Drake and SZAs relationship timeline: From childish fling to Kendrick Lamars Super Bowl 2025 halftime show

Longtime friends, former collaborators and one time lovers.Drake and SZA’s relationship is under the microscope once again as the “Kill Bill” singer, 35, performs at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show — and later goes on tour with Drake’s rival, Kendrick Lamar.Likely an even closer pal of SZA’s, Lamar, 37, walked onto the field at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for the Kansas City Chiefs’ face-off with the Philadelphia Eagles just days after his Drake diss track “Not Like Us” earned him five Grammys.Here’s a timeline of what you need to know about SZA’s relationship with 38-year-old Drake.Drake and the R&B singer — whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe — dated for an unknown period of time either in 2008 or 2009.

It wasn’t until a decade later that Drake revealed the pair had a romance.SZA then confirmed the fling, which she would later dub “childish,” but disagreed about when they dated.

Drake said it went down in 2008, while SZA said it happened in 2009.On Oct.2, Drizzy releases “Mr.

Right Now” with Metro Boomin and 21 Savage, which features a line revealing that he and SZA used to be an item.Referring to an unnamed woman, Drake sings, “Yeah, said she wanna f–k to some SZA, wait / ‘Cause I used to date SZA back in ’08.”The “Normal Girl” singer posts on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Oct.

4, confirming the pair dated.“So It was actually 2009 lol,” she wrote.“In this case a year of poetic rap license mattered.

Lol I think he just innocently rhymed 08 w wait.Anybody who really knows me and was around during this time can confirm.”She added, “it’s all love all peace.”The now 35-year-old siren went on to explain that she weighed in because she wanted people to know she was not underage when they dated.“I just didn’t want anybody thinking anything underage or creepy was happening,” she posted.

“Completely innocent.Lifetimes ago.”After appearing as the musical guest on an episod...