Artist

Swizz Beatz

Wins

Nominations

About Swizz Beatz

"There's no wrong way of doing art. It's an expression of the individual."

Born Kasseem Dean on Aug. 30, 1978 in New York City
Having moved to Atlanta where some of his family worked with Ruff Ryders Entertainment, Swizz Beatz started to DJ and produce, selling his first-ever beat to DMX for "Ruff Ryders' Anthem."
First nominated with Jay-Z two years before, the pair won Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group at the 53rd GRAMMY Awards for 2009's "On To The Next One."
In 2018 the couple Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys received P&E Wing honors for their contributions to music.
He was the first Global Ambassador for New York City's Health and Hospitals Corporation, has performed fundraisers for many groups including American Cancer Society, Boost Mobile RockCorps as well as for the Bronx Charter School for the Arts, and he is active with the HIV/AIDS charity that Keys co-founded, Keep A Child Alive.
In 2018 Swizz Beatz was featured as part of the Recording Academy's "We Are Music," campaign, which was designed to showcase the creators the Academy represents.

Year	Award	Artists	Work	All Nominees
2023	Album Of The Year	Mary J. Blige	Good Morning Gorgeous (Deluxe)	All Nominees
2022	Best Rap Song	Jay Z, Swizz Beatz, Michael Forno, Nas, DMX	Bath Salts	All Nominees
2022	Album Of The Year	Kanye West	Donda	All Nominees
2017	Best Rap Song	Chancelor Bennett, Ross Birchard, Ernest Brown, Andrew Dawson, Swizz Beatz, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein, Kejuan Havoc Muchita, Patrick Reynolds, Kanye West, Cydel Young, Malik Yusef Jones	Famous	All Nominees
2017	Best Rap Song	Chancelor Bennett, Swizz Beatz, Mike Dean, Kirk Franklin, Noah Goldstein, Samuel Griesemer, Terius "The Dream" Nash, Jerome Potter, Kelly Price, Nico "Donnie Trumpet" Segal, Derek Watkins, Kanye West, Cydel Young, Malik Yusef Jones	Ultralight Beam	All Nominees
2011	Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Drake, Swizz Beatz	Fancy	All Nominees
2011	Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group	Jay Z, Swizz Beatz	On To The Next One	All Nominees
2011	Best Rap Song	Jay Z, J. Chaton, Swizz Beatz	On To The Next One	All Nominees
2009	Album Of The Year	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III	All Nominees