Drake first hinted that he and SZA had a past in his October 2021 song "Mr. Right Now," where he rapped, "Yeah, said she wanna f*ck to some SZA, wait / 'Cause I used to date SZA back in '08."
SZA later confirmed that the statement was accurate — almost. "So it was actually 2009 lol ... in this case a year of poetic rap license mattered lol," she tweeted in 2020. "I think he jus innocently rhymed 08 w wait. Anybody who really knows me and was around during this time can confirm ... it's all love all peace."
In a 2022 interview with Audacy, SZA confirmed that the pair are on good terms once again. "We're cool, we've always been cool. It's never been weird," she said. "Anytime he's ever mentioned me, it's always been positive. He never said anything negative about me, and I'm grateful for that. I think really highly of him . . . I'm an artist now, I wasn't then, and he's King Drake!"
Later, in an October 2023 interview with Rolling Stone, SZA revealed more about the "childish" nature of her romance with the rapper. "We were really young," she said. "It wasn't hot and heavy or anything. It was like youth vibes. It was so childish."
