Real Love: When Rappers Date Reality Stars

Reality stars love them some rappers.

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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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)

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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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)

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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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)

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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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)

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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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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YC & Natalie Nunn - Rabblerousing Bad Girls Club alum Natalie Nunn, "racked" up some major Internet buzz when she allegedly started dating ATL newcomer YC earlier this year.(Photos from left: Michael Uderwood/PictureGroup, David Livingston/Getty Images)

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YC & Natalie Nunn - Rabblerousing Bad Girls Club alum Natalie Nunn, "racked" up some major Internet buzz when she allegedly started dating ATL newcomer YC earlier this year.(Photos from left: Michael Uderwood/PictureGroup, David Livingston/Getty Images)

Chrissy Punches Kimbella Vanderhee in the Face — Love and Hip Hop\r - Juelz Santana's current boo, Kimbella, told Evelyn that she slept with Evelyn's man, Fabolous, back when Evelyn was pregnant. But Evelyn's BFF Chrissy wilded out. Chrissy punched Kimbella and left her bare vajay jay on display. And VH1 beefed up security for Love and Hip Hop. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

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Jim Jones & Chrissy Lampkin - This ain't no reality-show love. Though the Jim Jones and Chrissy relationship first came to light on VH1's Love & Hip Hop, the two have been dating for years. She even turned the tables and proposed to him on the show, and he sorta-kinda said yes. Guess we'll have to find out what happens next season. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Fabolous & Emily B - Another Love & Hip-Hop couple, Fab and Emily B have a child together, though it's unclear if she's still his "Superwoman" or not.(Photos from left: Robert Pitts /Landov, Walik Goshorn)

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Fabolous & Emily B - Another Love & Hip-Hop couple, Fab and Emily B have a child together, though it's unclear if she's still his "Superwoman" or not.(Photos from left: Robert Pitts /Landov, Walik Goshorn)

Joe Budden and Somaya Reece - Joe Budden and model-rapper Somaya Reece, another star of Love & Hip Hop, dated last year. They flamed out pretty quickly, and even more publically, with Joe calling Somaya an insane stalker and her in turn claiming that he had problems, um, pumping it up. (Photos from left: Walik Goshorn / Retna Ltd, Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images)

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Joe Budden and Somaya Reece - Joe Budden and model-rapper Somaya Reece, another star of Love & Hip Hop, dated last year. They flamed out pretty quickly, and even more publically, with Joe calling Somaya an insane stalker and her in turn claiming that he had problems, um, pumping it up. (Photos from left: Walik Goshorn / Retna Ltd, Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images)

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T.I. and Tiny - The King of the South and his queen, Tiny, got married last year, after dating for years, raising six kids together and enduring Tip's prison stays. But in 2009, Tiny joined the reality ranks when she starred on the BET show Tiny & Toya. (Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for AXE)