After several months of denial, rapper-producer Swizz Beatz and Grammy Award-winning singer Alicia Keys are finally admitting to being romantically involved.
Speculation about the couple's relationship status recently resurfaced online with various photos of the two seen happily together at a party for singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz. In addition, the super producer (born Kasseem Dean) was heard expressing his affection for a "special someone" on the remix to up-and-coming rapper Drake's 'Best I Ever Had.'
Swizz rhymes, "Wake up in the morning, and my baby cooked me breakfast. A** naked, wearing nothing on but a necklace...She gave me a party at the Guggenheim ... What's next? The ring? The baby? She really loves me!"
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According to the New York Daily News, Dean was indeed referring to the 'Secret Life of Bees' actress and admits to being in love with her. However, he's "nowhere near ready for a baby or a ring," he laughed. "This whole song is not about Alicia. The part about her cooking breakfast for me naked, she's never done that for me."
Dean decided to keep his relationship with Keys discreet to protect their "precious" bond, not to mention aggravating his estranged wife, Mashonda, who is currently seeking interim support for their 2-year-old son, Kasseem Dean Jr., claiming the rapper cut back on his child support.
"He's been tightening the screws on her," says a friend of Mashonda. "It's becoming intolerable. Meanwhile, she's seen the charges for jewelry he's bought Alicia in France."
To make matters even worse, Mashanda's friend went on to reveal that Dean refused to "repair her heat" in her Connecticut mansion last winter. However, a source close to Swizz disputes the claims.
"The house is 30,000 square feet," he said. "The heat didn't work in one wing, not where Mashonda and Dean slept. Swizz had been paying all of their bills. On top of that, he was giving her $5,000 a week. His advisers felt that was too much, so now he pays her $3,500 a month -- on top of the bills."
"Swizz has put settlement offers on the table, but Mashonda won't say what she needs," he continued. "She just came back from Paris and London. She drives a Bentley Flying Spur and a Cadillac Escalade. I don't think life's too bad for her."
Swizz's lawyer, Dan Rottenstreich, confirmed that the hit maker "has taken care of her and his son above and beyond what's required," while Mashonda's attorney, Bernard Clair, stated, "An application is pending before the court, where the facts will be developed."
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By: "DimePiece" on 5/18/2009 5:29PM
Hell ya, he is a LOW DOWN. I just lost all respect for dude and Alicia. I feel, if there was problems in Swizzie's marriage he should have least got marriage counseling and worked it out like a real man? That wasn't right on his or Alicia's part to cheat on his wife. I kept wondering who was Alicia's boyfriend? I remember every time that question was brought up on any interview, she would say she couldn't say and kept it private. That was a little too much Swizzie was giving her a month of $25,0000 in CS. But with the $$$$ he makes, she should get what she deserves for their son. It's sad to see any children in any kind of mess like this. Isn't Mashanda singer? If so, I heard that she couldn't sing worth a lick.
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By: shaye on 5/18/2009 10:16PM
I think it's wrong for a married man to have an affair. Why does Alicia think this is a good man. He is cheating on his wife. Even if they aren't living together, they are still married. I can't believe that this is the only man she could find. Why couldn't they wait until the divorce is final. Hell, they might not even get divorced, they may work it out. I guess skanks come in all economic groups.
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By: charles on 5/19/2009 8:25PM
Yeah I thought she could do better too .Don't she know if a man disrepects one woman he'll disrepect you too. How can he feel she is a good woman when she was messing with him while he was still married.
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By: vcrozas on 5/20/2009 4:31PM
If he cheats on his wife he will cheat on the one he cheated with....dumbazzzzzz woman lol she'll get hers
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By: B on 5/20/2009 2:11PM
These are adults and adults that "pay the cost to be the boss" can do whatever they like within the law. There is no law that says...oh, u may not meet anyone while in the midst of divorce.....DUHHHHH!!!!!!
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By: Lee on 5/20/2009 12:02PM
They were sleeping together long before he and his wife decided to split. He's a cheat and A-Keys is a homewrecker. These stank ass stars make me sick, they have no respect for the sacred things in life. Thinking everything is owed to them. Karma is a bitch though.
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By: mel on 5/20/2009 1:39PM
OMG!don't ppl have respect for themselves and others? I thought alicia had more respect but yeah this b*t*h is a homerecker!!! I am a married woman with 3 babies and i feel bad for his wife.
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By: Travion on 5/20/2009 11:36PM
No hes not low down. You cant tell anyone to stay with his or her spouse if they are no longer happy with the person. Thats life. Staying in a relationship for the sake of the kids is not healthy for anyone especially the kids. Get a grip and get off your high horse.
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By: Valencia on 5/19/2009 7:46AM
Hey Travion,
No, that's not what life should be if they both took the vowels in their marriage. "For Better or Worse"! You have to work it out in a marriage. Marriage has it's up's and down's. You have to love your spouse "Un Conditionally". Swizz shouldn't have married that woman. People are so selfish now a days and don't care of other people they hurt in the process! I am tired of people sayin, if a person is not happy in that marriage it's best to get out. That's an poor excuse! This is the world's way of thinking not "God's" way of thinking. That's WRONG! Shame on both of them for having that affair. The kids always gets hurt in the process and that's SAD!
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By: jodi on 5/20/2009 8:47PM
obviously, you are a guy. Only a guy would think that it is ok for another guy to leave his woman and child for another. This only drives home my point, men's brains are VERY small, and we all know where they are located, in the SMALL head!! To think that a person, any person could, or should walk out on their family because "they finally found love" is a joke. What the hell did he have with his wife when he made his son???? Was that just practice?? Who will suffer the most, him, her, alicia, or maybe the innocent baby, who never asked to be born into this horrible situation. The fact that he is cutting back on his child support to buy jewellry for his new "flame" is something he needs a beating for. Does he think that his new little tart deserves to wear fancy jewelry at the expense of an innocent child. I guess his wife should thank her lucky stars that he IS gone, because who the hell would want to be stuck with a horny little freak who doesn't even have enough mind to make up in the first place????? If Alicia thinks that she has herself a good man, one worth keeping, an honest and honorable person, then she is just as dumb and useless as him, and maybe they do belong together. But one day in the future, this will come back and bite her for her part in this. She will have it done to her, probably by him as well, and I hope his first wife is there to laugh in her face, as she deserves. As far as him, I do think that chemical castration should be brought back to those who make babies, but refuse to take care of them.
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