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Swizz Beatz Reveals Surprising Secret Behind His Marriage To Alicia Keys

Swizz Beatz Reveals Surprising Secret Behind His Marriage To Alicia Keys

Swizz Beatz is opening up about the unexpected key ingredient to his lasting relationship with Alicia Keys.

Source: AllHipHop

Swizz Beatz spilled the tea on his 15-year marriage to Alicia Keys in a recent interview, revealing the unexpected secret behind their lasting romance.

The Grammy-winning producer explained that the key to their successful union boils down to one simple yet powerful word: communication.

“Marriage is definitely a big word, but look at it like your best friend,” Swizz said during an interview with Us Weekly. “The communication is there. We’ve never had an argument. Since we’ve been together, our kids [have] never seen it; never seen us raise our voice [or] never seen us yell. Never seen us curse at each other. Why? Because of communication.”

Swizz Beatz Reveals Surprising Secret Behind His Marriage To Alicia Keys

Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, emphasized that shouting matches are pointless.

“When you yell at each other, no one is really listening anyway,” he added. “Nothing gets solved in each other’s yelling.”

He also offered a fresh perspective on relationships, cautioning against treating a partner as property.

“People think they can own people. You can’t. It’s not property that you own. There’s a whole human, right?” Swizz continued. “So, we’re very clear on that. She’s her own boss. I’m my own boss. That’s how we make magic when we come together. I think that helps because people start getting very territorial and making their partner property, and I think that’s the biggest mistake.”

Swizz Beatz & Alicia Keys Relationship History

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How Top Dawg Entertainment Became The Current Most Powerful Label In Hip-Hop

How Top Dawg Entertainment Became The Current Most Powerful Label In Hip-Hop

Independent record labels have been the lifeblood of hip-hop over the last five decades, and no other rap label is currently pushing the line like Top Dawg Entertainment.

Source: XXLMag

Established in 2004 by California native Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, the imprint started with humble beginnings but quickly found its footing in the Los Angeles rap scene. Throughout the aughts, TDE signed rising talent like Jay Rock (2005), Kendrick Lamar (2005), Ab-Soul (2007) and ScHoolboy Q (2009). Each of the rappers’ debut albums saw modest success, but in 2012, the label scored its first top 10 Billboard 200 album when Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city debuted at No. 2. Then, in 2013, the label stepped into the R&B realm by scooping up then little-known R&B star SZA.

The label’s eye for talent has turned into a track record for success. In total, TDE has put out seven No .1 albums and a total of 17 top-20 projects. While Kendrick Lamar parted ways with the label in 2022, he turned into an international superstar under the tutelage of TDE and still has a close bond with his former labelmates and the executive team.

More recently, TDE’s successes have been playing out on major stages. K-Dot recently won five Grammy Awards and performed a record-breaking set at the 2025 Super Bowl with SZA in February. And there’s the whole matter of vanquishing hip-hop’s golden child, Drake, in 2024.

This past February, former XXL Freshman Doechii, who signed to TDE in 2022, won Best Rap Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Her star continues to rise, as she also earned Outstanding New Artist at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards, recently performed alongside Ms. Lauryn Hill and was honored as the Billboard Woman of the Year for 2025.

SZA has become a force to be reckoned with. Her triple-platinum sophomore album, SOS, debuted at No. 1 in 2022. The album recently tied Michael Jackson’s Thriller as the longest-running top 10 album by a Black artist in the history of the Billboard 200 chart.

She also costars alongside KeKe Palmer in the new film One of Them Days, which opened at No. 1 at the box office this year, raking in over 11 million in its opening week. SZA and Kendrick will also be embarking on the Grand National Tour later this year.

 

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Slick Rick, Freeway & More Connect At Inaugural Hip Hope Ball To Raise Cancer Awareness

Slick Rick, Freeway & More Connect At Inaugural Hip Hope Ball To Raise Cancer Awareness

The Health, Hope and Hip Hop Foundation made history this February, hosting its first-ever “Hip Hope Ball: A Celebration to Ignite Change” on the final day of Black History Month.

Source: AllHipHop

The star-studded event brought together Hip-Hop legends and healthcare advocates with a unified mission: raising awareness about multiple myeloma and other cancers in the Black community.

