Swizz Beatz is not just prepping his new album’s release. He’s also recovering from meningitis.
“I [was] up for four days straight,” he told MTV of his illness. “I was paralyzed from my legs down. I was twisted. I was f—ed up! … N—as call me ‘The Monster’ because how I work in the studio so hard. I can’t do it no more. I gotta be on the schedule but still be able to do what I have to do. I just gotta invest in my health right now. That day I went in the hospital changed my whole life. I could have came out in a wheelchair.”
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According to the producer turned rapper, he has changed his life because of this.
“My immune system was low from not eating right. But I wasn’t paying no attention. I’m going to the crib and I had a hard time getting out of my truck. I get out of the seat and I’m damn near limping. I was barely making it up my steps. I damn near fell in the bed and my wife was like, ‘You have to go to the doctor immediately.’ They had to carry me downstairs … got to the hospital, they stuck a needle in my spine. I escaped some sh–. That changed my life, trust me. I’m happy to be able to run around with my son. Imagine I couldn’t even run around with my kids? God gave me one more chance to get my sh– right.”
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He is also working on the video for his latest single “Here Comes Big Money” which features Kanye West.
“Kanye went out his way to give me a verse…He called me about it. I didn’t have to bug him. It was cool. [Turning him down,] I think that would have been rude. If Coldplay could have been on the album, Kanye could be on the album. I’m honored to know he felt my sh– is hot to even wanna rock with me like that. He could have made it competition, but he’s like, ‘Yo, Swizzy, I got you, let’s get ’em.’ “
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Swizz is also working on Cassidy‘s album, as well as production work for others such as 50 Cent and Madonna.
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