‘Kimye’: A look at Kim Kardashian and Kanye West

“Yeezus” rapper Kanye West and reality TV star Kim Kardashian attend the Costume Institute Gala for the “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013. (Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images)

June 17, 2013 4:31 PM PT

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West, good friends since 2007, began dating in August 2012 and welcomed a baby girl on June 15, 2013. Sister Khloe Kardashian may have been the first to spot the love connection, saying on “The Talk,” “He just always was so obsessed with her -- in a good way. And I just thought that was so cute.” The two also had a lot in common, “And so I said ‘Just give him a shot.’ “And then one day -- I don’t know what happened, she acts like it was her idea, like I never said it, ‘Wait, I think I really like Kanye.’ And I was like ‘Hello! I’ve been telling you for years!”

By Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Costume Institute Gala for the “PUNK: Chaos to Couture” exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013, in New York City. (Larry Busacca / Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend Givenchy fall 2013 ready-to-wear show during Paris Fashion Week on March 3, 2013. (Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the NBA game between the Clippers and the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center on Christmas Day 2012. Kardashian’s brother-in-law Lamar Odom played for the Clippers. (Victor Decolongon / Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the NBA game between the Clippers and the Denver Nuggets at Staples Center on Dec. 25, 2012. (Victor Decolongon / Getty Images)

TV personality Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West attend the Louise Goldin spring 2013 show at Milk Studios on Sept. 12, 2012, in New York. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West attend the Marchesa spring 2013 fashion show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 12, 2012. (Chelsea Lauren / Getty Images)

“Modern Family” actress Sarah Hyland, far left, model Tyra Banks, television personality Kim Kardashian, rapper Kanye West, actress Stacy Keibler and television personality Olivia Palermo attend the Marchesa spring 2013 show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 12, 2012. (Chelsea Lauren / Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West leave the Valentino haute-couture show during Paris Fashion Week at Hotel Salomon de Rothschild on July 4, 2012. (Julien M. Hekimian / Getty Images)

Singer Beyonce, rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West and television personality Kim Kardashian attend the 2012 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images For BET)

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian at the 2012 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images)

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West attend the 2012 BET Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on July 1, 2012, in Los Angeles. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images For BET)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West attend the Lakers-Denver Nuggets game on May 12, 2012, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Noel Vasquez / Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West talk in their courtside seats before the Lakers take on the Denver Nuggets on May 12, 2012, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. (Noel Vasquez / Getty Images)

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