Rick’s Mental Health Before His Passing

The wife of late rapper Ricky Rick (34), Bianca Naidoo has opened up for the first time about his mental health problems leading up to his death. Ricky Rick, real name Rikhado Makhado took his own life on 23 February 2023, after a long battle with depression and anxiety.

In a recent interview on Metro FM, she shared that she along with their family had been supporting Ricky as he tried to deal with his mental health struggles privately. It’s unfortunate that external factors led to him taking his win life.

She said that Ricky had always felt like he was not doing enough.

“He wanted to do more than what he was actually doing, he wanted to make a difference. When I look at it now, I feel like he probably did not feel like he was doing enough and that was definitely something that hurt him, just with a lot of the things that have been happening in the country and in this industry, those are the things that did not sit well with him. It’s just a whole lot of worldly things that he struggled with.”

Riky’s Mother Louis Zondo was also present in the interview, speaking of how her book “A Mother’s Journey through grief, Trauma and Healing” was therapeutic and helped her grieve and heal.

“Ricky did struggle with addiction and had a very good run and then, unfortunately struggled again towards the end. That was hard for him and it made him feel like he kind of failed, but I have to say we held him close through all those moments. We gave him so much more love, even though he felt that he was not worthy of it.”