Rapper and producer Kanye West did not have time to part with the secular lioness Kim Kardashian, as he is already credited with an affair with Russian model Irina Shayk.
Following rumours that Kanye, 44, had moved on from estranged wife Kim Kardashian with the supermodel, the rapper was pictured with Irina, 35, in France, before the pair touched down in New York together.
While the stars haven’t confirmed everything, it’s been speculated that the pair are coming for a sweet slice of that Bennifer attention with a new A-list romance.
This is far from the first of Kanye’s high-profile relationships, with the hip-hop legend having dated some of the world’s most famous women.
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Sumeke Rainey
Before his big break, Kanye was dating his high school sweetheart Sumeke Rainey, and things were serious between the pair, with Kanye even pledging to marry her.
On the 2004 song Never Let Me Down from his debut album The College Dropout, Ye rapped:
However, the couple had split when Kanye began topping the charts.
Alexis Phifer
Kanye had an on-off relationship for a number of years, when the rapper popped the question in August 2006.
However, it wasn’t meant to be, and 18 months later, Kanye and fashion designer Alexis split up.
Their break-up followed the death of Kanye’s beloved mother Donda.
Brooke Crittendon
During a break from Alexis, Kanye dated Harlem Nights actress Brooke, and she accompanied him to the 2006 Grammy Awards.
However, just months later, they had split up, with Kanye reuniting with Alexis and proposing.
Brooke later told The Sun of their relationship:
Amber Rose
In 2008, Kanye first saw model and dancer Amber Rose in a Ludacris video, and the pair went on to date for two years.
However, in 2010, they split up, with Amber going on to marry Wiz Khalifa, and their break-up continues to be messy a decade on.
In 2015, Kanye famously made sexist comments about his ex, saying:
He also denied Amber’s claim that future wife Kim was sending him naked pictures when they were still together, telling The Breakfast Club:
Amber forgave Kanye for the comment, but has since accused the Power star of bullying her over the last 10 years, saying on the No Jumper podcast:
Selita Ebanks
Selita and Kanye dated for several months in 2010, with the model starring in the rapper’s video for Runaway the same year.
She attended a number of red carpet events and galas with Kanye, but their romance fizzled out.
Kim Kardashian
The big one. Kanye and Kim had been friends for nearly a decade when they finally went public with their relationship in 2012, and became showbiz’s hottest couple.
Later that year, they confirmed they were expecting their first child together, and in June 2013, they welcomed baby North, a few months after Kim’s divorce from Kris Humphries was finalised.
Kanye proposed in October 2013 and the couple tied the knot in Florence the following year, before going on to welcome three more children together – Saint, Chicago and Psalm.
Kimye were everywhere, whether it was packing on the PDA in Kanye’s Bound 2 video, stealing the spotlight at the Met Gala or tag-teaming in a feud with Taylor Swift.
However, last year, it was rumoured that their marriage was in trouble as Kanye posted concerning tweets about his wife and made comments about Kim allegedly considering having an abortion on her first pregnancy at his presidential campaign launch, during a bipolar episode.
In February, it was confirmed that Kim had filed for divorce after six years of marriage, but the exes are co-parenting their four children, and Kim said she would love Kanye forever in a sweet birthday message earlier this week.
Irina Shayk
Irina and Kanye go way back, with the supermodel having starred as Yeezy’s muse in the 2010 video for Power.
But their apparent relationship has taken many people by surprise.
Like Kanye, Irina has had a number of high-profile relationships in the past, having dated Cristiano Ronaldo for six years until their split in 2015.
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The same year, the Russian star began dating Bradley Cooper, and they welcomed a daughter, Lea De Seine, in 2017.
However, the stars split up in June 2019.
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