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Mashonda opened up to Vibe’s Tracey Garrud about more than just being Swizz Beats ex.

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When Mashonda sat down with Vibe’s Tracy Garraud, she came out of her shell and talked about Swizz, Alicia Keys, her son, her past present and future!

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MissBBL2Sexy/ MissBBL2Sexy

    Wow bet that was awkward! and Alica having his baby!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/quiet_storm41/ quiet_storm41

    the epitome of class. I love it. Much respect to her

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jordan_Mom/ Jordan_Mom

    I’m glad Mashonda has finally gotten pass that no good two-timing freak Swizz Beats. I like Alicia as an artist, but I don’t condone getting with a married man and I don’t care if his marriage was on the rocks, she could have had enough respect for herself and Mashonda by not consumating the relationship with him while he was still married on papers.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ljizzal/ ljizzal

    i’ll take mashonda in a heartbeat,she can be my wife anyday and i’ll make her forget all obout swizz beatz

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/worthweight/ worthweight

    Mashonda is my girl!! Cant stand Swiss or Alicia they are disgusting.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blazinPotPie37/ blazinPotPie37

    I applaud you Mashonda baby that is what a real woman do no matter if you are black or white. It sad how the kids suffer when adults are so caught up in their own bulls**t that they tend to forget what is more important at the end of the day which is that child or children. Just because men and women decide to part ways they don’t realize that your children respect you more when you can come together and act like you have sense and still raise them in a loving environment. Just because we get together and make plans to be together forever is not how things may end up being no more than you leaving for work and making no plans to die but in a blink of an eye that can happen. You take the good with the bad and as black women it is better to leave with the same class you came in with than leaving any other way that is going to have a negative reflection on you and your kids. Trust I know after being married for 18 years.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jordan_Mom/ Jordan_Mom

    Amen blazinPotPie37! You said something then! Preach to us young sisters out here who haven’t been married for 18 years and had to go through a divorce. I’m glad you left with class and I too applaud Mashonda, she’s classy unlike Alicia who slept with a married man. I know Mashonda was hurting at first and going through some ish, but she’s only human and loss her high school sweetheart. I hope the Father blesses her with her real soulmate. In the end, Swizz Beatz will be on the losing end of the stick and Mashonda will prosper. Karma is a b#tch and as bad as I hate to say it, Alicia is going to reap what she sew either through losing Swizz Beatz or he’s probably going to mistreat her because no man respects a woman that sleeps with them while he’s still married, she’s just another h0e in his eyes.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wonderwmnga00/ wonderwmnga00

    This is how all mothers and women should deal with the other woman, in a mature and classy way. Children should not have to suffer, the home is already broken, no need to have more drama for them to deal with.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Hellokitty111/ Hellokitty111

    Well said Mashonda. It is true, like any other woman who has been jilted they go out and try to fight, slash cars, get their utilities shut off etc lol but she was a real woman about it all and like she said its about her son and she don’t let anyone by her son no matter who they are. I’m glad she finally shut this chapter in her life so she can move on. And i agree with her how can a good stable relationship work when it was created through infidility? I agree with wonder woman below me that i’m sick and tired of parents putting their children through bs because they don’t know how to pick their head up and move on from the drama. I understand being hurt and what not, but why drag innocent kids through it and then we wonder why we have sooooo many screwed up kids in this world. Folks don’t know how to act like an adult and put their feelings and emotions aside.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovevon/ Lovevon

    My opinion: I can’t say I feel sorry for Mashonda. She is not the only woman in the world to go thru this. With that being said, she should have used her common sense and basic instincts to guide her decisions. Swizz revealed his character long before Alicia Keys. That was never resolved. Did he apologize for LYING AND CHEATING?? I don’t think so. He GAVE HER THE HONOR OF NAMING HIS ILLEGITIMATE CHILD??? Then Mashonda goes into a 2 yr depression. WTF??

    Swizz has massive CHARACTER FLAWS. He violated every vow he made to HIS WIFE. He treated her like a dog because she repeatedly accepted it. She SHOULD HAVE DIVORCED HIM WHEN HE GOT ANOTHER WOMAN PREGNANT? That was the ultimate disrespect especially after she lost their baby.

    But noooo, she like too many women don’t look at the big picture. I don’t know ONE MAN (esp black) that will stay with a woman after she got preg by another man. Most men tend to think with their heads instead of their hearts to prevent this type of pain.

