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Home · Love & Sex

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Are Keeping The Love Alive After 9 Years Of Marriage

 These happy photos of the couple say it all.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Celebrate 9 Years Of Marriage
By Jasmine Grant · Updated October 23, 2020

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) have the type of love it takes to make it last forever. Today marks the music couple’s ninth wedding anniversary, and we must say, love looks good on them.

The Grammy-Award winning singer wished her producer hubby a happy anniversary today on Twitter, revealing that their love is stronger today than ever before. “I swear I have never been more in love with you! You are EVERYTHING.” she writes. “I am SO blessed by your love Happy anniversary my king I’m so in awe of the power of love.”

I swear I have never been more in love with you!
You are EVERYTHING
My best friend
My lover
My mindsharer
My life partner
My cheerleader
My dream increaser
My biggest supporter
I am SO blessed by your love
Happy anniversary my king
I’m so in awe of the power of love
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/I0tjlhXjZo

— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) July 31, 2019

Swizz returned the love with a throwback photo from when they first started dating. “Thank you for the best 9yrs of my life,” he writes. “I’ve never met a human like you. Happy Anniversary Mrs. Alicia Dean, my Love 4 life.”

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9yrs ago we took this pic looking like lil kids in love 🙏🏽 Now it’s 9yrs later with two amazing Kids and we still feel like young love. 🙏🏽 Life and love is a work of greatness in progress 🙏🏽 Everyday we should allow our self to grow stronger and better 🙏🏽 We must keep the fire hot by making each other smile everyday and continue to do spontaneous crazy ass things 😂 Thank you for the best 9yrs of my life I’ve never met a human like you Happy Anniversary Mrs Alicia Dean my Love 4 life ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

A post shared by the Real Swizz (@therealswizzz) on Jul 31, 2019 at 8:56am PDT

While gracing the cover of ESSENCE June 2019 issue, Keys credited her blended family with helping her better understand and value herself. “Man, becoming a wife and a mother, specifically a mother, really taught me so much,” Keys told us. “I remember clearly wanting to remove the negative energy around me quickly, and prior to that, I didn’t feel so drawn to do that for myself. But doing it for this new soul made sense to me.”

What we love most about The Deans is their willingness to compromise and continuously hold each other down. Take a scroll through the gallery of their love over the years as we help them ring in 9 years of love.

01
2009
Alicia and Swizz party it up in New York City.
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02
2010
Did you know Alicia and Swizz actually first met as teenagers? Alicia Keys has told Marie Claire U.K that they were initially introduced by a mutual friend, who thought they’d make a great connection as up and coming artists.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Celebrate 9 Years Of Marriage
03
2010
Despite the fact that Ms. Keys initially found the producer “annoying” at first, they eventually hit the studio together where she says they “had a ball.”
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04
2010
Alicia and Swizz tied the knot in 2009 and announced their pregnancy in 2010. The mama-to-be looked absolutely radiant as they hit the red carpet at the Keep A Child Alive’s 7th annual Black Ball.
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05
2011
The couple welcomed their first son, Egypt Daoud Dean, in October 2010.
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06
2011
Young love! Look at their baby faces as they hit the red carpet at the e “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” Costume Institute Gala.
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07
2012
Looking stunning at the 2012 Grammys!
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08
2013
It’s only right that a music couple get to rock a party every now and then. The Deans had a ball MC’ing the Monster Takeover in NYC.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Celebrate 9 Years Of Marriage
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09
2014
The family is growing! The couple welcomed a second son, Genesis Ali Dean, in December 2014.
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10
2016
The makeup-free Ms. Keys was naturally glowing at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards.
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11
2017
The couple was all smiles as they attend the Balley Collective in New York curated By Swizz Beatz himself.
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12
2018
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Celebrate 9 Years Of Marriage
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13
2019
The couple snap a flick with Alicia’s mom backstage at the 2019 Grammys. I think it’s safe to say mom and hubby were extremely proud of this year’s host.
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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
Baecation vibes are always the best! The couple reached their nine-year anniversary and headed abroad to catch some sun.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Celebrate 9 Years Of Marriage
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2019
Nine years down, forever to go! Happy anniversary to The Deans.
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Celebrate 9 Years Of Marriage
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