Blast from the previous! Kanye West had a couple of high-profile relationship earlier than he married Kim Kardashian in 2014.
The “Jesus Walks” rapper scored mainstream success after the discharge of his debut report, The Faculty Dropout, in 2004. Two years earlier than the album dropped, West sparked a romance with designer Alexis Phifer. The pair dated on and off from 2002 to 2008, with the “Love Lockdown” artist even getting down on one knee in August 2006.
West’s life modified perpetually after his mom, Donda, died in November 2007 after issues from cosmetic surgery procedures. His romance with Phifer got here to an finish as he dealt together with his grief and the duo known as off their engagement in 2008.
Two years later, the “Contact the Sky” artist started relationship Amber Rose. The previous couple rapidly acquired severe however went their separate methods in 2010. Trying again at her relationship with West 10 years later, Rose claimed that she’s been “picked on” by him ever since they break up.
“I didn’t take in something from him. Me and him are two very completely different individuals,” she mentioned throughout an October 2020 episode of the “No Jumper” podcast. “I’m a compassionate particular person. I’ve empathy. I’m a great particular person. That’s why individuals love me. That’s why anyone I’ve ever dated beloved me. … I don’t know if he says issues to make his spouse extra comfy, however to slut-shame me and say you needed 30 showers, like, bro, you took me world wide. Since when do you want 30 showers?”
Following her break up from the Yeezy designer, Rose later moved on with Wiz Khalifa, with whom she welcomed son Sebastian in February 2013, 5 months earlier than they tied the knot. The mannequin filed for divorce in September 2014.
West, for his half, wed Kim Kardashian in Could 2014 after two years of relationship. The couple began their relationship whereas the KKW Magnificence founder was still legally married to ex-husband Kris Humphries, from whom she break up after simply 72 day of marriage. Her divorce was finalized in June 2013.
“Proper earlier than I acquired married to Kris Humphries, [Kanye and I] had been speaking, and I simply went a distinct course,” the make-up mogul recalled throughout Keeping Up With the Kardashians‘ tenth anniversary particular, which aired in 2017. “I feel I needed to undergo that to determine what I wished. After my breakup, I used to be feeling actually low and down and he mentioned, ‘Simply come to Paris and see my trend present.’ … I swear from the second I landed, I fell head over heels in love with him and I assumed, ‘Oh, my God, why didn’t I do that sooner?’ Like, that is what actual life is like — love and enjoyable and actual assist.”
The pair tied the knot in Italy in Could 2014 and share 4 children: North (born in 2013), Saint (born in 2015), Chicago (born in 2018) and Psalm (Could 2019). After working by way of a rocky 12 months in 2020, Kardashian and West sparked rumors that they had been heading for a split.
“They’ve each been dwelling separate lives for a lot of months now,” a supply instructed Us Weekly solely in January 2021, noting that the California native was “done” together with her marriage. “Kim and Kanye haven’t been on the identical web page for some time now.”
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