Swizz Beatz & Alicia Keys Confirm Romantic Relationship

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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Singer Alicia Keys poses for photographers on the red carpet for the annual black-tie White House Correspondents Dinner, at the Washington Hilton, in Washington, May 9, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Theiler (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT)

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Singer Alicia Keys attends the 2009 White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday, May 9, 2009 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

US musician Alicia Keys arrives for the 2009 White House Correspondents Dinner on May 9, 2009 at the Washington Hilton in Washington. AFP PHOTO/Tim SLOAN (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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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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