Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's Relationship: A Timeline
Kanye West Kim Kardashian LACMA in 2014
December 2010
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West shared studio time in Culver City, Calif., for what would was presumably Kim’s debut musical project. “He’s a musical genius, so I would be honored to work with Kanye,” Kardashian said at the time. "It's all in fun. We're just trying to have a good time."
April 2012
Kanye name-checked Kardashian -- who had split from husband Kris Humphries -- on the song “Theraflu” (later re-named “Cold”), rapping, “I’ll admit, I had fell in love with Kim.” Meanwhile, Kim played coy about the pair’s relationship on the Today show. "Kanye and I have been friends for years," she said, adding, "You never know what the future holds or where my life will take me. So ... I like the song!"
April 2012
After her Today appearance, Kanye and Kim stepped out as a couple: The pair dined at a New York City restaurant and was spotted holding hands.
September 2012
December 2012
May 2013
June 2013
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian: “Bound 2” (2013)
Kim appeared in the music video for Kanye’s song “Bound 2,” straddling him topless as he rode a motorcycle.
October 2013
March 2014
Ahead of their impending nuptials, Kanye and Kim appeared on the cover of Vogue together, with Kim dressed in a wedding gown.
May 2014
March 2015
May 2015
May 2015
February 2016
February 2016
May 2016
Style stans Kim Kardashian and Kanye West had more fun playing dress up for this year’s Met Gala theme “Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.” The couple slipped on shimmery Balmain pieces while ‘Ye wore silvery lenses to match. “I love my husbands eyes at the Met #AfterPartyVibes,” Kim K wrote on Instagram.
Happy 2 year anniversary to the love of my life! You make me so happy! I love you so much!!!
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May 2016
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May 2016
July 2016
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August 2016
August 2016
September 2016
June 2018
June 2018
December 2018
May 2019
September 2019
November 2019
November 2019
February 2020
February 2020
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February 2020
May 2020
The KKW Beauty mogul marked the couple's sixth wedding anniversary with a sweet post on Instagram. "6 years down; forever to go...Until the end," she captioned a pair of photos of herself leaning down to kiss the rapper on the cheek.
June 2020
July 2020
Following the first rally of his 2020 presidential campaign, during which West delivered a rambling monologue, and broke down in tears revealing he and Kardashian had considered aborting their oldest daughter North, the rapper took to Twitter to publicly apologize to his wife. "To Kim I want to say I know I hurt you. Please forgive me. Thank you for always being there for me," he wrote on July 25. Days earlier, West had also gone on a separate since-deleted tweetstorm, claiming he'd "been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek [Mill] at the Waldorf for prison reform" and accusing the reality star of attempting to get him committed on "medical grounds."