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Swizz Beatz has an inkling that his wife Alicia Keys may not like the $500,000 Mercedes-Maybach designed by the late Virgil Abloh he bought for her last March. During his recent conversation with Angie Martinez, Swizz explained why he felt Alicia wasn’t too fond of the luxury vehicle. According to the Bronx native, his wife may not admit it, as she’s a kind person, but the car wasn’t something she wanted. “I don’t think she liked the goddam car,” he said, before Angie claimed Alicia didn’t seem to be the “flashy” type.…

In an alternate universe, Swizz Beatz’s “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” beat might have not end up on DMX’s 1998 debut It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot.During a recent interview with SiriusXM’s Hip-Hop Nation, Swizz revealed that X wouldn’t have hopped on “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” had the Yonkers rapper not have lost a bet. “X lost a bet or I wouldn’t even been on that album, you know what I’m saying?” Swizz shares in the clip above. “But he didn’t lose the bet because that song ended up changing all of our lives. So he technically won the…

During a recent appearance on the Jennifer Hudson Show, Swizz Beatz recalled a past health scare in which doctors warned him that he may never walk again. “When you come from nothing, and you finally get success, get a piece of what you thought you could never get from your surroundings — we just have a habit of going hard as men, you know, and it caught up to me,” Swizz shared. “I remember staying up for four days straight just over-pushing it. It messed up my immune system — I had spinal meningitis.”While recovering at…

Swizz Beatz has revealed how his son, Egypt, produced Kendrick Lamar’s “untitled 07,” off his 2016 Untitled Unmastered project, when he was only 5 years old. During his visit to The Jennifer Hudson Show, Swizz playfully admitted that he was jealous his son earned such a huge credit, especially when he thought he was “cool” with K. Dot. According to the legendary Ruff Ryders producer, Egypt and Lamar developed a bond at a past Super Bowl game when the child helped the pgLang rapper combat his writer’s block.“He and…

In celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, Swizz Beatz has joined forces with Mass Appeal for Hip Hop 50: Vol. 2, the second installment in the latter’s Hip Hop 50: The Soundtrack compilation project.The project’s opening track features Nas, who spends his second verse admitting that he’s been a bad father to his first-born daughter Destiny Jones. Destiny arrived into the world in June 1994, a few months after the Queensbridge rapper catapulted into the rap game with his iconic debut album Illmatic.“All I imagine…

The hip-hop world is still mourning the loss of rap titan Takeoff with nearly all of his friends, family, and collaborators putting out some form of tribute to the Atlanta rapper, who died on Nov. 1 at age 28. Canadian producer Murda Beatz took to Instagram to pay his respects to Takeoff, who, along with the rest of the Migos, was one of the first people to take Murda under his wing.“Words Can’t Explain How I Feel This Has Been The Only Thing On My Mind,” wrote Murda. “Without Takeoff, There Would Be No Murda Beatz.”“I…

French Montana celebrated his 38th birthday on Thursday by throwing a star-studded party at his Hidden Hills estate, which now features a roaming camel courtesy of Swizz Beatz.Among a party of guests that included celebrities such as Chris Brown, Jamie Foxx, Vin Diesel, Tiffany Haddish, Jordin Sparks, Soulja Boy, Coi Leray, Swizz Beatz, King and Justin Combs, Swizz appeared to have given the birthday boy the best gift. French took to Instagram last night to express his excitement. “Shout my n***a Swizz. He got me a camel…

That “z” in the title is a bad sign: shoved in out of desperation to denote this film as young, diverse and urban. In fact, Purple Beatz plays out like a post-watershed episode of Hollyoaks, with less depth and artistic flair.It stars Izzy Jones as Sarah-Jane, an aspiring singer who, after moving to London from Bournemouth, finds love and success until a nasty record producer messes things up. Despite the best efforts of Jones and Steven Michael-O’Hara, who plays love interest Airbeats, the barebones script gives them…

Last month, Grammy-winning artists Timbaland and Swizz Beatz sued TikTok competitor Triller for $28 million. Triller acquired their livestream event series Verzuz last year, but the two musicians alleged that the social app had missed several large payments, prompting them to file a lawsuit. Now, Triller has settled with Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, but the terms of the settlement are not disclosed. However, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz will now own a larger share of the company. When the two artists filed the suit,…

Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have ended their legal battle with Triller.The Verzuz co-founders sued the video-sharing platform back in August, about 18 months after announcing Triller had acquired the online music series for an undisclosed sum. According to the lawsuit, Triller Network agreed to pay the veteran producers a total of $18 million by March 20, 2022, and an additional $1 million every month for the subsequent 10 months. Timbaland and Swizz claimed Triller failed to make those payments, and demanded the company…