Rihanna and Drake, who were rumoured to be getting engaged recently, have broken up, again.
Here is the history between the music superstars.
2005: Drake and Rihanna first meet at a restaurant while she was shooting a video for her single ‘Pon de Replay’
2009: The two are first seen kissing after Rihanna broke up with Chris Brown, after the latter physically assaulted her
2010: ‘Fireworks’ on Drake’s album references a lost love that many believe was referring to a brief affair with Rihanna. Later that year, she features him on ‘What’s My Name’
2011: Drake and Rihanna burn up the stage at the Grammys
2012: She breaks his heart by returning briefly to Chris Brown and when they collaborate for his ‘Take Care’, Drake sings, ‘You don’t say you love me to your friends when they ask you even though we both know that you do, you do.’
2013: Drake gets into a fight with Chris Brown over Rihanna. Drake goes on the radio to say: ‘His insecurities are the fact that I make better music than him, that I’m more popping than him and that at one point in life the woman that he loves fell into my lap.’
2014: Drake puts a tattoo of Rihanna on his arm
2015: Rihanna tells a magazine that her last real boyfriend was Chris Brown and whatever she and Drake had was not official
January 2016: Rihanna releases ‘Work’ and features Drake
March 2016: Drake joins Rihanna on a ‘Work’ performance and there was pleeeeeeeenty of grinding
August 2016: Drake congratulates Rihanna on a billboard for her VMA Video Vanguard Award
August 2016: He gives a moving speech as he presented Rihanna with her award, saying that he’s been in love with her since he was 22
She was seen wearing the tuxedo shirt he wore the following morning
September 2016: They start taking photos like an official couple
A photo posted by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on
And then they have this romantic moment on stage
#SummerSixteenTour pic.twitter.com/85txXBhHkI
— Word On Road (@WordOnRd) September 1, 2016