    Oh…their relationship was over when he waddled away to find another woman. Swizz already decided then that he OBVIOUSLY wasn’t happy at home. So when he went to Alicia I bet he told her “I’m married but we having problems” or “I’m not happy” etc. He told Alicia whatever she needed to hear so she was comfy dealing with a married man.

    Alicia Keys is sc** for getting involved in that type of man in the first place. Swizz is just a dog and that’s the best Alicia could do?? That would disturb me that you COULD TREAT ANOTHER HUMAN BEING SUCH A WAY. What about his son? This situation is just bad all the way around. But women need to wake up! When a man stops RESPECTING YOU it’s time to cut losses and move on.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovevon/ Lovevon

    wow they bleep out the word “s c u m”??

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jmb3330/ jmb3330

    ill never have respect 4 alicia

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shortchoc1/ shortchoc1

    I don’t blame Mashonda or Alicia, the brunt of the blame lies with Swizz. He should have fully closed the door with the wife before getting into ANYTHING else. I also feel that Alicia should have at least stood her ground and said, I won’t be with you until that door is closed. Now, I’m sure Mashonda is not innocent in this. There were rumors of her infidelities as well. So, this whole thing holds so many sides,how could WE possibly cast the first stone??? The children in this situation is what’s most important.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kaikai7/ kaikai7

    Glad that she finally has made peace with what went down with her and her ex ,even if he’s moved on to another person. We all have to live and learn. He should have ended his marriage before moving on to another woman,but he didn’t and now he has another baby on the way by Alycia Keys , his new “It “girl. Some women think with their hearts and not their heads. She should have demanded that he bring closure to his marriage before continuing in the relationship with him .Whether or not he will do her the way he did his wife remains to be seen.Its always “all good” in the beginning. He was unfaithful to Mashonda before Aylcia Keys came into picture , and she remained with him, even after he impregnanted another woman during their relationship. I totally understand her wanting to sit downand have a talk with Alycia, because she is with Swizz currently and Mashonda and him share a child, that will likely spend alot of time with Alycia. Its good that she has emotionally moved on (at least I hope that she really has) because she was only hurting herself by hanging on to something that just wasn’t worth it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/INCOGNITO_30/ INCOGNITO_30

    and we keep giving men a choice…it just makes us look needy…do you want me me me or do you want her her her , stop the maddness, dont ever share a man, he has no choice, let his zza go….we always talk about MY MAN hes not your man baby if hes with someone else…get it? when we stop giving men choice they will stop treating women like tihs. thats on the real….keep it moving YOUR THE PRIZE…but you didnt hear that from me…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MizzSmoothChocolate8/ MizzSmoothChocolate8

    WELL SHE IS A REAL WOMAN…IM PROUD OF HER

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MizzSmoothChocolate8/ MizzSmoothChocolate8

    Oh anotha thing, Alicia and Swizz should have known betta…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ACEmusic954/ ACEmusic954

    yall know what all this means right? alicia keys is a certified freak. dudes always leave their woman who cant put it down for a freak. lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/filikavirgin/ filikavirgin

    @INCOGNITO_30 i love that ish. so true. these dudes gives us no respect. girl tell that ish. i hope these chicks get better that includes alicia.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sngwrytr/ sngwrytr

    I loved this story. I am a huge believer in not judging folks until you know the whole story and that is how I felt about AK, SB and the Mrs. I felt like people where jumping to conclusions that they didn’t know all the details about. I think Alicia doesn’t understand the consequences of believing ALL of a man’s story. She’ll find out. I think Moshonda was being fair and being a part of the industry, using her connections to tell her side. I get it. She understands now, what Alicia will find out later. I guarantee the other woman who had his first child, will tell the same story Mashonda is telling. The story that Alicia will tell at some point. It is what it is and he is who he is.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/digg_it_up/ digg_it_up

    she prolly had it good and messed it up…..as for swizzie he shudda tried and worked it out tho…cant let no other woman just come between you and your wife no matter what

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hazel_eyes_diva/ hazel_eyes_diva

    What if that wife has been caught with different rappers and ballers at after parties and she was married.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/darnell_thedream/ darnell_thedream

