However, their relationship was anything but love at first sight.
The couple met when Keys was around 14 and Beatz was 16.
I was like, ‘Nah, I’m good.
His lifestyle in the early years of his career was a total turn-off for Keys.
“I wanted nothing to do with that scene or with Swizz.”
“I was so obnoxious that I couldn’t even talk to myself.
The excess was a way to celebrate finally getting some artistic freedom.
But all that flash didn’t resonate with Alicia, who was never about material things.”
She wrote: “The more we talked the more I noticed how his mind worked.
Beyond the baggy jeans and arm tats there was depth.
He was so aware of what was happening around the world.”
Keys detailed what has kept their marriage so strong over all of the years.
“If you’re able to’t speak your truth, then you’re able to’t be yourself.
That’s a key!
I know that I can tell him what I really feel.”
“We live our life as our own bosses.
