CA&E: I hear you. You really living like that - so you paid for the wider profile, sport kit, rumbling a boosted engine but trashed the wing. That's big! (Laughing) This car is already the lowest daily driver I've sat in, but I see the button right there, that's the racing profile, right?
Swizz: Right, it brings it down to real racing profile, but with the streets in urban cities being jacked and what-not, I don't drop it unless I can run it at a track somewhere or on some testing grounds of manufacturers we are cool with.
CA&E: What are some of your other rides?
Swizz: I got the SL500 brand new, 2002 Bentley, 360 Modena, Benz G Wagon, Custom Executive van with Satellite, Internet, etc, a freaked Denali to pull the jet skis and Cigarette, a TRex, a Harley - Shaq gave me a custom Cadillac truck; it's all the way custom tuned - and one of my favorites, a Z with aftermarket custom Twin Turbo. I got a lot more, but that's some of the favorites.
CA&E: Which is your favorite?
Swizz: It's hard to say, I love them all!
CA&E: Which car has the sickest audio install?
Swizz: The Custom Cadillac Truck has the most complete install. It's completely audio finished in every way possible. Plus the tour van with the recording studio inside.
CA&E: We're gonna have to catch a look at that. So let's go to the topic of the music biz for a while. You are one of the producers responsible for putting the Ruff Ryders sound on the map. Did you just get put on because you're family with the Deans?
Swizz: Actually, no I really had to earn my stripes, pay my dues. One of the good things is that I have been a DJ and into production as a teenager. I started in the business at 16, but my thing was I always worked hard. I'm still working hard. I had to come out harder than most cats because I was the nephew. I really had to prove myself and ultimately come up with hits no matter who I'm related to.
CA&E: I understand that you gave your uncle Wa (Joaquin Dean-CEO of Ruff Ryders) his Escalade EXT truck; we were gonna cover that in this book, but I never got any flicks. Apparently the audio is off the launch. What do you know about it?
Swizz: Well I contributed that for his birthday. We got a cream Escalade EXT with 23's and all Ruff Ryder's emblems; the Escalade emblems are off, the boomin' sick audio install of course.