According to Keys, when she met the Swizz Beatz for the first time as a teenager, she said she honestly "didn’t really like him that much. I though he was ostentatious. He’ll drive the fastest, brightest car, wear the biggest jewelry, the loudest jacket; everything with him is really over the top.“
Keys even said she thought that he was “so annoying” when she first seen him drive past a restaurant driving a huge white Rolls-Royce Phantom. Before she agreed to work in the studio with the producer, she said she “fought tooth and nail.” However, she said once they they did it, they “had a ball.”
Alicia Keys says “I think we’ve taught each other a lot. He’s taught me how to live more fully and I’ve taught him how to live more deeply.” We wish the two the best of luck with their marriage and family.
Woman on top: Alicia, who poses in a leopard-print gown, is married to the hip hop artist she once found 'ostentatious'
I didn't really like him': Alicia Keys opens up about her initial feelings towards husband Swizz Beatz in the new issue of Marie Claire