Nikko Opens Up About His Marriage, How He Met Mimi And Doing Love & Hip Hop

In a recent interview with Vibe Magazine, Nikko finally breaks his silence about being married, how he met Mimi and how he ended up on Love & Hip Hop. 

How long have you been married? 
I’ve been with this woman ten years. We got married in 2007. Our relationship was really strong. We decided to get married. In the process, our relationship fell apart, but it was a bad breakup. It was a messy breakup. We remained cool with each other. She was seeing someone else, and I was a free man. But we were separated.

Did your wife know you were going to do the show?
When I decided to do the show, me and [my wife] wasn’t really rocking with that. But I knew I had this responsibility. When I decided to do the show, she came to me and said ‘I know you about to do the show, do your thing.’ She was actually with somebody in New York, that she’s still with right now.

How did you and Mimi meet? 
Me and Mimi met about 13 years ago. But we meet in New York or LA. We still can’t figure out where it was. We had a fling. We did our thing. We just stayed in contact with each other. We more so used to see each other at different events throughout the years. I guess you could call it a one-night stand.

Was she with Stevie back then? 
She might have been with Stevie off and on. This was around the time they met. She was messing with him off and on. The same time when he was messing with Puff, and while he was messing with Annette.

How did you and Mimi reconnect? 
We reconnected at LA at the VMA awards two years ago. We reconnected at the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel. We reconnected through her manager. I knew her for years. It was VMA weekend in Los Angeles.

So how did you get on the show? 
It was a time and the place. I was approached to do the show. I was the perfect fit. They were looking for someone to be someone she was dating. They wanted to find somebody for her to date. Then I came along. It was something that I had to think about.

And what made you decide to do it? 
I wanted to try something new. I had a group. I was an executive. I had a group in la that was signed to me. A lot of thing was going left for me. I said let me try this TV world.

So are we going to see your wife on an upcoming episode?

She’s definitely not coming on the show. It ain’t got nothing to do with me convincing me. It’s not her kind of show. And the fact that she’s moved on already with her life. It ain’t like she’s gonna come on to bash me.

You can read the entire interview and the rest of the tea HERE.