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Where do you think New York ranks amongst the best cities in rap right now? Where does it stack up next to a city like Atlanta?I feel like New York is starting to get the sound back. I feel as though like, I hear a lot of people say New York had this type of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Lil Wayne celebrates his decades of hits on the new I Am Music compilation, out Friday. The compilation, which spans Weezy’s career and marks the first-ever release of its kind for the artist, opens with the recently released “Kant Nobody” featuring a sample from the late DMX. This is followed in the sequencing by the […]
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 Beatz and Timbaland have ended their legal battle with Triller. The Verzuz co-founders sued the video-sharing platform back in August, claiming it failed to make payments in their Verzuz acquisition deal. “VERZUZ has always been a platform that is by the artists, for the artists and with the people,” co-founders Swizz and Timbaland said in […]
Just a week after Funk Flex challenged him to drop a track from DMX’s vault, Swizz Beatz delivered, and the Hot 97 DJ on Friday premiered an unreleased song from the Yonkers rapper. Earlier this month, Flex teased the existence of unearthed DMX songs, while urging Swizz, the late rapper’s frequent collaborator, to bless hip-hop fans with said material. “I’m going […]
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are taking Triller to court for $28 million. The hip-hop titans made a deal in January 2021 for the company to acquire Verzuz. The amount was undisclosed, with the Hollywood Reporter now writing it’s “clear that sum was in the mid-eight figures.” Per the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Triller is accused of defaulting on its […]
Fresh off a performance in Milan earlier this week, Alicia Keys was gifted an extravagant piece of jewelry by husband Swizz Beatz. Designed by famous jeweler Elliot Eliantte, TMZ reports the 150-carat pendant cost an estimated $400,000. The necklace features baguette diamonds molded in the shape of the Great Pyramids, which sit alongside a portrait of Alicia inspired by the 18th-century ancient […]
