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- IRS lien added in January for unpaid 2024 income taxes: $1,242,984.
- Total federal tax liens now total $5,725,257 covering 2022, 2023, and 2024 returns.
- Business manager calls the tax issue "old news" and says some amounts are under dispute.
- Beatz previously cleared an IRS debt of $655,785 for 2009, 2014, and 2015.
- Despite tax issues, Beatz and Alicia Keys continue major art activities, including a 130+ work museum exhibition.
*Swizz Beatz is facing a mounting federal tax burden that has grown to more than $5.7 million.
According to the New York Post, City finance records show Beatz, whose legal name is Kasseem Dean, was hit with a $1,242,984 IRS lien in January covering unpaid 2024 income taxes. When added to previously recorded liens of $4,482,273 covering his 2022 and 2023 returns, the grand total reaches $5,725,257 in outstanding federal taxes. The Grammy-winning producer and husband of Alicia Keys reportedly carries a net worth of $150 million. Keys is not named in any of the liens.
Swizz Beatz’s business manager Jeffrey Feinman pushed back on the severity of the situation, calling the debt “old news” and noting that “there are certain issues under dispute,” adding that Beatz is “working towards resolving it.”
According to All Hip Hop Beatz previously cleared a $655,785 IRS debt in 2016 stemming from unpaid taxes across three separate years — 2009, 2014, and 2015.
Despite his ongoing tax troubles, Beatz has remained active in the art world alongside his wife. The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego announced it will host “Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys,” an exhibition featuring more than 130 works from the couple’s private collection.
Originally organized by the Brooklyn Museum in 2024, the showcase highlights pieces from 37 Black American and diasporic artists spanning Africa, Europe, the United States, and the Caribbean, and runs in San Diego from April 18 through August 9. The collection includes paintings, photographs, sculptures, and installations, all set to the music of Marvin Gaye.
“Giants offers an exciting opportunity for MCASD to participate more meaningfully in crucial dialogues about Black joy, resistance and cultural identity in contemporary art,” said Amy Crum, MCASD associate curator. “Many of the artists in the exhibition are already in MCASD’s collection and the exhibition will give our visitors a chance to experience them in a new way.”
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