PICTURES:University of Missouri offers courses on Jay Z and Kanye West’s relationship

 When Jay Z and Kanye West first met in the early 2000s, theirs was a relationship of mutual respect, with Jigga taking on the role of mentor/big brother to Yeezy. Since then, though, their relationship has continued to evolve and develop. In 2011, they formed the rap supergroup The Throne, establishing themselves as two golden gods on equal footing high above the rap fray. While they’ve remained friends, a new dynamic of their relationship arose when both released solo albums last year, with several outlets exploring their divergent marketing approaches as representing a profound bifurcation of the industry and of West beginning to eclipse his “hero”. see pictures after the cut