Love and Hip-Hop Atlanta's Mimi Faust - The 'Angry Black Woman' UNCONCEALED

Entrepreneur. Reality TV Star. Artist Manager. Author. Designer. Interior Decorator. Mother… These are just some of the many hats worn by Ms. Mimi Faust. Born in Newport News, Virginia, Faust, who grew up Gloria Eva James, née Simmons, was raised in the church of Scientology, until being kicked out for her adamant refusal to work for the controversial religion. Her mother, Olaiya Odufunke, who by then had changed her young daughter’s name to the Nigerian oriented, Oluremi Fela, later abandoned the family when Mimi was still in her formative years; 13 to be exact. At age sixteen, the free-spirited Capricorn was finally reunited with her Upstate New York based biological father, who she eventually forged a relationship with that lasted until his passing back on May 8th 2014.

Largely known for her role on VH1’s long running, Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, drama-fied series, now going into its fifth season, Mimi, who shares a five year old little girl, Eva Jordan, with long-time – now ex – boyfriend, Grammy Award winning musician-producer, Stevie J, has, for all intents and purposes, conquered the reality TV show world, and is now clearly set on taking over the entire universe. She tells us in her own words…

Parlé Magazine: You all just wrapped season four of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, so what exactly has been going on with you as of late?
Mimi Faust: We just wrapped our fourth season and I’m just trying to breathe a little bit [laughs] Like literally, we filmed for like ten months straight; really didn’t have time to do nothing. Our filming schedule is out of control. School just started. I had to get Eva back in school and get her situated, and I’m still working on my book… um, I have a hairline out ‘The Maya Collection.’ I’m doing a lot, so I didn’t get a break. I didn’t get a chance to go anywhere this summer; no vacation—work, work, work.