Bianca Naidoo wants to be an executor and beneficiary of Ricky Rick’s estate as Ricky didn’t leave a will and they were not legally married.

Riky Rick’s lover Bianca Naidoo has allegedly filed documents to force the state to recognise her as the late rapper’s legal wife.

According to court documents obtained by reporter, Bianca explained to the Johannesburg Master of the High Court and Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi that her relationship with the award-winning rapper was that of husband and wife therefore, she wants to be regarded as the executrix of his asserts.

The mother-of-two revealed that she cohabitated with Riky Rick from 2013 until the time of his untimely passing in a “conjugal relationship in which we supported and maintained each other assuming reciprocal commitments and creating a duty to support each other.”

She said when they moved to the estate, she had already quit her paying job, at the behest of the artist, and worked with him to grow his music career.

“The deceased and I thus established a financial interdependence because I performed all the administrative tasks related to the decease’s duties as entertainer/musician until his untimely death.

“The deceased and I enjoyed emotional and financial inter-dependence by also inter alia registering and running successful commercial businesses together, which include the Legends Barber as well as Cotton Fest. Both I and the deceased were directors of Makhado Agency (Pty) Ltd, which we operated together in all respects. The deceased and I also enjoyed the benefits as life partners as members of my medical aid scheme who regarded us as life partners,” read the papers.

Naidoo said Riky Rick introduced her to his family in May 2013 and she introduced him to hers in June 2013.

“Our families … soon accepted our relationship as that of a ‘married couple’. The deceased and my mother shared a close relationship of a ‘mother and son- in-law’,” read the papers.

She said Riky Rick had gifted her a “promise ring” in 2015 and bought another on Valentine’s Day in 2020 to reaffirm his lifetime commitment to her.

She said he also referred to her as his “wife” in the presence of their families and friends as well as in public and on social media platforms.

“Our common intention together with the deceased was to validate our marriage in accordance with civil law. As already stated above, although our families with the deceased are not traditional, they did meet during the course of our relationship to have marriage discussions and our families did approve of our relationship as that of husband and wife.”

She said their families dispensed with the traditional lobola celebrations because of their modern way of life.

“Furthermore, as already stated above, the deceased and I did intend to eventually marry, however, the deceased unfortunately passed before the solemnisation of our marriage became a reality, albeit we lived our joint lives as a married couple. I have therefore been advised that I do qualify within the category of a partner ‘in a permanent life partnership in which the partners have undertaken reciprocal duties of support’,” read the papers.

Naidoo further said she deserved to be appointed as the executrix because she was the only legal guardian of their children.

She said Riky Rick’s family were her in-laws and supported her appointment as the executrix and beneficiary.