Real Love: When Rappers Date Reality Stars
Reality stars love them some rappers.
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Real Love: When Rappers Date Reality Stars - Today is special. That's right — Kim Kardashian's back on the market. In honor of the indisputable reality TV queen, filing for divorce after a 72-day long marriage to NBAer Kris Humphries we've compiled a list that reflects a trend she helped set off, when rumors linked her to Kanye West: reality show stars dating rappers. Now that Kim K. is set to be free from Kris Humphries, we're sure the rumors of her next leading man will begin to pop up hot and heavy. Click on to see other notable rapper–reality star couples. (Photo: Andreas Branch/Sipa Press)
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Flavor Flav and Hoopz - Though the reality show–rap connection hit its heights with Kim and Kanye, you gotta give credit where it's due. Flav first took the trend to the screen on his Flavor of Love dating reality show back in 2006. He chose Nicole Deannae Alexander, who he dubbed Hoopz, as his boo at the end of the show, but they broke up shortly afterward (some say they were never really dating at all).(Photos from left: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images, Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Shaq and Hoopz - Retired NBA star and sometimes rapper Shaquille O'Neal bagged Hoopz last summer, and the two have been dating in high-profile fashion ever since. (Photo: DJDM / WENN.com)
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Flavor Flav & Deelishis - In the second season of Flavor of Love, Chandra "Deelishis" Davis was selected to be Bride of Flav-enstein. Deelishis later told VH1 that the pair broke up when Flav "stopped calling me, wouldn’t accept my calls, changed his number and totally avoided me.” Damn, talk about "Shut 'Em Down." (Photo: Arnold Turner/WireImage for BET Network)
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Busta Rhymes & Deelishis - Damn, Flav is like a rapper gateway drug for reality stars. Reports emerged in 2007 that Deelishis was dating Busta Rhymes. Woo-hah!(Photo: Annette Brown/Getty Images)
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