Kanye West has been trending throughout 2021 after it was revealed at the top of the year that he and Kim Kardashian were heading for divorce. Paperwork was finally filed in mid-February as the world could not believe that the KimYe era was ending. The two had been together since 2012 and married since 2014. Currently, the divorce is still ongoing as the estranged couple are working on details of it, such as joint custody of their four children.  

Kanye is already involed in rumors about who he may be dating now and someone is supposedly in the picture. According to DeuxMoi, Kanye is said to have something romantic going on with Russian model Irina Shayk. Sources close to the situation claim that the two are “def dating.” Additional information from the outlet says that . “After further looking into this, I don’t know if ‘dating’ is the right word, but there is perhaps some interest there.” Shayd also sparked dating rumors after being seen with a Balenciaga x DMX shirt, designed by Kanye.

Kanye and Irina definitely have ties to each other in the past. One piece of evidence is that she appeared in Kanye’s music video for his “Power” single in 2010, which was one of the biggest records of that year and of Kanye‘s career.  Power peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and is 4x platinum in the US. On “Christan Dior Denim Flow,” Kanye also shouted her out on the lines “I’m wilding, I’m on a thousand. I wanna see Irina Shayk next to Doutzen.”

While Kanye is rumored to be with Irina, there is also speculation about who Kim Kardashian is dating as well. One of the names out there is CNN analyst, Van Jones. The two have been linked for a while now due to Jones helping Kim with her legal studies in trying to become an attorney. He has said that he believes that Kim will be an “unbelievable attorney.” Drake is also rumored to be dating Kim after both were seen at an event that Kendall Jenner recently had for her 818 Tequila brand.

In the summer of 2020, it definitely seemed that Kanye and Kim were heading for divorce. The first public issue seen was Kanye speaking at his presidential rally in South Carolina in July. It was there that he claimed that he and Kim discussed getting abortion back in 2012, when Kim was pregnant with their daughter, North. In July 2020, Kanye and Kim were also seen arguing by Kanye’s Wyoming ranch. It also didn’t help that Kanye bashed Kim and her mother, Kris Jenner, on Twitter.