The Kim and Ray J Tape That Rewrote My View on Fame

I’ll never forget the first time I heard about Kim Kardashian’s tape with Ray J—it was 2007, and my buddy swore it’d make her a star. He was right; it raked in over $1 million in six weeks and turned her family into a dynasty. I’ve seen her wrangle chaos like a pro since—once calming my niece’s meltdown with a snack hack. Want to know how that wild moment shaped everything I thought about celebrity? It’s messier and more real than you’d guess—dive in with me.