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Swizz Beatz

  1. the law
    Timbaland and Swizz Beatz Settle $28 Million Lawsuit Over Missed Verzuz PaymentsThe musicians sold their live series to the TikTok competitor last year.
    By Justin Curto
  2. 2021 bet awards
    Michael K. Williams Plays DMX in Moving Tribute at the BET AwardsThe actor joined Method Man, Busta Rhymes, and more in celebrating the late rapper’s life.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  3. vulture lists
    All the Verzuz Battles, RankedFrom best to worst to absolutely doomed.
    By Craig Jenkins
  4. verzuz
    Swizz Beatz Calls Out Justin Timberlake at Timbaland Verzuz“I don’t got no problem with JT,” Swizz clarified on Instagram Live afterward.
    By Justin Curto
  5. album review
    DMX’s Exodus Isn’t a Final Word But a Striking Parting MessageIt was the groundwork for a new career path, not the unexpected end of the road.
    By Craig Jenkins
  6. posthumous releases
    DMX’s Posthumous Album Exodus Is Out NowThe late rapper’s first full-length in nearly nine years is packed with features and helmed by Swizz Beatz.
    By Justin Curto
  7. posthumous releases
    Posthumous DMX Track ‘Been to War’ Released With Swizz Beatz and French MontanaA week after the rapper’s death.
    By Justin Curto
  8. the industry
    Verzuz Sold to Triller; Timbaland and Swizz Beatz Now ShareholdersAlong with every past Verzuz performer.
    By Justin Curto
  9. vulture sports
    Today in Matrix Glitches: Swizz Beatz Is First American to Win Saudi Camel RaceAnd before you ask, of course robot backpacks are involved.
    By Rebecca Alter
  10. verzuz
    It’s Snoop Dogg Versus DMX in Upcoming Verzuz BattleThe two are set to face off in “the battle of the dogs.”
    By Charu Sinha
  11. dueling pianos
    Alicia Keys and John Legend to Battle It Out in Juneteenth Verzuz SpecialMay the best piano ballad win.
    By Charu Sinha
  12. battles
    After All That, Babyface and Teddy Riley Finally Had Their Instagram BattleAfter some technical difficulties.
    By Charu Sinha
  13. battles
    T-Pain and Lil Jon Battle for Glory on Instagram LiveThe throwback to end all throwbacks.
    By Charu Sinha
  14. the week in rap
    This Week in Rap MusicFrom slick ’70s drug rap to vital California storytelling, and everything in between.
    By Paul Thompson
  15. How Hip-Hop Producer Swizz Beatz Is Disrupting the Art WorldAnd then disrupted the Gallery-Industrial Complex. 
    By Kenny Wassus and Cait Munro
  16. black lives matter
    Jay Z, Miguel, and Swizz Beatz Pen Protest SongsThe tracks are in response to the deadly shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and police officers in Dallas.
    By Tolly Wright and Dee Lockett
  17. baby photos
    Alicia Keys’s New Baby Photo Is AdorableHello, Genesis Ali Dean!
    By E. Alex Jung
  18. babies
    Alicia Keys Gives Birth to Baby Boy His name is Genesis Ali.
    By E. Alex Jung
  19. Swizz Beatz Wants to Change the Art World The rapper, producer, painter, and collector shows the scope of his ambition in Miami.
    By Matthew Giles
  20. radio vulture
    Rosen: 10 Reasons I Hate Jay-Z’s Samsung Ad It’s the dorkiest thing Jay-Z has ever been associated with.
    By Jody Rosen
  21. the law
    Swizz Beatz Isn’t Quite Off the Hook for MegauploadHe’s named in the latest filings.
    By Amanda Dobbins
  22. party chat
    Swizz Beatz on the Lost Nas–Frank Ocean Song“It seemed like something that was just never finished, that’s all.”
    By Darla Murray
  23. videology
    Allen Iverson Is in This Swizz Beatz–A$AP Rocky VideoWatch “Street Knock.”
    By Amanda Dobbins
  24. swizz beatz
    Listen to ‘Street Knock,’ From Swizz Beats Featuring A$AP RockyFYI, “b*tches say [they’re] cocky.”
