Lauren London opens up about dealing with grief since the passing of her partner, rapper Nipsey Hussle.
While on the “A Really Good Cry” podcast, the actress said, “I still feel like a mess. I guess I have to ask my friend how far I’ve come because I still genuinely feel like I have not arrived anywhere… I feel like I’m really heavy a lot, but again, I have to counter that to just, like, the grace of God. I also don’t want to take away from the work that I’ve done from then until now.”
The actress shared that one thing that helped her cope with her grief is her children and the people around her. “I always say the prayer of strangers held me up,” she said. London, 39, was with Hussle from 2013 until his death in 2019. They welcomed their son, Kross Ermias Asghedom, in 2016. She also shares a child with rapper Lil Wayne.
Further in the interview, she talked about how she teaches her sons about grief. “It’s so different with both of them because one’s 14, the other one’s seven, so you know I’m always, like, a container for whatever emotion they have,” she explained. “I’m just like, ‘It’s okay to feel all these things, you know?’ I’m holding it for you, I feel you, I understand, I hear you.’ … But also, playing his music. I’m always telling them to journal as well, like, write him a letter, tell him how you feel.”
Lauren was also asked about what her love with the late rapper was like and she said, “intentional, pure, and safe.” She added the things that she learned from him as well. “All the things he was saying to me made more sense after he left. He spoke a lot about… I’m so in my cave, I’m a homebody, that he was like, ‘People really need to hear from you. You have a lot of truth you should share.’… He saw me, he saw me like my kids see me, you know?”
Earlier this year, she shared a touching tribute on the 5h anniversary of his passing. See the post below.