SZA got put in the hot seat by her One Of Them Days co-star Keke Palmer over her brief fling with Drake many years back.
Alongside fellow co-star Issa Rae, the three women appeared in a new episode of Hot Ones to promote the film. When it was Keke’s turn to ask SZA a question, she didn’t hold back at all.
“Is Drake a good kisser?” she asked flat out, referring to when the two briefly dated back when the TDE singer was spending a lot of time in New York during the late 2000s.
“That’s why I said ‘fuck you’ in advance. I knew you were going to do something that was so…” SZA replied.
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Laughing, Keke said back: “You have to gag ’em!”
But eventually SZA sort of answered the question, saying, “We were children! We were children! 2009? We were children. Real shit.”
In 2020, Drake dropped a bombshell when he revealed he used to date SZA on 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’s “Mr. Right Now.” The topic was all over social media due to both artists being A-listers, but also because the New Jersey singer could have been underage based on Drizzy claiming they were together in 2008.
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“Yeah, said she wanna fuck to some SZA, wait/Cause I used to date SZA back in ’08/If you cool with it, baby, she can still play,” the Toronto native rhymes.
The Top Dawg Entertainment singer subsequently took to X to confirm their relationship and to clarify that she was over the age of 18.
“So it was actually 2009 lol,” she wrote. “In this case a year of poetic rap license mattered. Lol 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.”
She added, “I just didn’t want anybody thinking anything underage or creepy was happening. Completely innocent. Lifetimes ago.”
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She also briefly addressed it in a 2023 Rolling Stone profile, noting that they “were really young” and that “it wasn’t hot and heavy or anything. It was like youth vibes. It was so childish.”
That same year, the duo put the dating drama behind them and released their first-ever song together, “Slime You Out.” It was soon followed by their second collab, “Rich Baby Daddy,” alongside Sexyy Red.
