#187: Swizz Beatz

Today on a special bonus episode celebrating the 3-Year Anniversary of A Waste of Time with ItsTheReal, we welcome super-producer, rapper, professor, art collector and party starter Swizz Beatz to the Upper West Side! We talk Ruff Ryders, DMX, The Lox, Jay-Z, Roc-A-Fella, Michael lJackson, Eve, T.I., his epic battle with Just Blaze, Cassidy vs. Freeway, Young Won, Metallica, Atlanta, the South Bronx, Funk Flex, Alicia Keys, Summer Jam, D'ussePalooza, Woodstock '99, studio sessions, plaques, teaching at NYU, why he initially got into collecting art, artists to look out for, his fire truck, and so much more!