Swizz Beatz

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Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz in the video for Mashonda's Blackout
Background information
Birth name	Kasseem Dean
Also known as	Swizzy, The Monsta, One Man Band Man, Sandman
Born	August 30, 1978 (age 28)
Origin	New York
Genre(s)	Rap, Reggae, R&B, Reggaeton
Occupation(s)	Record Producer, Rapper, CEO, Club Owner, Shoe Designer, Record Executive, Tuner, Beatboxer, Hype man, Designer, Toy Maker, Vocalist, Musician
Instrument(s)	Keyboard, Sampler
Years active	1998â€“present
Label(s)	Full Surface Records Universal-Motown Records
Associated acts	Ruff Ryders, Cassidy, Mashonda, DMX, Sean Garrett, T.I.
Website	itsmebitches.com fullsurfacerecords.com kidrobot.com myspace.com/swizzbeatz
Notable instrument(s)
Vocals, Violin, Keyboard, Bass

Swizz Beatz (born Kasseem Dean on August 30, 1978) is a New York-based American hip hop record producer/rapper of African-American and Jewish descent, and founder of the music label Full Surface Records. His songs are usually very "bouncy" and energetic, though his early work was known to be arguably quite experimentalâ€”it reportedly took him an average of only 10 to 15 minutes to complete a song. In most modern Swizz Beatz productions, the quick uttered at the beginning and is accompanied by guest vocals from Swizz himself, although often uncredited.

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1 Background
2 Trivia
3 Discography
4 Affiliates
5 External links

[edit] Background

Swizz is the son of Terrence Dean, the founder of TD ENT-MGMT (Terrence Dean Entertainment Management), and is the nephew of Ruff Ryders founders Chivon, Joaquin, and Darrin Dean, serving as somewhat of an in-house producer for their label. He is married to R&B singer Mashonda. On January 18, 2007 Swizz became a father when Mashonda gave birth to their baby boy.

Swizz is currently working on albums by Mary J Blige Madonna, Britney Spears, Kelly Rowland, Jennifer Lopez, Cassidy, Usher, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Lil' Kim, Foxy Brown, Marc Anthony, Eve, Jadakiss, Trina, Eminem, Mya, Ashanti, Mashonda, Yung Wun, Whitney Houston, UGK, Papoose, Chamillionaire, Ja Rule, Busta Rhymes, Solange Knowles, Gwen Stefani, T.I., Mary J. Blige . He is also rumored to be recording the new DMX album rumored to be titled The Dog & rumored to be producing the single Back Like That. He produced the street single for the new Tupac Shakur album, Pac's Life

[edit] Trivia

He owns a Parking Lot & a Club called "Club CBNC" in Arizona.
He has designed his own shoe together with Damon Dash for the brand Pro-Keds.
He owns a Car House for Custom Cars and Tuning called Exotics in Las Vegas.
He is married to Mashonda and has a son with her named Kasseem Dean Jr.
He owns his own record label: Full Surface
His father is Terrence Dean who owns Terrence Dean Management Group and his uncles are Waah & Dee Dean, the owners/CEO of Ruff Ryders.
He is the president of Ruff Ryders.
He's a big fan of Cassidy, M.O.P. & T.I..
He has his own production label called Swizz Beatz Productions.
Swizz is good friends with Busta Rhymes & DMX.
He started a production duo with Sean Garrett.
He got his name when he was a boy. He always used to wear K-Swiss shoes and everybody started to call him K-Swiss after he became a producer he called himself Swizz Beatz.
In almost every song he's featured on, or that he produced a voice says in the beginning "And now with the following collection of the ghoulish sounds..." or he screams "Swizzy" in the background
He worked on Nicole Scherzinger's "Sugar Momma".