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Alicia Keys Stands By Swizz Beatz Amidst Cheating Allegations

By | Published on September 14, 2011
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Grammy winning singer/songwriter Alicia Keys and her hip-hop producer husband Swizz Beatz appear to maintain a united front amid cheating allegations directed towards Swizz.

According to Bossip.com, Swizz was caught up in a very heated texting exchange with aspiring singer Christina Elizabeth just weeks before joining his wife for fashion week. The exchange was fairly telling and often involved Swizz promising to fly Christina to one of his many tour dates or explicitly requesting various sexual favors.

Christina Elizabeth, who is 23 years of age, reportedly met Beatz back in 2007 during a birthday party for Solange Knowles. Apparently the two have been in continual contact given that she was also cited as one of the contributing factors to his divorce to ex-wife Mashonda.

Allegedly Ms. Elizabeth recently lost her phone which left evidence of her messaging in the wrong hands.

Although Swizz offered little explanation amid the damming evidence; he and Alicia took to their respective twitter accounts to denounce the rumors.

Alicia wrote;
“Haaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! Some things are just LAUGHABLE!!!!!! Now, Let’s Continue to SHINE!! Everything else is a waste of time!! Sending love!”

While Swizz chimed in;

“Wow people sure do take things far with the BS. Lmao (laughing my a– off)! If people put the same time into positive things the same as they do negative BS the world would be a better place! #peopleneedhelp”

Alicia also wished her hubby a happy birthday 33rd birthday;

“Happy Birthday to the most INCREDIBLE man I know!!!!! @therealswizzz !!! To A life of ENDLESS shining between us! ;-)”

So what do you think? Is Swizz Beatz yet again leaning towards his cheating ways? Or are these allegations simple tabloid gossip that he and Alicia clearly squashed with their supportive statements?

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