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Displaying all articles tagged:
Swizz Beatz
the law
Sept. 22, 2022
Timbaland and Swizz Beatz Settle $28 Million Lawsuit Over Missed
Verzuz
Payments
The musicians sold their live series to the TikTok competitor last year.
By
Justin Curto
2021 bet awards
June 28, 2021
Michael K. Williams Plays DMX in Moving Tribute at the BET Awards
The actor joined Method Man, Busta Rhymes, and more in celebrating the late rapper’s life.
By
Anne Victoria Clark
vulture lists
June 3, 2021
All the
Verzuz
Battles, Ranked
From best to worst to absolutely doomed.
By
Craig Jenkins
verzuz
June 1, 2021
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
album review
May 28, 2021
DMX’s
Exodus
Isn’t a Final Word But a Striking Parting Message
It was the groundwork for a new career path, not the unexpected end of the road.
By
Craig Jenkins
posthumous releases
May 28, 2021
DMX’s Posthumous Album
Exodus
Is Out Now
The late rapper’s first full-length in nearly nine years is packed with features and helmed by Swizz Beatz.
By
Justin Curto
posthumous releases
Apr. 16, 2021
Posthumous DMX Track ‘Been to War’ Released With Swizz Beatz and French Montana
A week after the rapper’s death.
By
Justin Curto
the industry
Mar. 9, 2021
Verzuz Sold to Triller; Timbaland and Swizz Beatz Now Shareholders
Along with every past
Verzuz
performer.
By
Justin Curto
vulture sports
Oct. 24, 2020
Today in Matrix Glitches: Swizz Beatz Is First American to Win Saudi Camel Race
And before you ask, of
course
robot backpacks are involved.
By
Rebecca Alter
verzuz
July 21, 2020
It’s Snoop Dogg Versus DMX in Upcoming Verzuz Battle
The two are set to face off in “the battle of the dogs.”
By
Charu Sinha
dueling pianos
June 13, 2020
Alicia Keys and John Legend to Battle It Out in Juneteenth
Verzuz
Special
May the best piano ballad win.
By
Charu Sinha
battles
Apr. 21, 2020
After All That, Babyface and Teddy Riley Finally Had Their Instagram Battle
After some technical difficulties.
By
Charu Sinha
battles
Apr. 5, 2020
T-Pain and Lil Jon Battle for Glory on Instagram Live
The throwback to end all throwbacks.
By
Charu Sinha
the week in rap
Nov. 7, 2018
This Week in Rap Music
From slick ’70s drug rap to vital California storytelling, and everything in between.
By
Paul Thompson
Aug. 12, 2016
How Hip-Hop Producer Swizz Beatz Is Disrupting the Art World
And then disrupted the Gallery-Industrial Complex.
By
Kenny Wassus
and
Cait Munro
black lives matter
July 11, 2016
Jay Z, Miguel, and Swizz Beatz Pen Protest Songs
The tracks are in response to the deadly shootings of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and police officers in Dallas.
By
Tolly Wright
and
Dee Lockett
baby photos
Mar. 1, 2015
Alicia Keys’s New Baby Photo Is Adorable
Hello, Genesis Ali Dean!
By
E. Alex Jung
babies
Dec. 28, 2014
Alicia Keys Gives Birth to Baby Boy
His name is Genesis Ali.
By
E. Alex Jung
Nov. 25, 2014
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
radio vulture
June 21, 2013
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
the law
July 19, 2012
Swizz Beatz Isn’t Quite Off the Hook for Megaupload
He’s named in the latest filings.
By
Amanda Dobbins
party chat
July 17, 2012
Swizz Beatz on the Lost Nas–Frank Ocean Song
“It seemed like something that was just never finished, that’s all.”
By
Darla Murray
videology
May 9, 2012
Allen Iverson Is in This Swizz Beatz–A$AP Rocky Video
Watch “Street Knock.”
By
Amanda Dobbins
swizz beatz
Mar. 23, 2012
Listen to ‘Street Knock,’ From Swizz Beats Featuring A$AP Rocky
FYI, “b*tches say [they’re] cocky.”
