A Brief History of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's Relationship

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Date: 2008

Kanye West and Rhymefest once had a hip-hop puppet show called Alligator Boots in the works, and in the show's pilot episode (which was cancelled by Comedy Central before it's first episode), Kim Kardashian stars as Princess Leia.

In the clip, Kim K ditches Storm Trooper Kanye for a puppet named Beary White. 

Date: 2009

Kanye covered one side of Complex's April/May 2009 cover where he gave an in depth history of the making of the "Air Yeezy," and spoke on public perception, insecurities, and the "Kanye West brand." Kim Kardashian graced the opposite cover—where she revisited her past cover stories, and her new fame, at the time. Kim first posed on Complex's cover in 2007—and it was her magazine cover, ever.

Date: December 2010

Kim began working with The-Dream on a track called "Jam (Turn It Up)" in fall 2010 as part of a charity effort where half of the proceeds from the sales would be donated to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. The track was released to iTunes on March 2, 2011, but for months rumors circulated that Kanye would be featured in the video.

While it was never released to the public, the two did film a pretty steamy music video together, directed by Hype Williams—Kim released photos of the shoot a month later. "He's a musical genius, so I would be honored to work with Kanye," she told MTV News at the time. 

Date: January 2011

Around the time Kim was shooting the video for her single, "Jam (Turn It Up)," Kanye appeared on an episode of Kourtney & Kim Take New York. While Kourtney and Kim were shopping for the new location of their store, DASH, Kanye rolled through because the girls "respect his fashion taste and style."

Date: Aired July 2012

If it wasn't for Rob Kardashian, Kim may have never heard "Cold." Just kidding. "Yeah I've heard it, so what?" Kim snapped back at him. We were able to see Kim's reaction to hearing the song that sparked the public start of their relationship.

Date: October 2012

Snippets of Kanye's "White Dress" were floating around the Web last Fall but the track, off RZA's soundtrack for The Man With The Iron Fists, was released in full in October. The entire track is a semi-proposal to Kim K—it also fits right in with a Lucy Liu scene in the movie—but it's undeniably about the love of his life.

Date: August 2012

Kanye brought his stylist, Renelou Padora, to Kim's house to clean out her closet on an episode of last season's Keeping Up With The Kardashians. "I think it's so ironic that I'm always giving my friends their closet makeovers, so for the roles to be reversed, it's like, oh my god," Kim said. 

Date: December 31, 2012

Kim and Kanye had been together for over a year when Kanye announced that they were expecting their first child together. He did it onstage, at a show at Atlantic City's Revel nightclub, going from singing about loving someone to "Runaway" to announcing Kim K is expecting his first child. "Now you're having my baby, and it means so much to me," he said—all in Autotune.

Date: May 6, 2013

The full HD video of Kanye West performing at the 2013 Met Gala in New York City has still not been released but thanks to the Vines of various models, we heard a snippet of his new music.

Teresa Palmer recorded the first snippet of Kanye's new song, reportedly named "Awesome," and it sounds like he's singing, "I got a hope, I got a chance, cause baby you're awesome:"

Coco Rocha recorded another portion of Kanye's performance with the caption "Kanye telling Kim not to worry what anyone says that she's awesome. Quite touching really," but has since taken it down.

Date: June 2, 2013

On the season premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Kim revealed that she and Kanye are expecting a baby girl. "I’m so excited we’re having a girl," Kim said. "Who doesn’t want a girl? They’re the best and I know that’s really what Kanye has always wanted. He wanted a little girl."