    I can kinda see the point, I’d want to see who is around my kid. But it seem like some attitude went along with that. Its his kid too, I think he can handle deciding who is safe and ok to be around his kid.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/supersoftball/ supersoftball

    This is how how real people handle things, there is no need for drama, live the n****r stuff at home. Mashonda can not help Swizz with his IRS problem like Alicia can. Mashonda you just make sure you do not have a bunch of men around that lil man, he does not need to see that. How in hell would he be uncomfortable around Alicia, we are not talking about Fantasia or Wendy Williams here, but Alicia!!!! What is Mashondas contribution to society, what does she do?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Doc-V/ Doc-V

    My opinion is that Mashonda is right, but she f**ked up from the get go. Women need to learn how to use common sense. I don’t know many men that will hurry and marry a woman who is still dealing with their child’s father in some sort of way. Then Swizz uses his son he had before Mashonda as a reason the marriage failed. He alleged that Mashonda tried to keep the boy out of his life. She probably suspected him of still being involved with the boys mother(which was probably true). In any case, karma is real and effects 100% of the people that go against it. My whole opinion of Alicia has changed. I used to adore her image. She had such a wholesome image before it was alleged that she became sloppy seconds to a philanderer. Men who have multiple children by multiple women are just as tacky as the women. I don’t care how much money you have.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackPrivilege/ BlackPrivilege

    I fugg with Mashonda after this…she handled this like a grown woman. Most women would have kept they feelins secret, made a million articles and blogs but never confronted the woman face to face. I dont think Alicia knew how to handle the situation honestly. With her being ‘quiet’, It sounds like she knew she was wrong and had nothing to say to Mashonda..admission of guilt…but anyway alls well that ends well…If Mashonda wasnt kermit the frog lookin swiss beats sloppy seconds I wouldnt mind smashin dat….haha

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ummnikki/ ummnikki

    No one knows the true story of what happened with this relationship but Mashonda, Swizz and Alicia. So comment as much as you want but I will tell you this…the law of the land is amazing! What goes around comes around. If Alicia and Swizz hooked up in a wrongful way…they both will pay. Women, we need to be more careful of the choices we make. I wonder does Alicia think her cooch is so much better that Swizz won’t do what he did to his wife top her. I think not…it’s in his character!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ceyisha/ Ceyisha

    YEAH SHE GOT HER GROWN WOMAN ON HERE, CONGRADS!
    BUT WHO IS SHE AGAIN WAS SHE A STAR OR SOMETHING OR A CHICK WHO GOT LUCKY AND FELL ON SOME STAR DICK? I AM WONDERING I DONT CARE BUT I AM INTERESTED.

    SHE RIGHT IT IS ABOUT HER SON AND HOES HIS DADDY KEEPS. YEP AMERICA LETS BE REAL HERE THERE WASNT NO GIRL/BOYFRIEND IN THE OLD DAYS BECAUSE OF S**T LIKE THIS, TOO MUCH DRAMA. I LIKE THE COURTSHIP AND THEN MARRIAGE IDEA BETTER AND WWE WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT ALL THIS OUTSIDE KIDS/AND THEY MOMMA DRAMA. 2 SETS OF FAMILY IS F**KING CUTE NOW. YEAH MY 3 RD HUSBAND AND HIS KIDS OR MY 2ND WIFE AND HER 4 KIDS. JUST DAMN SHAMEFUL. I KNOW WE ARENT SURE YOU WE ARE WITH BUT IF WE TOOK TIME TO KNOW, DIVORCE OR PLANNED AND UNPLANNED PREGNANCY WOULDNT BE A PROBLEM BROKEN HOMES NEITHER. I WISH YOU COULD TEST DRIVE PEOPLE AND PUT THEM BACK ON A SHELF. OOPS WE DO THAT NOW MINUS THE SHELF.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blackcherry77GA/ blackcherry77GA

    i dought alicia sat there and said nothing through the whole dinnner/meet.first of all u wouldnt b confronting me about anything.if u wanna talk to me then will do it over the phone. being a bitter x but she claims she isnt.the thought of yr man being with another woman do and will geto u.
    even tho u arent together anymore.and having the woman his involved with in yr face.isnt going to make it any better either.it takes time to heal from all that.only if there relationhip got more serious such as marriage then we can meet for coffee or something other than that cancel the family dinner.
    it just hurts to c the man u were with being with another woman.and im speakin from experience minus the cheatin now.just takes a min.but me and his wife are real good friends now.and i trust her completely with my kids .we had phone convo’s b4 we meet.thinks that better.and if the father love the kids like the mothers do.then u can trust that he want let anything happen to them ever,regardless who they are around!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1_Fine_Artist/ 1_Fine_Artist

