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Alicia Keys And Swizz Beatz Gush Over Son During Roller-Skating-Birthday Party

Alicia Keys And Swizz Beatz Celebrate Son’s Birthday
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By Danielle Kwateng-Clark · Updated October 24, 2020

Alicia Keys is a roller skating mama! 

On Tuesday, the singer celebrated her youngest son’s birthday with a family roller skating trip in Newark, NJ. Keys and husband, Swizz Beatz’s son Genesis Ali Dean turned 3 years old on Dec 27. 

Caption this! #meandmybae celebrating our baby boy’s bday!! πŸŽ‚ πŸŽ‚ πŸŽ‚

A post shared by Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) on Dec 27, 2017 at 2:26pm PST

Remember you had these skates that went on top of your sneaker back in the day!??? 🀣🀣 Our sweet Genesis skating into his 3rd year of life!! You are so powerful and precious! We cherish every moment with you!! We love you endlessly! Happy birthday!! 🎁🎊🎈😘😘😘

A post shared by Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) on Dec 27, 2017 at 2:28pm PST

For the fun night, the happy family strapped on roller skates and showed off their moves, spinning in circles around the floor. Keys was wearing skates that lit up, similar to the ones Prince was said to wear during his legendary skate sessions. Beatz β€”who has shared video of him skating beforeβ€” was especially talented, doing dance moves on the rink.

Man if it’s not about good vibes count me way out!!!!! 2018 let’s have more fun and still make History !!!!! Thanks Newark for showing super love to me and my fam today love y’all πŸ™πŸ½πŸ™πŸ½πŸ™πŸ½ #branchbrook

A post shared by therealswizzz (@therealswizzz) on Dec 26, 2017 at 7:39pm PST

Over the weekend, the Dean family celebrated Christmas in New York City with a large dinner and games. Swizz shared video of the family playing musical chairs on Tuesday where he was the DJ. 

Let’s play music with the chairs πŸ•ΊπŸ½πŸ’ƒπŸ½ The Deans Holiday Vibes πŸ™πŸ½πŸ™πŸ½πŸ™πŸ½βš‘οΈβš‘οΈβš‘οΈβš‘οΈβš‘οΈβš‘οΈβš‘οΈβš‘οΈπŸš€πŸš€πŸš€

A post shared by therealswizzz (@therealswizzz) on Dec 25, 2017 at 6:13pm PST

“If we’re not having fun and enjoying our time that we have on this earth, then what are we doing it for?,” Beatz told ESSENCE about his first skating video that went viral. “I love skating and I love music, and I love to have fun on my down time.”

“Just let your shoulders down, that’s what that message is about, let your shoulders down and celebrate yourself. I just graduated, and I was just reminiscing and just vibing, I was just in a good space and I just wanted to share that space with everyone.” 

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