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Swizz Beatz and Uncle Sam are even. The super producer and art buff recently settled up with the IRS, paying back slightly over $2M in taxes for 2008 to 2010 and 2014 to 2015. 

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HipHopWired‘s latest original series Hip-Hop Collectors goes inside the spaces and places of some of the culture’s most enthusiastic fans and contributors.

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Swizz Beatz is being accused of leasing high-end luxury cars only to hustle them off to unsuspecting customers at a profit. Considering how many legit paying jobs Swizzy has on his resume, take that news with a fat grain of salt.

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It appears as if the the world did some lurking on Swizz Beatz‘ Instagram page and found out that DMX is working on a new album with Dr. Dre and Kanye West.

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For Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, most probably expected that their son, Egypt, would pick up on some of their musical talents. But few would expect that a 5-year-old boy would produce a track for Kendrick Lamar of all people.

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Early on in Kanye West’s Twitter run up to the release of his new album, The Life of Pablo, Yeezy posted a pic of Swizz Beatz working with him in the studio. Swizz called the session “epic” and it resulted in a pair of tracks on the album. 

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Yep, Swizz Beatz has yet another job. The Hip-Hop producer turned mogul teamed with Canon EOS Rebel to curate artwork by unknown artists at Sotheby’s in New York City. 

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The lineup for The Roots annual picnic was revealed today (Feb. 2) and it’s officially lit! Future, Usher and singer Leon Bridges will headline the 9th annual picnic, backed by the legendary Roots Crew.

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Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys took to Instagram to share photos of their newborn baby boy, Genesis Ali. The little lad is the couple’s second child and son together and Swizz Beatz fifth overall. 

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It would be a falsehood to say all eyes weren’t always fixated on the relationship of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys waiting for something juicy to happen.

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Swizz Beatz has come a long way since his humble beginnings in the Bronx. Kicking off Bronx Week 2014, which coincides with the borough’s 100th anniversary, the producer was one of handful of inductees to be awarded with the Bronx Walk Of Fame honor.

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The European premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was only but a glimpse of the star power the flexible superhero can bring to the red carpet. Last Friday, April 25, the entire New York City was covered in web as the entire cast and plenty of other celebrities graced the Ziegfeld Theater.