    Even though this is as public as it is she is better off without him being around and lying daily about what’s going on with Alicia.
    A cheating husband and an adulteress deserve each other.
    He has other children overseas (London) and will probably continue in the future. He has shown it’s in his nature to cheat.
    No woman in her right mind wants that kind of drama in a husband.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AndrewB83/ AndrewB83
  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mj1973/ mj1973

    Well Mashonda I think that your a real woman that does real things and I am so proud that you did not do the typical…so with that been said BIGUPS to you Mashonda…Great things happens to those who wait!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/spiderette/ spiderette

    not for nothing alicia keys doing hers and making her before during and after mashonda and swizz beatz so she and her child will be more than good and got talent u live and learn and nobody has heard alcia keys side of it and personally if it was me im not sitting down to her nothing cuz u still got beef about what went down. no its not nasty but but mashonda trying to look good and if mashonda addressed like a real woman then why is mashonda blasting on the airwaves, sometimes keep certain things and ur business to urself and u can have less drama that way. but to alicia keys do u ms thang and take care that child no matter what

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/autohomey/ autohomey

    personally it shows how big a woman mashonda is. i love alicia keys and all but swizz was a out and out fool for leavin her for miss a keys he had a good woman and as far as being public about infidelity i didnt hear anything about him being unfaithful. he will pay not in this lifetime though

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Poegirl18/ Poegirl18

    alicia shouldnt have been messing with a married man PERIOD…i hope she rememebers her own song “karma”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sexycristal31_family/ sexycristal31_family

    Mashonda ugly
    they baby too cute
    she got an expression on her face
    like wth!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Floridaboi321407/ Floridaboi321407

    I read the article and it was kind of messed up how everything went down but who I don’t know his side of the story…but as far as who is she…she was with him for 10 years and she is a singer and she was signed to Columbia Records but I guess her career flopped and his got big…she did make a note that he changed and started acting Hollywood on her….so maybe he felt she wasn’t on his level…but I feel like she stupid for not leaving him the first time…she knew he was out there…I guess the only reason it’s a big deal now is that fact it’s Alicia Keys and that s**t is all in the public…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/scrum_cious/ scrum_cious

    SwizzBeattz has been making beatz, recording and producing doing his thing for Maaaaaad long. He been one of the TOP names in the hip hop Industry as far as BEATZ & producing music goes. Baby Momma still seems like she has a whole lot of DRAMA going on with her, & she still seems SALTY about Swizz & Alicia’s union. I think SWIZZ had a HUG part in what is going to happen with his son & present lady/fiance’ (Alicia). I think he had more bigger of a part in the “sit down” between the 2 of them, than Baby Momma is letting us on to. & on a side note if she wants to be viewed & looked upon as his sons mother RESPECTIVELY (not just a baby Momma) she needs to put some clothes on & “REPRESENT” herself as a STRONG, INDEPENDENT MINDED INDIVIDUAL. Rather than a desperate low classed, half dressed (not sexy), individual– seeking attention & fame.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ANONYMOUSENT/ ANONYMOUSENT

    SAY WHAT U WANNA ….. ALICIA SHOULDN’T HAVE TOUCHED THAT MARRIED MAN & SWIZZ SHOULD HAVE STAYED OUT THA COOKIE JAR …. KARMA IS A B***H ALICIA – i don’t see ya’ll marriage lasting 5 YEARS before he’s givin’ pipe to some young & up & comin’ piece in the studio while u at home with the KIDS ( yep KIDS ) then you’ll be on TV goin’… i can’t believe this ? why ? ….. he did it with u – why not DO IT ON U ???? JUST WAIT …..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ANONYMOUSENT/ ANONYMOUSENT

    MASHONDA STILL TIGHT THOUGH ….. I’D DO HER !!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/brandip77/ brandip77

    Glad Mashonda took the high road and put the baby’s interests first. He’s the one who will be most affected by all these relationships.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MyEyezAdoreU/ MyEyezAdoreU

    I think Alicia agreed just to get Mashonda to shut the hell up!

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