Swizz Beatz is an American hip-hop recording artist, DJ, record producer, art collector, and entrepreneur. He is also known as The Monster. Swizz Beatz was born on September 13, 1978.
He was born Kasseem Dean and is Muslim by religion. Swizz is described as being of African-Jamaican and Puerto Rican descent. He has said that a DNA test showed him to be of 20% Irish ancestry [possibly the DNA category “British & Irish”].
Swizz is married to singer and actress Alicia Keys, who is of mixed ethnicity. Their wedding ceremony was on the island of Corsica, located in the Mediterranean Sea.
Is Swizz Beatz half Puerto Rican?
Swizz Beatz is half, Jamaican, and Puerto Rican. Puerto Ricans are the people of Puerto Rico, the inhabitants, and citizens of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and their descendants. The culture held in common by most Puerto Ricans is referred to as a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of Spain, and more specifically Andalusia and the Canary Islands.