Kanye West’s relationship history with Kim Kardashian is something that we are all familiar with, but have you ever wondered whom Kanye dated before Kim Kardashian? We are as excited as you are to take you through the journey of Kanye West‘s intriguing dating timeline. But before we begin, here’s a bit about singer and rapper Kanye West’s personal and professional life.
Born in the year 1977, Kanye was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He started his rapping career back in 1996 and since then, he has been releasing back-to-back hit albums, which led him to become one of the greatest rappers in the American Music and pop industry. Along with his musical career, Kanye also owns a fashion company and is also very active in Politics.
During his career, Kanye West has dated numerous glorious women, from acting to the modeling industry. Due to his widespread fame, Kanye has always been involved in many high-profile relationships with notable names, including Kim Kardashian and Irina Shayk.
Kanye’s dating history is diverse and a bit complicated. So, here’s the curated list of all the gorgeous women to whom Kanye West has been romantically linked in the past.
Kanye West and Sumeke Rainey (1996 – 2002)
“Never Let Me Down”, Kanye West’s hit song from the album The College Dropout, contains some references to Sumeke Rainey, Kanye’s high school sweetheart. He promised Sumeke’s father in the song that he would marry Sumeke, but you know, things did not go as they both had expected.
Sumeke and Kanye started dating in the year 1996, and she was the one who stayed with him during his early rapping hustle, but in 2002 things went wrong, and they parted ways when Kanye started getting noticed by the public, and his music started getting famous.
Kanye West and Alexis Phifer (2002 – 2008)
Kanye West’s relationship with Alexis Phifer was his first long-term, six years of relationship. Alexis Phifer is a fashion designer who owns Los Angeles-based fashion brand called A Threads. Kanye West and Alexis Phifer’s similar taste for fashion brought them closer, and they started spending the most amazing and romantic time of their lives with each other.
Soon after started dating, Kanye and Alexis started appearing in front of the media and for interviews. During interviews, they also recalled their first meeting and their first conversation. Kanye expressed in an interview that he was amazed by Alexis Phifer’s fashion sense when he first saw her.
In the year 2006, the couple also got engaged as their love for each other touched the heights of the sky. They were so in love that even their fans started expecting that they would marry soon.
But they broke their engagement and parted ways. Alexis Phifer confirmed in an interview that even after their break up, she will always remain a good friend of Kanye West.
Kanye West and Brooke Crittenton (2004-2006)
As mentioned earlier, Kanye West’s dating life has been a bit complicated. While he was dating Alexis Phifer in the year 2004, Kanye West also started dating an aspiring actress Brooke Crittenton. Kanye started dating her when he had broken up for some time with Alexis.
Brooke Crittenton made her appearance at Grammy Awards 2006 with Kanye and his mother. But soon after this, they broke up, and Kanye got engaged to Alexis Phifer.
Brooke Crittenton said that Kanye and her relationship was amicable, but they will always be there to support each other when needed. “I wish him the best and he wishes likewise”, added she.
Kanye West and Angela Martini (2011)
The Miss Universe Albania Angela Martini started dating West in the year 2011. The rumors of them dating circulated exponentially. However, both of them did not acknowledge the rumors as their romantic connection remained for a short period.
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After ten years, Angela Martini confirmed that she once had a romantic connection with Kanye West. She said that hundred years ago, they spent romantic time with each other, but when the rumors started spreading, she denied it.
Kanye West and Amber Rose (2008 – 2010)
Kanye West’s first high-profile relationship with Amber is still making headlines. Kanye and Amber started dating after Kanye’s break up with Alexis Phifer. In the year 2008, Kanye and Rose’s relationship started becoming a topic of discussion on the internet.
Kanye and Amber appeared several times in public and posed romantically for photographs, but no one knew what was going on between them. In the year 2015, to slam Kanye West’s comments about Amber, she said that Kanye used to bully her. She also said that to comfort his wife, he is slut shaming her, saying that he had to take 30 showers after their break up.
After their tragic break up in the year 2010, Kanye got involved in several other relationships including Kim Kardashian and Amber Rose tied the knot with rapper Wiz Khalifa whom she shares a son with.
Kanye West and Selita Ebanks (2010)
Even though their relationship was never confirmed, Kanye West and Selita Ebanks were pictured enjoying each other’s company, and everyone could see that the love sparkled between them.
Selita Ebanks, a supermodel, became a part of Kanye West’s Runaway and walked down several red carpets with him. After Amber Rose, Kanye West’s relationship with Selita Ebanks remained for a very short span of time.
Kanye, after his break with Amber and Selita, had been finding for a woman whom he could get settled and have kids with.
Kanye West and Melody Thornton (2010)
The “Pussy Cat Doll” Melody Thornton was spotted with Kanye West several times holding hands and getting closer to him. They were first pictured at Marc Jacob’s women’s store, holding hands and enjoying each other’s company. Their pictures got viral, and rumors of them dating started spreading.
After that, they made their appearance together at the New York Fashion Week and MTV Video Music Awards.
It was later alleged that only after dating for a few weeks they broke up.
Kanye West and Dollicia Bryan (2010)
Dollicia Bryan is known for dating several rappers, including Tyga and Drake. She is a very well-known model in the American music industry, as she has been linked with various rappers in history.
Kanye West and Dollicia’s relationship was never confirmed, and it was alleged that they dated for a very short period. They dated in the year 2010 and even broke up in 2010.
Kanye West and Chanel Iman (2010-2011)
After breaking up with Amber Rose in the year 2010, Kanye West got romantically involved with several gorgeous models, and Chanel Iman is one of them. Kanye West and Chanel Iman were spotted together at the Paris Fashion Week.
