Swizz Beatz's wife, Mashonda, recently confirmed that their separation was due to Swizz's relationship with singer, Alicia Keys, but he never responded or went public with their relationship...until now. Just last week, our girl, Necole Bitchie let the cat out of the bag and said that he was talking about Alicia on his remix of Drake's "Best I Ever Had", but he finally confirmed this to the NY Daily News in his own words:

"But we're nowhere near ready for a baby or a ring," laughs Swizz, aka Kasseem Dean. "This whole song is not about Alicia. The part about her cooking breakfast for me naked - she never done that for me." Damn.

Swizz didn't want to talk about Keys till now because, he says, "What we have is so precious." He also felt it would aggravate Mashonda, who's also a singer.

He may have been right. "When he told Mashonda he was dating Alicia, I think she got jealous," says a friend of the couple.

Having filed for divorce in February, Mashonda is seeking interim support for their 2-year-old son, Kasseem Jr., arguing that Swizz has slashed his payments.

"He's been tightening the screws on her," says a friend of Mashonda. "It's becoming intolerable.  Meanwhile, she's seen the charges for jewelry he's bought Alicia in France."

Wow.

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