    By Eliot Glazer
  25. the law
    Swizz Beatz Is Not Megaupload’s CEO, It Turns Out“He was negotiating to become the CEO, but it was never official.”
    By Amanda Dobbins
  26. out on the weekend
    This Weekend’s Concerts, From My Morning Jacket to Waka Flocka FlamePlus: Drake, Arrested Development, Foo Fighters …
    By Amos Barshad
  27. clickables
    Hear the New Swizz Beatz Track Featuring RakimIt’s Monster Monday (i.e. Swizz’s day of the week to release free tracks). This one is called “King Tut,” and it thankfully has no samples from the Steve Martin song.
    By Nisha Gopalan
  28. higher education
    Swizz Beatz Is Basically a College Professor NowSwizz will assist in the process of “teaching students the skills of creative entrepreneurship for the music industry.”
    By Amos Barshad
  29. clickables
    Hear ‘DJ Play the Beat,’ a New Track From Swizz Beatz and EstelleIt’s part of the hip-hop producer’s new “Monster Mondays” series.
    By Brian Raftery
  30. babies
    Alicia Keys Gave Birth to a Baby BoyHis name is Egypt.
    By Mike Vilensky
  31. clickables
    Download Lloyd Banks’s New Track, ‘Start It Up,’ Featuring Kanye and Swizz BeatzAlso Ryan Leslie and Fabolous.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  32. music
    Download Kanye, Jay-Z, and RZA’s New Track, ‘So Appalled’The latest in Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Friday MP3 giveaway.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  33. music
    Download Kanye West’s New Song, ‘Lord Lord Lord,’ Featuring Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, and RaekwonA mellow, seven-and-a-half-minute MP3.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  34. music
    Download The Essential Swizz Beatz, a Free 70-Song MixtapeThree free mixtapes, actually, featuring a decade of Beatz-ified songs.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  35. music
    Download Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz’s Kanye West Remix, ‘Power’Complete with a Norman Mailer name-drop.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  36. weddings!
    Also Married Today: Lisa SimpsonAnd Alicia Keys.
    By Mike Vilensky
  37. music
    Hear a New Jay-Z Track, ‘Ultra,’ Featuring Swizz BeatsIt’s apparently a reference track for Diddy.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  38. music
    Hear Swizz Beats and Busta Rhymes’s Unofficial Iron Man 2 Anthem, ‘Stop the Party’Not so catchy.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  39. music
    Watch How Swizz Beats Turned Justice’s ‘D.A.N.C.E.’ Into Jay-Z’s ‘On to the Next One’Takes a little explaining, but it’s pretty awesome.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  40. right-click
    Jay-Z, Bono, and Rihanna Won’t Leave You StrandedWhat’d you think of their collaboration?
    By Amos Barshad
  41. friendship
    How Bono and Swizz Beats Became Best FriendsHow did this unlikely pair hook up?
    By Amos Barshad
  42. collaborations
    Swizz Beatz, Bono, and Jay-Z Have Something to Say About Haiti“They need us!”
    By Amos Barshad
  43. satanism
    Jay-Z Doesn’t Worship the Devil When Swizz Beats Is AroundOr at all.
    By Amos Barshad
  44. friends
    Bono and Swizz Beatz, BFFWe have photographic proof.
    By Amos Barshad
  45. comebacks
    Chris Brown Kicks Off Comeback With Karate-Filled New VideoIt’s the music video you’ve surely been waiting for!
    By Lane Brown
  46. right-click
    New Chris Brown Track More Awkward Than You Might ImagineA fantasy of zombified women made to do men’s bidding? You betcha.
    By Nick Catucci
  47. right-click
    New Beck Song Leaves Small Carbon FootprintAlso: New music from Swizz Beatz and Mike Patton!
  48. the industry
    Edward Norton to Star in ‘Leaves of Grass’ — Really!Plus industry news on Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Snake Eyes.
  49. right-click
    N.O.R.E. and Swizz Beatz: Two Great Tastes, Etc.John Coltrane? The Decemberists? Jordin Sparks? Okay!
  50. right-click
    Jay-Z Totally Shames Swizz BeatzSpoon, Jesca Hoop & The Ditty Bops, and more!