Swizz Beats came on to the scene in the 90’s with his grimey street anthem New York City beats like “Ruff Ryder’s Anthem” and a bunch of other album cuts that MCs like DMX, The Lox and Drag-On lyrically massacred. Then he went on to signing Cassidy in the early 2000’s he produced club bangers like “Hotel” and “Get No Better” and many other hits like “Bring Em Out”, “Check On It” & “Ring The Alarm”, “Touch It” and many more. In 2007, he dropped his first solo album, One Man Band Man and has worked with music icons like Whitney Houston, Will.i.am, Usher, Bono, Lenny Kravitz, Alicia Keys, Mary J. Blige and more. His latest project in 2010 has been his website basquiatmusic.com and “Monster Mondays” where he premieres new tracks he’s produced with everyone from Estelle to Rakim. In recent years Swizz has let the public in on his personal life and the growth that he has experienced during his marriage and child with R&B superstar Alicia Keys. Now, Swizz has reinvented himself once again as he has become a painter. His first piece titled “Young Brazil” was unveiled in the first week of 2011 and is amazing. Swizz has set a tempo for Hip Hop, both literally and figuratively over the years and he has shown that Hip Hop artist aren’t just that. With this beautiful painting Swizz shows that growth amongst the superstars we look up to comes with age and that expression can simply be channeled in anyway you determine and that’s why he is one of the highlights in this week’s #MYOL News.
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