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  • Swizz Beatz Labels Alicia Keys the ‘Female Dr. Dre’ With Unreleased Meek Mill Collaboration

    Swizz Beatz Labels Alicia Keys the ‘Female Dr. Dre’ With Unreleased Meek Mill Collaboration



    Swizz Beatz calls Alicia Keys the “female Dr. Dre” amid an unreleased Meek Mill collaboration

    Swizz Beatz refers to his wife Alicia Keys as the “female version of Dr. Dre” while sharing an unfinished song produced by her for Meek Mill.

    In a video Swizz shared on his social media on Wednesday night (November 20), fans are welcomed inside the studio, where the camera captures Alicia at the piano working on the music as Meek records his verses.

    “Lost files @meekmill produced by @aliciakeys ! Can’t lie AK produce like any heavy producer 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 Female @drdre to be exact !!!!!!” Swizz captioned the post. “Let’s get back to the pain and passion ….. should this song drop? The finished version is crazy.”

  • Swizz Beatz Sparks Excitement for Verzuz Relaunch with Big Announcement

    Swizz Beatz Sparks Excitement for Verzuz Relaunch with Big Announcement

    Swizz raises hopes for Verzuz return

    Swizz Beatz sent his Verzuz fans into a frenzy on Thursday, Nov. 7, by teasing the event’s return in 2025. He shared a clip of a new hoodie that’s attached to the Verzuz account with the caption “2025 Loading…”

    This teaser follows the announcement of the brand’s summer collaboration with X, formerly Twitter. Created by Swizz and Timbaland in 2020, Verzuz became very popular during the pandemic with viral battles featuring the likes of Rick Ross, Ne-Yo, and Babyface.

  • Swizz Beatz & Timbaland ink Verzuz deal with Elon Musk’s X

    Swizz Beatz & Timbaland ink Verzuz deal with Elon Musk’s X

    Swizz & Timb will have Verzuz content released exclusively on X

    Swizz Beatz and Timbaland won back the control of Verzuz last year and now they’ve made a move that’ll shape the future of the brand. The iconic producers signed a distribution deal with Elon Musk’s X that will see Verzuz content shared exclusively on the social app.

    “We are beyond thrilled to have found the best partner for Verzuz,” Swizz said during a panel at Cannes Lions International Creativity Festival in France. “Not only are we excited to have Verzuz on X, we’re excited to help X build the biggest entertainment company in the world. I would like to thank Elon Musk, Linda Yaccarino, Brett Weitz, Mitchell Smith and the entire X team for believing in the Verzuz vision. We can’t wait to get to work.”

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    Timb continued, “We are thrilled to partner with X, the most innovative platform globally. Our goal has always been to bring Verzuz to the world which we can now do bigger than ever.”

  • Swizz Beatz reveals DMX dropped “Ruff Ryders Anthem” after losing a bet

    Swizz Beatz reveals DMX dropped “Ruff Ryders Anthem” after losing a bet

    “Ruff Ryders Anthem” would’ve otherwise not see the light of the day

    Swizz Beatz explains how DMX ended up adding his classic record “Ruff Ryders Anthem” on his 1998 album, It’s Dark and Hell is Hot, something he wasn’t initially considering. Recently speaking with SiriusXM’s Hip-Hop Nation, Swizz revealed that X only decided to release the iconic song after losing a bet.

    “X lost a bet or I wouldn’t even been on that album, you know what I’m saying?” Swizz recalled. “But he didn’t lose the bet because that song ended up changing all of our lives. So he technically won the bet for my Uncle D and you know that just changed all of our lives. So it was just enough to do what it needed to do.”

    He added, “You know, like that song commercially went bigger than everything at the time. And then we came immediately, uh, with our sound next after that and Dame Grease and PK was a part of that as well. I wanna get [them] they props cuz they, people they feel that they don’t get they props. I’m in a comfortable space to give people they props. At those particular times we was definitely bumping the little heads and things like that, but we all was a part of making history at the end of the day.”

  • Swizz Beatz recalls a doctor telling him he would never walk again after suffering spinal meningitis

    Swizz Beatz recalls a doctor telling him he would never walk again after suffering spinal meningitis

    Swizz was working too hard and it affected his health

    Swizz Beatz is one of the highly respected producers in the rap game, thanks to his classic work he has contributed. His success is a result of his hard work, but overworking once caught up with his health. During a recent interview on the Jennifer Hudson Show captured by HipHopDX, Swizz recalled when a doctor told him that he might lose his ability to walk after suffering spinal meningitis.