Founded by Oya Gilbert, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in December 2017 after experiencing symptoms for two years, the foundation has become a powerful voice for awareness. Gilbert’s journey from diagnosis to advocacy has positioned him uniquely to leverage Hip-Hop culture for critical health education.

Gilbert’s impact has not just been as a health advocate but also as a MC. Under the moniker Grand G, Gilbert laid groundwork that would influence some of Hip-Hop’s most significant architects, creating a ripple effect throughout the culture that many stars unknowingly benefit from today.

“He made it possible for all of us to believe and to dream,” Young Guru, ROC Nation’s acclaimed engineer and producer, said speaking directly to Gilbert during an emotional moment at the gala. “Whatever you need, I’m there for you. You know why? Because you influenced my life and put me on a path that would lead me to something great.”

In a revealing personal anecdote, Young Guru shared how Gilbert, known then by his rap moniker Grand G, had been an early inspiration.

“When I was 15 years old, I saw somebody that looked like me on the cover of an album,” Young Guru explained, referencing a compilation called Project X. The future Grammy winner recalled begging to visit the studio with Gilbert and his colleagues, an experience that would eventually shape his legendary career.

The evening’s performances elevated the celebration to another level.

Read more at: https://allhiphop.com/news/slick-rick-freeway-more-connect-at-inaugural-hip-hope-ball-to-raise-cancer-awareness/

 

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Top 10 Remix Chart for July 2024

EnjoyTheBEATZ.com Top 10 Remix Chart (based on sales)
July 2024

Excludes free remixes.

10. Dr. Hook – When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman remix
9. Alice Deejay – Better Off Alone remix
8. ATC – Around The World (La La La La La) remix
7. Michael Jackson – Beat It remix
6. Backstreet Boys – Everybody remix
5. Tinashe – Nasty remix
4. U2 – Where The Streets Have No Name remix
3. Ja Rule feat Christina Milian – Between Me & You remix
2. Karen White – The Way You Love Me remix

1. AC/DC – Dirty Deed Done Dirt Cheap remix

acdc - dirty deed done dirt cheap remix

 

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Kendrick Lamar Becomes First Rapper To Have 3 Albums In Billboard Top 10 Simultaneously

Kendrick Lamar Becomes First Rapper To Have 3 Albums In Billboard Top 10 Simultaneously

Kendrick Lamar has reached yet another milestone following his Super Bowl performance: he has become the first rap act ever to have three albums in the top 10 of the Billboard album chart at the same time.

Source: HipHopDX

On the Billboard 200 chart dated February 22 (which reflects sales during the week ending February 13), the outlet reported on Sunday (February 16), K.Dot’s latest, GNX, will return to the number one slot. His 2017 release DAMN will be at number nine, while 2012’s good kid, m.A.A.d city will be at 10.

Lamar is the first living male artist to have a trio of albums in the chart’s top 10 since Herb Alpert in 1966. The most recent artist to hit the mark was, unsurprisingly, Taylor Swift, who actually had five simultaneous albums in the top 10 in 2023. In the immediate aftermath of Prince‘s 2016 death, he had three albums in the top 10, and then five the following week.

In this most recent charting week, Kendrick’s GNX moved 236,000 equivalent album units, while DAMN moved 39,000 and good kid did 37,000.

The rapper’s post-Super Bowl wins continued when “Not Like Us” received the Saturday Night Live treatment thanks to Will Ferrell and Ana Gasteyer.

During the sketch comedy show’s 50th anniversary special this past weekend, Ferrell and Gasteyer reprised their classic roles as music teachers Marty and Bobbi Culp to cover a host of modern hits.

Read more: https://hiphopdx.com/news/kendrick-lamar-first-rapper-3-albums-billboard-top-10-simultaneously

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The 2025 Grammy Awards Remix Sale

the 2025 grammy awards remix sale

All Remixes by the Music Artists that were Nominated or Won an Award at the 2025 Grammys are on Sale.

Sale price is 50% OFF or just $0.50 each. Sale ends on 02/07/2025.

