Swizz Beatz Details Meeting Alicia Keys At 15: "She Was Harder Than Me"

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Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz
A mutual friend introduced them as teens and Swizz remembers his wife sports a skully and Timbs.

Fresh from receiving insider Hollywood stories for veteran comedian Kym Whitley, TV One's Uncensored has returned, this time with Swizz Beatz. He is one of the most awarded and celebrated musicians in the industry as his production work has reached far and wide. His longstanding career has rarely, if ever, suffered misses, and while he had been embroiled in controversy every now and again, Swizz is known as someone who is all about unity.

Swizz and his equally as famous wife Alicia Keys recently celebrated their 11 year wedding anniversary, and on Uncensored, he recalled the first time he met her when they were just teens.

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"I've known her since I was about 15. I was in Truman High School and her best friend at the time, she used to rap, she was in my class, and she used to always tell me, 'You gotta meet my friend Ali,'" Swizz recalled. The friend wanted to introduce them not for romantic purposes, but because she believed they would fit together musically.

"Months passed by and I came out of school one day and they was like, standing there. They was like, 'Yo, this is my friend Ali I was telling you about," he continued. "She was like, harder than me. She had on a purple Northface. She had on Timbs, she had a skully on. She looked hard." He said Keys wasn't interested in being perceived as a cute girl, but he still asked her for her number. 

"I didn't get it at that time, but I think I came back strong." Check out the clip below.

 

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Since 2019, Erika Marie has worked as a journalist for HotNewHipHop, covering music, film, television, art, fashion, politics, and all things regarding entertainment. With 20 years in the industry under her belt, Erika Marie moved from a writer on the graveyard shift at HNHH to becoming a Features Editor, highlighting long-form content and interviews with some of Hip Hop’s biggest stars. She has had the pleasure of sitting down with artists and personalities like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt ’N Pepa, Nick Cannon, Rah Digga, Rakim, Rapsody, Ari Lennox, Jacquees, Roxanne Shante, Yo-Yo, Sean Paul, Raven Symoné, Queen Naija, Ryan Destiny, DreamDoll, DaniLeigh, Sean Kingston, Reginae Carter, Jason Lee, Kamaiyah, Rome Flynn, Zonnique, Fantasia, and Just Blaze—just to name a few. In addition to one-on-one chats with influential public figures, Erika Marie also covers content connected to the culture. She’s attended and covered the BET Awards as well as private listening parties, the Rolling Loud festival, and other events that emphasize established and rising talents. Detroit-born and Long Beach (CA)-raised, Erika Marie has eclectic music taste that often helps direct the interests she focuses on here at HNHH. She finds it necessary to report on cultural conversations with respect and honor those on the mic and the hardworking teams that help get them there. Moreover, as an advocate for women, Erika Marie pays particular attention to the impact of femcees. She sits down with rising rappers for HNHH—like Big Jade, Kali, Rubi Rose, Armani Caesar, Amy Luciani, and Omerettà—to gain their perspectives on a fast-paced industry.

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