Alicia Keys has finally picked up the $500,000 Virgil Abloh-designed Maybach that Swizz Beatz purchased for her as a gift. Beatz shared a photo of Keys in the car on Instagram, Sunday afternoon.
“Look who’s loving her gift now [laughing face emojis],” he wrote in the caption. “Blessings on this Sunday.” Busta Rhymes and Sean Garrett both left behind comments on the post. Other fans remarked, "After you put it out there she had to go get it," as well as "I will enjoy that kind of gift too and a lot believe me."
Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz first revealed that Alicia Keys wasn't feeling the gift during an interview with Angie Martinez. “I don’t think she liked the goddamn car,” he said of the gift. He added that it was “still at the dealership,” while Martinez noted that Keys doesn't seem like the “flashy” type. Swizz continued: “I know she was already thinking like, ‘Are they gonna be on me if I bring the kids to school in this? Are people gonna know how I’m movin’?’ [I’m sure] she start[ed] thinking like that way with it. She [was just] being very polite.” Virgil Abloh designed the car in partnership with Gorden Wagener, Mercedes-Benz’s chief design officer, before his death in November 2021. The car is a Mercedes-Maybach S-Class S680.
Swizz Beatz and Keys married back in 2010 after knowing one another since they were teens. Together, they share two children, Egypt Daoud Dean and Genesis Ali Dean.
Alicia Keys In Her New Maybach
As for new music, Swizz Beatz is still fresh off of the release of his latest EP, Hip Hop 50: Vol. 2. Swizz released the project in partnership with Mass Appeal for the Hip Hop 50: The Soundtrack campaign. The effort celebrates the 50th anniversary of the genre of hip-hop.
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