Lists of Artists:

Beyonce
Kendrick Lamar
Sabrina Carpenter
Charli XCX
Billie Eilish
Chappell Roan
Taylor Swift
Shaboozey
Lady Gaga
Bruno Mars
Post Malone
Doechii
RAYE
Teddy Swims
Ariana Grande
Brandy
Monica
Disclosure
Fred Again
Baby Keem
Madison Beer
Troye Sivan
David Guetta
Mark Ronson
The Beatles
Green Day
Pearl Jam
The Black Keys
Metallica
The Black Crowes
The Rolling Stones

Jhene Aiko
Chris Brown
Coco Jones
Muni Long
SZA
Kehlani
Tems
Anderson Paak
Usher
Cardi B
Eminem
Common
Pete Rock
Future
Metro Boomin
Latto
Kanye West / Ye
Ty Dolla Sign
GloRilla
J Cole
Jelly Roll
Chris Stapleton
Dan + Shay
Anitta
Luis Fonsi
Shakira
Kali Uchis
Bad Bunny
J Balvin
Sheila E
John Legend
A$AP Rocky

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Anderson .Paak Brings Out Dr. Dre & Sheila E. At Star-Studded L.A. FireAid Concert

Anderson .Paak Brings Out Dr. Dre & Sheila E. At Star-Studded L.A. FireAid Concert

Anderson .Paak brought out some big names in Dr. Dre and Sheila E. at a show in Los Angeles in aid of victims of the city’s recent wildfires.

Source: HipHopDX

The Kia Forum played host on Thursday night (January 30) to FireAid, a star-studded benefit concert that saw performances from some of the biggest names in music including Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lil Baby and Joni Mitchell.

The surviving members of Nirvana also reunited on stage, with a number of female singers including Kim Gordon, Joan Jett, St. Vincent and Violet Grohl standing in for the late Kurt Cobain.

Anderson .Paak was one of the first performers of the night and after an introduction from Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, he dove into a typically high-energy four-song set.

Sheila E., a noted singer and percussionist who performed with Prince and has previously collaborated with .Paak, joined the Oxnard native for “Put Me Thru” and “Come Down.”

.Paak then delivered one of the night’s biggest surprises by welcoming Dr. Dre to the stage perform renditions of “Still D.R.E.” and “California Love.”

 

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Dre also said a few words to the hometown crowd: “I want to say this is a magical moment for me. I got so much love for you guys and this summer will be the mark of 40 years that I’ve been in this business.

“And I appreciate all the love that you guys have been giving me, and the reason that we’re here, I appreciate all the first responders and firemen that put their lives on the line and I appreciate all that love. It’s all about love for me tonight.”

While the wildfires have now largely subsided with help from some recent rainfall, devastating damage has been left behind.

Billions of dollars in estimated damages have been caused by the blazes, which burned throughout January and killed at least 29 people, while also causing tens of thousands of people to lose their homes.

A number of local rappers have been doing their part to help with the relief efforts, most notably The Game and Snoop Dogg.

 

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Ye Is Working on Beats for His Daughter North West’s Debut Rap Album

Ye Is Working on Beats for His Daughter North West’s Debut Rap Album

Ye is in the beat-making process for his daughter North West’s debut rap album, Elementary School Dropout.

Source: XXLMag

Ye Gives Update on North West’s Rap Album

On Tuesday (Jan. 21), Ye shared a post on Instagram, which provides an update on the album his 11-year-old daughter North announced last year. The post, which can be seen below, shows a black-and-white image of North sitting in a chair next to a keyboard.

“This little girl made me love music again,” Ye captioned the candid photo. “She asked me to make beats for her I got back on the ASR Chopped up beats for her album and chopped every beats with my bare hand for BULLY.”

North West Preps Elementary School Dropout Album

North made her rapping debut on the Vultures 1 track “Talking / Once Again.” She first announced she would be following in her father’s footsteps and releasing a rap album almost a year ago during a Vultures 2 listening event at the Footprint Center in Phoenix last March. “I’ve been working on an album,” North told concertgoers. “And it’s called Elementary School Dropout.”

The title of the new album is obviously a callback to Ye debut LP The College Dropout, which was released in 2004.

Ye is currently working on his own solo album titled Bully. He has been teasing the project since last September. The project, which Ye has been working on in Tokyo, Japan, will reportedly be an entirely solo LP with Ye handling all production duties. It will be the first officially released solo album from Ye since 2021’s Donda. There has been no release date given for the forthcoming album but it appears to be coming sooner than later.