In reply to Apple.

Kim was still doing club appearances when she got involved with Kanye. Yes, she was rich but Ye elevated her in income, wealth, and social status. Kim was literally about to fall off and she finally got with Kanye to keep and expand her celebrity for another 15 minutes. I remember after her 72 day marriage about profiting millions off a TV wedding the public was done with her and saw her as a complete joke. No major magazines wanted her because major designers did not want her in their clothes.
Ye was a respected artist in 2013 and had major ties to fashion industry heavy hitters. He advocated for Kim to get more opportunities. Yall don't understand just how crucial her relationships with Kanye was to her maintaining relevancy past just being some reality star, tabloid fodder, sex tape having D- lister to a bonifide A-list celebrity.