By
Eliot Glazer
the law
Jan. 20, 2012
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
out on the weekend
June 6, 2011
This Weekend’s Concerts, From My Morning Jacket to Waka Flocka Flame
Plus: Drake, Arrested Development, Foo Fighters …
By
Amos Barshad
clickables
Nov. 8, 2010
Hear the New Swizz Beatz Track Featuring Rakim
It’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
higher education
Nov. 4, 2010
Swizz Beatz Is Basically a College Professor Now
Swizz will assist in the process of “teaching students the skills of creative entrepreneurship for the music industry.”
By
Amos Barshad
clickables
Oct. 25, 2010
Hear ‘DJ Play the Beat,’ a New Track From Swizz Beatz and Estelle
It’s part of the hip-hop producer’s new “Monster Mondays” series.
By
Brian Raftery
babies
Oct. 16, 2010
Alicia Keys Gave Birth to a Baby Boy
His name is Egypt.
By
Mike Vilensky
clickables
Oct. 7, 2010
Download Lloyd Banks’s New Track, ‘Start It Up,’ Featuring Kanye and Swizz Beatz
Also Ryan Leslie and Fabolous.
By
Edith Zimmerman
music
Sept. 27, 2010
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
music
Sept. 20, 2010
Download Kanye West’s New Song, ‘Lord Lord Lord,’ Featuring Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, and Raekwon
A mellow, seven-and-a-half-minute MP3.
By
Edith Zimmerman
music
Aug. 23, 2010
Download
The Essential Swizz Beatz
, a Free 70-Song Mixtape
Three free mixtapes, actually, featuring a decade of Beatz-ified songs.
By
Edith Zimmerman
music
Aug. 20, 2010
Download Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz’s Kanye West Remix, ‘Power’
Complete with a Norman Mailer name-drop.
By
Edith Zimmerman
weddings!
Aug. 1, 2010
Also Married Today: Lisa Simpson
And Alicia Keys.
By
Mike Vilensky
music
June 3, 2010
Hear a New Jay-Z Track, ‘Ultra,’ Featuring Swizz Beats
It’s apparently a reference track for Diddy.
By
Edith Zimmerman
music
May 7, 2010
Hear Swizz Beats and Busta Rhymes’s Unofficial
Iron Man 2
Anthem, ‘Stop the Party’
Not so catchy.
By
Edith Zimmerman
music
Feb. 4, 2010
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
right-click
Jan. 25, 2010
Jay-Z, Bono, and Rihanna Won’t Leave You Stranded
What’d you think of their collaboration?
By
Amos Barshad
friendship
Jan. 21, 2010
How Bono and Swizz Beats Became Best Friends
How did this unlikely pair hook up?
By
Amos Barshad
collaborations
Jan. 19, 2010
Swizz Beatz, Bono, and Jay-Z Have Something to Say About Haiti
“They need us!”
By
Amos Barshad
satanism
Jan. 14, 2010
Jay-Z Doesn’t Worship the Devil When Swizz Beats Is Around
Or at all.
By
Amos Barshad
friends
Dec. 30, 2009
Bono and Swizz Beatz, BFF
We have photographic proof.
By
Amos Barshad
comebacks
Oct. 27, 2009
Chris Brown Kicks Off Comeback With Karate-Filled New Video
It’s the music video you’ve surely been waiting for!
By
Lane Brown
right-click
Sept. 29, 2009
New Chris Brown Track More Awkward Than You Might Imagine
A fantasy of zombified women made to do men’s bidding? You betcha.
By
Nick Catucci
right-click
July 21, 2008
New Beck Song Leaves Small Carbon Footprint
Also: New music from Swizz Beatz and Mike Patton!
the industry
Dec. 6, 2007
Edward Norton to Star in ‘Leaves of Grass’ — Really!
Plus industry news on Angelina Jolie, Samuel L. Jackson, and Snake Eyes.
right-click
Aug. 24, 2007
N.O.R.E. and Swizz Beatz: Two Great Tastes, Etc.
John Coltrane? The Decemberists? Jordin Sparks? Okay!
right-click
Aug. 14, 2007
Jay-Z Totally Shames Swizz Beatz
Spoon, Jesca Hoop & The Ditty Bops, and more!