EXCLUSIVE: Alicia Keys' tax-shy husband Swizz Beatz coughs up more than $650,000 to get the IRS off his case

  • Music producer Swizz Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, has coughed up over $650,000 in back taxes which he owed for three different years
  • The IRS had three separate liens against Dean but has now released them, according to records seen exclusively by DailyMail.com
  • He owed money from 2009, 2014 and 2015 
  • The 38-year-old husband of Alicia Keys has a long history of tax problems: In 2012 it was reported he owed over 2.6 million dollars in federal taxes
  • The Grammy winner earned $10.5 million this year, according to Forbes

By Freya Berry For Dailymail.com

Published: 17:21 EDT, 4 November 2016 | Updated: 19:40 EDT, 4 November 2016

Alicia Keys' husband Swizz Beatz can breathe a little easier now the IRS are off his case.

The music producer has coughed up over $650,000 in back taxes which he owed for three different years, according to records seen exclusively by DailyMail.com.

The IRS had three separate liens against Swizz Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean. But last week the organization filed documents saying it had released the liens. 

Dean paid off $283,561.46 owed for 2009, $88,662.94 for 2014 and $283,561.46 for last year. The grand total is $655,785.86. 

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Swizz Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, has coughed up over $650,000 in back taxes which he owed for three different years

Dean and singer Keys got engaged in 2010 after a couple of years of dating and they now have two children together. Keys is currently pregnant with the couple's third child

The producer was hit with the liens for 2014 and 2015 earlier this year. He appears to have quickly handled the tax issues because he has paid off both debts, and Uncle Sam has now released the liens against his property and assets. 

The 38-year-old has a long history of tax problems.

In 2012 reports said he owed over 2.6 million dollars in federal taxes, according to lien documents.

Dean dismissed the $2.6 million as 'ridiculous' as well as denying a report that he owed $100,000 in New York City taxes, comparing the latter figure to the price of a plane trip.

'That would be ridiculous if I owed $100,000 in taxes. That's a flight from L.A. to New York. And if I can't do that, then I'm doing the wrong thing,' he said. 

Dean was born in New York and started working with rapper DMX and the Ruff Ryders record label aged 16. Since then he has worked with everyone from Beyonce to Gwen Stefani and Busta Rhymes. 

The Grammy-winner has been dubbed 'the best rap producer of all time' by Kanye West. He earned some $10.5 million this year, according to Forbes. 

Dean and Keys got engaged in 2010 after a couple of years of dating and they now have two children together - Egypt Daoud Dean, age 6, and one-year-old Genesis Ali Dean.

Keys is currently pregnant with the couple's third child. 

Dean is also in hot water for alleged luxury car fraud. 

He is being sued for $42 million by Metro Gem Leasing and Funding, which says it lent McLarens, Bentleys, Porsches and Ferraris to Dean - only for him and a friend to allegedly re-lease the vehicles to other people at a higher price. 

'People just do and say anything these days for $ Wow!' Dean scoffed on Twitter.

'$42million? What am I buying, spaceships?'

  

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