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SWIZZ BEATZ

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Kasseem Mike Dean (born September 13, 1978)<ref>Youtube Swizz Beats RockmeTV Video. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfJmw-3OyFo Youtube Swizz Beats Interview]. Youtube. Accessed August 2, 2008.</ref>, better known by his stage name Swizz Beatz, is an United States|American record producer and rapper. He is the founder of the label Full Surface Records. His songs are usually very bouncy and energetic, though his early work was known to be quite minimalistic and arguably experimentalâ€”it reportedly takes him an average of only 10 to 15 minutes to complete a song. In most recent Swizz Beatz productions, (such as "Top Down") the quick uttered phrase "Swizzy" or "It's Showtime" is heard at the beginning and is accompanied by guest vocals from Swizz himself, although often uncredited.

Biography
Personal life
Swizz Beatz is half African American and half Puerto Rican. He lived in the Bronx, in New York City, where he first encountered the hip-hop world. His father was Muslim and his mother was a Christian. He relocated to Atlanta as a teenager due to having too many fights at Harry S. Truman High School, there he started to DJ parties. When his relatives became involved with the Ruff Ryders label, he began to produce tracks at the tender age of 16. Forgoing the practice of using samples, he used real instruments whenever possible and tried to a... read all