For a long time, Faust was unaware of her original father. After meeting him and building a bond, she adopted his last name. She was inspired by his father, who was an artist living in New York. She passed away from her father in May 2014. Her ancestors were painters, thus she was born with a creative gene.
When she was 13 years old, her mother, Olaiya Odufunke, converted to Scientology and abandoned her and her siblings. Within the confines of the Scientology facility to which she had committed her entire life, her mother died in 2003. Mimi asserted that she had reconciled with her mother.