    “When you come from nothing, and you finally get success, [you] get a piece of what you thought you could never get from your surroundings,” Swizz explained “We just have a habit of going hard as men, you know, and it caught up to me. I remember staying up for four days straight just over-pushing it. It messed up my immune system — I had spinal meningitis. And I remember going to the hospital, and the doctor was cold. He was cold as ice.

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    “As soon as I walked in, he said, ‘okay, you might not die, but you’ll never walk again,’” he added. “That was the first thing they said to me when I went into the hospital. But I was in so much pain, I was like, ‘Let’s get on to it.’ But, Alhamdulillah [Praise be to Allah], I came back, and I beat the odds with that one. And now, I try to take my health a little bit more serious.”

  • Swizz Beatz explains moments that led to his 5-year-old son producing a song for Kendrick Lamar

    Swizz Beatz explains moments that led to his 5-year-old son producing a song for Kendrick Lamar

    Swizz talks how his son became close to Kendrick Lamar and produced for him

    Swizz Beatz shares more details on how his son Egypt, whom he shares with Alicia Keys, got close to Kendrick Lamar at just five years old and ended up producing a song on K-Dot’s 2016 project, Untitled Unmastered. During a recent sit-down on the Jenifer Hudson Show, Swizz was speaking about his son, who is now 12, when he revealed that Egypt and Kendrick became close when they sat together at Super Bowl game and chopped it up for around 40 minutes. Egypt ended up producing the track, “Untitled 7.”

    “He and Kendrick were talking for, like, 40 minutes,” Swizz recounted. “I went over and said to Kendrick, ‘Is he bothering you? Should I move him? Are you enjoying yourself?’ He said, ‘No, Swizz, I had writer’s block and what Egypt is telling me is helping me deal with something. I was like, ‘Man, he’s five years old.’ To this day, I still don’t know what he was helping him deal with. I let it happen.”

    When Swizz was asked if Egypt charged Kendrick for work done, he replied, “he definitely charged him, he definitely got some money off that record.”

    When Egypt later joined the interview however, he revealed that being a producer wasn’t on his plans. “I love music but I don’t really want to be a musician. I want to be a basketball player,” he said.

  • Swizz Beatz is dropping new Lil Wayne & Jay-Z collab “This Shit Right here” this Friday

    Swizz Beatz is dropping new Lil Wayne & Jay-Z collab “This Shit Right here” this Friday

    Swizz to unite Wayne & Hov on a new record off his upcoming EP

    Swizz Beatz links up the two Carters, Lil Wayne and Jay-Z on a brand new song titled “This Shit Right Here,” which drops this Friday (April 21) as part of his new EP HipHop 50 Vol. 2. On Monday (April 17), the acclaimed producer shared a snippet of the hard-hitting track on Instagram along with a short clip.

    “SWIZZ X WAYNE X HOV🚨🚨🚨 THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE🚨DROP 4/21 off my new EP 🥵 Life begins at the end of your comfort Zone Let’s Go! Happy Monday! Updated EP track list coming soon!!!!! It’s on,” the Zaaa wrote.



  • Swizz Beatz says he’s not up for 50 Cent Vs Lil Wayne Verzuz: ‘they’re two different artists’

    Swizz Beatz says he’s not up for 50 Cent Vs Lil Wayne Verzuz: ‘they’re two different artists’

    Swizz doesn’t think 50 Vs Wayne Verzuz is a good idea

    The internet has been filled with debates over who would win in a Verzuz between 50 Cent and Lil Wayne over the past week. According to Verzuz co-founder Swizz Beatz, the match is not ideal since Fif and Wayne are rappers in different lanes.

    “Me personally, I wouldn’t even do 50 vs. Wayne – they two different dynamics and two different artists,” Swizz said while speaking to Baller Alert last week.

    “I would do a different Verzuz for both of them, but we’ll see as we have a lot of things lined up for Verzuz, and hopefully, they are involved. While I can’t give up who I would choose to go against them, just wait and see,” he added.


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