Kimye was once a powerhouse Hollywood couple. Kanye West, music mogul and genius, joined Kim Kardashian, the entrepreneurial queen of reality TV, to form one of America’s richest, most powerful families in entertainment.
Their relationship, however, has also been laced with fights with other artists, social media rants, and ultimately a very public divorce.
Now, more than a year after Kardashian filed for divorce in 2021 — after a judge declared her legally single in 2022 — the term “Kimye” has become synonymous with public tumult as West uses social media videos, song lyrics, and claymation to attack Kardashian’s post-Ye life.
Here’s an abridged timeline of Kimye:
They start dating in 2012.
The pair first met in 2002 or 2003, when West was recording a song with Brandy, one of Kardashian’s friends. (“I vividly remember hanging out with him,” Kardashian said on her…