Chanel Iman also admitted that Kanye let her walk in Kanye’s fashion show in Paris. During Chanel’s early modeling career, Kanye West supported her. She also appreciated Kanye saying that Kanye is a good guy and he works hard.
Kanye West and Virginie Maury (2011)
Virginie Maury is a French model and actress. Rumors started spreading in the year 2011 that Kanye was dating a blonde woman when his picture with her getting cozy at the Cannes Hotel Balcony got viral.
At first, it was really difficult to discover who this gorgeous woman was, then it was revealed that she is Virginie Maury, a well-known French model.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (2012-2022)
One of the most high-profile relationships in history, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian is a power couple in the history of the American entertainment industry. They first met back in 2002 on a set. They hung out with their common friend Brandy, but they barely knew each other. Kim recalled that moment, saying that Kanye did not even know her name, and he asked Brandy, “Who is this, Kim Kardajan?”
In the year 2008, Kanye again encountered Kim for a shoot of a Pilot episode of the TV Show. They worked together and soon became best friends. At that time, Kanye was in a relationship with Amber Rose, and even Kim married Kris Humphries in the year 2011.
But both of them parted ways with their partners and met in Paris, where Kanye invited Kim to his fashion show in Paris. Kanye was already in love with Kim Kardashian and wanted a date with her. Kim Kardashian took time to accept the fact that even she loved him but then went on their first date with him.
Both fell madly in love, went on love dates, and started making public appearances. Kanye made Kim’s references in his songs. Soon after, the news of Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy news broke in the year 2012.
In the year 2013, the couple got engaged and announced their engagement through social media. Kim Kardashian posted a picture of her dazzling ring in a black and white filter. He proposed to her at a baseball stadium in San Francisco.
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Wearing an elegant white gown, Kim Kardashian exchanged vows with Kanye West, who was wearing a nice black suit, looking romantically into Kim’s eyes. Soon after their wedding, they also welcomed their first son, Saint West. Currently, the couple has four kids, two sons, and two daughters.
In the year 2021, Kim Kardashian filed a divorce against Kanye West and took joint custody of their kids. In the year 2022, the divorce was officially confirmed, and both of them became single again.
Kanye West and Christina Milan (2016)
During Kanye’s Saint Pablo Tour, Kanye West met Christina Milan, an American actress, currently 41 years old. They met in the year 2016 and had a fling. They were allegedly not in a relationship but spent a night together.
Years after the incident, Kanye West admitted that years back, he cheated on Kim Kardashian with Christina Milan. As they had a thing only for a day or two in the year 2016, they did not confirm to be in a relationship.
Kanye West and Irina Shayk (2021)
Kanye West is known for making references to his girlfriends in all his hit songs. Seemingly, he also made a reference to Irina Shayk in his song, Christian Dior Denim Show, which was released in 2010.
Kanye West, a rapper, and Irina Shayk, a Russian model, met in the year 2021, shortly after the divorce thing with Kim Kardashian. They were first spotted in New York and then pictured several times enjoying each other’s company while flaunting their amazing chemistry.
Kanye admitted that he did not want anything serious, but he was enjoying her vibe. They got into a relationship for some time, but things went wrong, and they broke up in late 2021.
Kanye West and Vinetria (2021)
After ending things with Kim Kardashian, Kanye West’s second relationship rumors started surfacing in the year 2021 with Vinetria, a 23-year-old model and Instagram influencer. Kanye and Vinetria made several public appearances but never confirmed the relationship.
However, their relationship soon ended in late 2021, and both Kanye and Vinetria moved on. After Vinetria, Kanye Started dating Julia Fox.
Kanye West and Julia Fox (2021-2022)
Kanye and Julia first met in the romantic city of Miami in early 2021. When they met, love sparkled between them, and they soon started dating. However, nearly after a year of dating, the couple called it quits.
When asked the reason for their break up, Julia Fox said that Kanye had loads of work commitments and she couldn’t take it. She also said that she felt like playing the role of Kanye West’s girlfriend, and he was casting her.
She said instead of feeling like the real relationship, and she felt like she was in the movie and she did not have the emotional capacity to endure all of it. In the year 2022, on Valentine’s Day, the couple finally ended things.
Kanye West Chaney Jones (2022)
In the month of February, nearly 10 days after splitting up with Julia Fox, Kanye West was pictured with Chaney Jones in Miami. At first, only rumors started to surface, but then their relationship started appearing on social media when Chaney Jones posted a picture with Kanye on her Instagram story.
Gradually, even Kanye West confirmed his relationship with her on social media, posting a picture of them and captioning that he and his new boo (Chaney Jones) are going strong. Even Chaney Jones commented, MY LOVE with a black heart emoji.
Before breaking up, they went on a romantic vacation in Japan and allegedly parted ways in June 2022.
Kanye West and Juliana Nalu (2022)
Kanye’s latest relationship with Juliana Nalu, a Brazilian bikini model, and Instagram influencer, started in late 2022. Kanye West and Juliana Nalu were first spotted in the month of October.
However, Kanye West and Juliana Nalu broke up in the month of December 2022, as she confirmed the same on her Instagram. Currently, no one knows if they are still dating and if they have parted ways because Kanye did not confirm it yet.
Kanye West, the world-famous musician and fashion designer who is currently single, has dated numerous models not only from America but from different parts of the world.
Kanye’s dating list does not end here, and he has also been rumored to be dating many other prominent models, actors, and singers that, includes Karrine Steffans, Candice Swanepoel, Adrienne Houghton, Jennifer Metcalfe, Sessilee Lopez, Jena Shea, Kate Upton, Jemma Lucy, and Amanda Lepore.
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