Swizz Beatz Recalls Sneaking Into Clubs To DJ, On 'When I Was 17'

'I started off DJing for the high school prom, then I started DJing the college parties, then I started DJing the clubs,' he says.By MTV News staff Swizz Beatz's yearbook photo Long before he started producing tracks for Jay-Z, Chris Brown and Drake — and before he whisked Alicia Keys away to get married on the Mediterranean — Swizz Beatz was just a skinny kid trying to make a name for himself. And he couldn't make a name for himself fast enough, which is why he started working the...

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