Despite previously insisting that Alicia Keys had nothing to do with the dissolution of his marriage, Swizz Beatz now openly admits to being involved with the singer.
In the lyrics to his remix of Drake's "Best I Ever Had" Swizzy proclaims:
Wake up in the morning and my baby cooked me breakfast/A's naked wearing nothing on but a necklace.../Yeah, she say she wanna treat me like a king/ I get big gifts so the money ain't a damn thing/She gave me a party at the Guggenheim ? /What's next? The ring? The baby? She really loves me!
And the affair has gotten so hot that the NY Daily News did a little investigating this weekend and got the producer to talk about his lady love. Swizz ended up telling them that yes, he's in love with Keys, and yes, she did throw his birthday party at the museum:
"But we're nowhere near ready for a baby or a ring," laughed Swizz, aka Kasseem Dean. "This whole song is not about Alicia. The part about her cooking breakfast for me naked ? she never done that for me."
Swizz says he didn't want to talk about Keys till now because, "What we have is so precious."
Of course there is no discussing the Swizz Beatz/Alicia Keys love affair without bringing up his flagging marriage to singer Mashonda.
"When he told Mashonda he was dating Alicia, I think she got jealous," says a friend of the couple.
After filing for divorce this February, Mashonda is currently seeking interim support for their 2-year-old son, Kasseem Jr., arguing that Swizz has slashed his payments.
"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."
During the winter, the heat in Mashonda's Westchester mansion went out. "Swizz wouldn't repair her heat," says her friend. But a pal of Swizz argues, "The house is 30,000 square feet. 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. 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."
Mashonda's friend argues that she's resisted his offers "because he's been less than forthcoming about his true financial picture."
Swizz's lawyer, Dan Rottenstreich, insists, "He has taken care of her and his son above and beyond what's required."
Says Mashonda's attorney Bernard Clair: "An application is pending before the court, where the facts will be developed."
My spidey sense tells me that Mashonda will be earning a LOT more than $3500 a month by the time this divorce is final. Whoever told J.Lo that "Love Don't Cost A Thing" was dead ass wrong. Swizz is sitting on a huge fortune in publishing dough, not to mention a pretty pricey art collection.
One person who has managed to fly below the radar in all this is longtime Keys collaborator Kerry "Krucial" Brothers who was in a relationship with Alicia for nearly a decade. Brothers has been back in the studio working with Keys on her next album. Clearly he's not letting their personal issues affect his stash. Hold your head Kerry! As for Alicia, do you think she'll lose any fans over this mess? It doesn't seem to have stopped her thus far. What do you guys think? Is Alicia Keys a "Superwoman"? Or should she be ashamed for singing "If I Was Your Woman" to Mashonda's man? Talk to me y'all!
And before I forget -- Happy Belated Birthday to the lovely Janet Jackson, who turned 43 this past Saturday May 16th.
I hope things really work out for Swizz and Alicia and that they can have a happy marriage together.
Tell Mashonda to get a fucking job or sell some fucking records... This is exactly what the fuck I be talking about...
Now granted that she was with him before the fame and stardom...But Real Talk....Isn't she a R&B artist herself??? Why hasn't her career taken off...
Swizzy, slashed the monthly payments that he was giving her, but he still pays all the other bills..Mortgage and utilities...So WTF is her problem??? She still wants to rock LV, Versace, Gucci, & all that other shit....Why the fuck do women get so fucking greedy???? Now, I hope her ass gets nothing...She will only need money to take care of their child..Fuck alimony...I hope Swizzy wins that case...
Why the fuck do the men have to pay alimony when divorcing??? They say,well you provided a life for her when marrying her and she needs to be able to continue to live that lifestyle...WTF!!!!
Please as quickly as bitches get accustomed to the rich lifetstyle, they can get unaccustomed just as quick...Real Talk...If that's the case, then every fucking child that was born should be able to take their parents to court becuase of the lifestyle that was provided to them when entering in the world. But once the man or the woman 18, he/she is suppose to head out to the world and stand on his own 2 feet..
Mashonda will get paid though, cause they are still married and have a kid...Question is, what's going to be the magic number....
PS...Has anyone ever heard a song by Mashonda???? I sure the fuck haven't....
@Co-sign Clo-Fresh
From the ruby slippers to the rubber soled Keds I suppose. She's close to thirty but so what? I can't really blame Swizz because he does have a mind and the consequences to follow those decisions he had made or will make in the future. Mashonda is more of a chorus singer rather than someone who can bring forth an entire album which may not bring her strongest point.
What can Krucial do? The only thing he can do is drink his cappuccino at the boards and focus on the album at hand.
@Clo-Fresh
Mashonda did have an album out which was called January Joy but probably was a February flop afterwards because no one wasn't talking about it. Sad to say it like that but let's continue.
What is Alicia Keys thinking? Swizz beats is not on her level, out of all the other guys she could choose, why him ? She left the man who she worked beside and been with for years for Swizz beats...what the hell. I thought Keys was smarter than that.
I am disgusted with Alicia Keys and Swiss...They are nothing more than whores...I highly respected Alicia for the things she promoted, but sleeping with a married man is a sin, and goes beyond crossing the line, however, I wish her happiness and many blessings, but I cannot agree with her or Swiss actions... Swiss you cheated on a beautiful wife, and deprived your son of the stability of a two parent household. I am only twenty, and seriously starting to wonder why people are even getting married anymore. People have no sense of commitment, or love for that matter. I hope really wish Mashonda and her son the best as well.