A Timeline of Nicki Minaj and Safaree's Relationship

Recording artist Nicki Minaj (R) and singer Safaree Samuel arrive for Nicki Minaj birthday party at the Tao Nightclub at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino on December 9, 2010

Around 2005, following several years of effort but only middling success, Hood$tars splits up after Safaree is kicked out. Nicki stands by her man and leaves as well.

Nicki and Safaree get into a scuffle in a Dallas hotel. Nicki claims that Safaree hit her in the face with a suitcase, cutting the inside of her lip.

As Nicki rises to fame, Safaree is around as her hype man, but their relationship is kept quiet. She later explains to GQ that the silence was a business decision.

“When I came in the business, you couldn’t tell people you were in a relationship, because record company and management said that doesn't make you appealing to men. So don't tell people you’re in a relationship,” she says.

So it catches fans’ attention when Nicki is spotted wearing a big diamond ring—something that sparks speculation that she and Safaree are engaged.

In late October, Safaree is seen in public with his Nicki tattoos covered up. Just days later, TMZ reports that he and Nicki are no longer a couple. The reason? “[H]e became uncontrollably jealous of her success.”

TMZ claims that Safaree is having “suicidal thoughts.” The gossip site says that Safaree is convinced that Meek Mill destroyed their relationship with false cheating accusations.

Not long after the interview, Safaree changes his tune. He tweets, “She is wayyy more than capable of writing a album on her own without me! shes not a dumb person, so its easy for smart ppl to come up with the witty and smart things that she says! i dnt kno about other ppl but i kno when it comes to writing flow n delivery she is 1 of the best if not the best.she has her style i have mine. so stop saying i write her stuff! not true!!! she sits w/a pen&pad &does it herself!”

In November, reports that Safaree is planning to sue Nicki surface. The suit will supposedly claim that Safaree played a major role in much of the music Nicki has released, and as a result he wants a chunk of the money from her first three albums.

In an interview with Rap-Up, Safaree says he’s not going through with his lawsuit against Nicki.

“I dropped everything,” he says. “I’d started a process and then I was like, ‘It is what it is. If you want to deal with it like that, go ahead. I ain’t trippin’.’ I’m doing a lot and I don’t want to have to deal with depositions and courts and all of that. Ain’t nobody threatened me. Ain’t nobody make me do it. At the end of the day, I didn’t even wanna do it. I just know if it was me and the shoe was on the other foot, I’d handle it and just say, ‘Peace out. Here. Do what you gotta do. That’s it.’ But I just dropped it.”