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.
Oct 2013 | Future Discusses Being On Tour With Drake & Relationship With Ciara
"The most important thing is, as long as me and her on the same page and we happy, that's all that matters." - Future
Jan 2014 | Ciara Announces She's Pregnant With Future's Baby
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
Apr 2015 | Ciara Is Russell Wilson's Date To The White House Correspondents' Dinner
"Can't wait to dance with my beautiful date at the WHCD this weekend!" - Wilson
Apr 2015 | Ciara Fans Are Spamming Future's Instagram With Football Emojis
"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
Aug 2015 | Ciara Says Future Refused To Speak To Russell Wilson
"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
Jan 2016 | Future Blasts Ciara: "This Bitch Got Control Problems"
"I gotta go through lawyers to see babyfuture... the fuckery for 15k a month" - Future
Jan 2016 | Possible Details Emerge About Future's Anti-Ciara Twitter Rant
Ciara allegedly prevented Future Zahir Wilburn from going to a large Christmas dinner with the elder Future’s other children.
Jan 2016 | Russell Wilson Admits To Using Bing To Describe Ciara
"I kissed her & she had honey sweet lips that were lilac soft w/ a loving & affectionate personality" - Wilson
Jan 2016 | Ciara Files $15 Million Lawsuit Against Future
Ciara sues Future for slander and libel.
