
There have been many moments that made viewers’ jaws drop, however some followers might need missed that SZA and Serena Williams, who each carried out stay, have an fascinating hyperlink to Drake – they each dated the artist.
The Kill Invoice singer and the tennis champion should not the one well-known figures who’ve beforehand been romantically related to the rapper.
Here is everybody he has been linked with over time.

The pair dated many moons in the past
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In his track Mr. Proper Now, launched in October 2021, Drake talked about SZA by identify, asserting that he and the singer had previously dated.
“Yeah, stated she wanna f— to some SZA, wait / ‘Trigger I used thus far SZA again in ’08,” he raps.
Later, SZA acknowledged that she and Drake had dated, however she made it clear that the rapper’s timeline wasn’t fairly right and there was no unhealthy blood.
She tweeted on the time: “So It was really 2009 lol … on this case a 12 months of poetic rap license mattered. lol I believe he jus innocently rhymed 08 w wait. Anyone who actually is aware of me and was round throughout this time can verify … it is all love all peace.”
The pair labored on two songs collectively over time, known as Slime You Out and Wealthy Child Daddy.
She commented on the relationship whereas speaking to the Rolling Stone in 2023, clarifying that what they shared wasn’t “sizzling and heavy” and as a substitute stated it was “youth vibes” and “infantile”.
Drake is believed to have dated Ericka Lee between 2010 and 2011, whose voice could be heard on his 2011 single, Marvins Room.
In line with The Hollywood Reporter, Lee filed a lawsuit in opposition to Drake in 2012 over the track, claiming that they had knowledgeable and emotional relationship and that he was denying her co-writer funds. Additionally they reportedly had a contentious breakup following the track’s launch.
The pair settled out of court docket in 2013 and, whereas the precise particulars of their settlement weren’t made public, she was credited as a vocalist on the track as Syren Lyric Muse.
In an identical sample to SZA, he references his relationship with Lee in his track Redemption.
He raps: “Ericka sued me and opened a enterprise / Surprise if they need it might’ve been totally different / Surprise what they’d do put in my place / I’m wondering, when my s**t drop, do they pay attention? / Surprise in the event that they’re second guessin’ their selections.”

The pair went for sushi
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The pair went on one date after Drake tweeted Kat Dennings on the time saying, “Kat Dennings I simply awakened off the bed to let you realize you had been a dime on Conan tonight. XO”
Drake spoke concerning the date with Denning on the Ellen DeGeneres Present, saying: “I simply at all times had an enormous crush on Kat Dennings, and he or she was form sufficient one night time to oblige me and we went out for dinner.”
2011-15 – Serena Williams

The pair by no means publicly confirmed their relationship
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In 2015, TMZ shared an image the place the pair seemed to be kissing at a restaurant. The rapper additionally attended Williams’ style exhibition within the entrance row and cheered her on throughout the US Open.
Drake’s web site 100 Gigs, which options unreleased music and archival materials, was launched in August 2024.
In line with one video clip, the rapper reveals he wrote the track Too Good from 2016 about Williams. Within the video, Drake tells his mom, who isn’t seen on digital camera: “I do know Serena very effectively, and I do know that she’ll hear it loud and clear, however not hate me for it as a result of it’s light-hearted.”

Rihanna set the report straight in 2018 that the pair weren’t seeing one another any extra
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Drake and Rihanna had an on-and-off relationship for almost a decade, making it his most well-known romance.
They first turned romantically concerned in 2009, after being caught collectively on a date on the Fortunate Strike bowling alley in New York Metropolis, regardless of the actual fact that they had first met in 2005, when he appeared as an additional in her Pon de Replay music video.
However by September 2013, when Drake talked about their relationship up to now tense in an interview on the Ellen DeGeneres Present, it appeared as if no matter spark that they had shared had died. He stated: “Yeah, nice woman. We had our second. At all times assist and have love for her and yeah.”
Drake and Rihanna had been again on by 2016. In January 2016, they launched her hit track Work and the music video for it a month later. By Could of the identical 12 months, they had been seen collectively at a celebration held after certainly one of Rihanna’s exhibits in Los Angeles.
The pair collaborated on extra songs and shared extra PDA over time collectively.
Rihanna set the report straight in 2018 that the pair had been now not an merchandise. She advised Vogue: “We do not have a friendship now, however we’re not enemies both. It’s what it’s.”

Jennifer Lopez had a quick romance with the rapper
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Rumours of a romance between Drake and Jennifer Lopez surfaced across the finish of 2016. He not solely went to her residency in Las Vegas that December, however in addition they shared a image later that month.
The pair threw reward at one another within the following months.
However the romance rumours shortly died down and, in late 2017, Lopez began seeing Alex Rodriguez, who’s now her ex-fiancé.
Drake and Sophie Brussaux have a son, Adonis, in October 2017.
Following studies he had fathered the kid, the artist confirmed the rumours on his June 2018 album, Scorpion.
Drake appears to reference Brussaux in his 2020 track When To Say when he raps “Child mama fluke, however I like her for who she is.”

Julia Fox recommended that Drake was her finest superstar date
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“He is a fantastic man and a gentleman … and that was it. Nothing actually occurred, we had been simply, like, associates hanging out. I would not say that we had been courting.”
She stated: “I flew on a non-public jet, cuddled on the jet, landed, bought some Chanel luggage.”
When host Andy Cohen questioned the star about if the “A-lister” who accompanied her on the date was Drake, she stated, “Perhaps…”
Drake reportedly dated Johanna Leia, the mom of younger basketball star Amari Bailey, for just a few months in 2021.
Bailey, who was scheduled to start out enjoying basketball for UCLA in 2022, was mentored by Drake on the time.
Drake introduced Leia to a non-public dinner inside an in any other case empty Dodger Stadium after he made a donation to the Los Angeles Dodgers Basis, ABC 7 reported.
Drake is reportedly single now, too.