Ciara's $15 million lawsuit against Future marks the culmination of an increasingly ugly feud over their 1-year-old son Future Jr. and Ciara's boyfriend, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, an earnest evangelical and perfect foil for the swaggy stylings of Future Hendrix.
It was not long ago that Ciara and Future were a model couple. Future once insisted that he knew he would marry Ciara from the moment he laid eyes on her. He started collaborating with her in 2012. They co-authored several songs, began dating at the beginning of 2013, and were engaged within 10 months. Things fell apart... then they got nasty.
Click through the galleries for the complete history of Ciara & Future, from collaboration to engagement to breakup to beef.
Collaborating
Collaborators
Nov 2012 | Future feat. Ciara - "Turn on the Light" (Remix)
"I'm lookin' for 'er/ "I'm lookin' for 'er"
Nov 2012 | Ciara feat. Future -- Sorry (Remix)
"I really wanna ease your pain/ Don’t wanna see you shed a tear again"
May 2013 | Ciara feat. Future & B.o.B. -- Body Party (Remix)
"I know you hear my body calling you, 911 emergency/ Tell 'em my heart need surgery"
July 2013 | Ciara feat. Future -- "Where You Go"
"Don't wanna see, don't wanna cry, don't wanna hurt no more/
Don’t have no fear, I got that cure, baby my love is pure"
Dating
Dating
March 2013 | Ciara Discusses Relationship With Future
"Our relationship [is] really organic... He's really an amazing guy. He's a gentleman." - Ciara
Aug 2013 | Future Plans To Marry Ciara
Future says he knew he would marry Ciara from the moment they first met in 2006.
Oct 2013 | Future & Ciara Are Engaged
Future proposed to Ciara with a 15-carat diamond ring on her 28th birthday.
"The most important thing is, as long as me and her on the same page and we happy, that's all that matters." - Future
Ciara announces the big news during an appearance on "The View."
May 2014 | Ciara Gives Birth To Baby Boy
Future Zahir Wilburn, Ciara's first child and Future's fourth, enters the world.
Breakup
Breakup
Aug 2014 | Ciara & Future Call Off Engagement
Break-up spark allegations of infidelity on Future's part. “I feel like 95 percent of relationships end with cheating, but me and her relationship had nothing to do with cheating,” Future told EW on 2015. “We grew apart. When you the man, you wanna make certain decisions for yourself and she wanna make certain decisions... I called off [the engagement] long before any cheating rumors came out.”
Sep 2014 | Ciara And Future Are Back Together
Ciara and Future reconcile for the good of their 4-month-old child. It wasn't for long though...
Oct 2014 | Future Releases "Monster"
"Too many days gone by
Sittin' by the phone - waitin' 'til I reply
Drying my eyes, believe it or not
I could never see a tear fallin'
Water drippin' off of me like a faucet"
- "Codeine Crazy"
Dec 2014 | Ciara Removes Future Tattoo From Hand
Jan 2015 | Ciara Addresses Future In “I Bet”
"I mean, I'mma stay if you could tell the truth
But you can't, no matter how much time I ask."
Beef
Beef
"Can't wait to dance with my beautiful date at the WHCD this weekend!" - Wilson
"I wish I cared" - Future
July 2015 | Ciara & Russell Wilson Are Abstaining From Sex
“I was looking at her in the mirror. She was sitting there and God spoke to me. He said, ’I need you to lead her.’ He said, ‘No, I want you, and need you to lead her'" ... “I told her, ’What would you do if we took all that ’extra stuff’ off the table, and just did it Jesus’ way?’” - Wilson
July 2015 | Ciara Sends Subliminal Shots At Future
"One's main focus should be on being a good parent" - Ciara
"I did reach out to my son's father for him and Russell to speak and he didn't want to talk to me" - Ciara
Sep 2015 | Seattle Seahawks DJ Says He Has A Tough Time Playing Future Before Games Because Of Russell Wilson
"This year, I've been getting a lot of requests for Future. But that dynamic is weird too, because I can barely play Future with Ciara running around and that's her baby's dad." - Seahawks DJ
"I gotta go through lawyers to see babyfuture... the fuckery for 15k a month" - Future
Ciara allegedly prevented Future Zahir Wilburn from going to a large Christmas dinner with the elder Future’s other children.
"I kissed her & she had honey sweet lips that were lilac soft w/ a loving & affectionate personality" - Wilson
Ciara sues Future for slander and libel.