Kim wrote in the divorce papers: 'Before we left out home, Damon hit me in the face and cut my lip open. Later on that year, Kim split from Damon, who she wed when she was just 19 after eloping. She attributed domestic violence for the split - a claim he has always staunchly denied. 'I thought you were attractive, nice, very charming, really funny, powerful – I was in awe of you, but I was really shy, quiet, and a little nervous, to be honest.'
Ever since you said that, it’s everywhere… like “Kim is Brandy’s assistant.” I was her friend and stylist. 'You thought I was Brandy’s assistant, which I wasn’t. She later told Vogue Arabia in 2019: 'This was before you released your first album and you were known as a music producer. 'He was asking his friends: 'Who is this Kim Kardajan?' He didn't know what my name was'. 'I vividly remember hanging out with him and then they did a video together, so I'd see him a few times. He was recording a song with Brandy, and I was her friend. Speaking about their first meeting on the Keeping Up With The Kardashians 10 year anniversary special, Kim said: 'I met him I think in 2002 or 2003. In December 2021, the rapper purchased a $4.5m, 3651 square-foot, 5-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills. In October 2021, Kanye listed his former 4,200-square-foot $3.7m Hollywood Hills bachelor pad for sale, where the rapper lived during the early days of his relationship with estranged wife Kim. In September 2021 the Grammy Award winner bought a $57m Malibu mega-mansion. In November 2019, it was claimed that the former couple snapped up another 3,900-square-foot, one-level, four-bedroom property for $2.9m in their exclusive and gated Hidden Hills, California neighborhood, according to Variety. In 2019, he also bought a second property, the $14.495 million Bighorn Mountain Ranch which sits on 6,713 acres and is located under 100 miles away from the first ranch. Kanye listed the $14m Wyoming ranch for sale in October 2021. In September 2019, Kim and Kanye bought a $14m Wyoming ranch spanning 1,400 acres which houses almost $300k worth of livestock. In 2018, Kanye bought Kim a $14m condo in the luxurious Faena House on Miami Beach as a Christmas present. In 2017, Kim bought a $1.6m condo in Miami before selling the house for $3.5m. The house, which Kim is now the sole owner of, is now worth an estimated $60m. In 2014, they bought a home in Hollywood's Hidden Hills for $20m, where they spent four years and an eye-popping $20m on renovations.
In 2017 they sold the house for $17.8m to Marina Acton, a Ukrainian billionaire. In 2013, Kim and Kanye lived in a 9,000 square-foot Bel Air mansion bought which they purchased for $11m. Kanye paid $4.5million for the property - $421,000 over the listed price - to ensure he wasn't outbid and compared to the Malibu mansion he purchased in September for $57.3million, this one, built in 1955, is much more modest - making reports of a demolition far more understandable for the flash rapper. He has a vision for the house and plans on starting construction ASAP', while other sources told The New York Post: 'It’s just simple logistics so that he is close to his children and has access to them at the drop of a hat'. Insiders said: 'Kanye's new house is a teardown. The Jesus Walks rapper - who shares North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, three, and Psalm, two, with his ex - has just closed on the 3651 square-foot, 5-bedroom home in LA's exclusive Hidden Hills and new reports from People state he is planning to demolish the home. Kanye West, 44, is reportedly planning to tear down the home he has purchased for a whopping $4.5million across the street from his estranged wife Kim Kardashian, 41, and their kids.