Swizz Beatz

Swizz Beatz (born: Kasseem Daoud Dean; September 13, 1978) is a Jamaican-American/Puerto Rican-American record producer, DJ, rapper, art collector & entrepreneur. At the age of 17, he gained attention in the hip-hop world through his friendship with rapper DMX. Grady Spivey and rapper Cassidy helped launch his label Full Surface Records. He is married to R&B superstar Alicia Keys and has one child with her, as well as three other children. About.com ranked him #27 on its list of the "Top 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Producers," [2]  while The Source placed him on its list of the 20 greatest producers in the magazine's twenty-year history. [3]  Kanye West called him "the best rap producer of all time." [4]

In May 2009, it was confirmed that Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys were in a relationship after almost a year of speculation. In May 2010 Beatz confirmed he was engaged to Alicia Keys, and that she was pregnant with Beatz' fourth, and her first child. [36]  During the time of the 2010 FIFA World Cup<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, the couple took part of a union and had the unborn child blessed in a Zulu<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> ceremony, which took place in the Illovo<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> suburb of Johannesburg<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;">, South Africa. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[37] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Keys and Swizz Beatz held a wedding celebration on the French occupied island of Corsica<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> on July 31, 2010. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[38] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.200000762939453px;"> Alicia Keys gave birth to their son, Egypt Daoud Ibarr Dean, on October 14, 2010. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[39] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[40]