Swizz Beatz has expressed his will to produce a collaboration between Korean girl group 2NE1 and U.S. pop star Rihanna.
At a press conference held in Seoul on Monday announcing a partnership between Swizz Beatz’ production company and local media agency O&media, Beatz told 10Asia that teaming up 2NE1 with Rihanna is one of his many goals.
A producer, designer, rapper, DJ, painter, CEO, professor and marketing manager, Swizz Beatz, one of the most talented figures Hollywood, is taking another leap by attempting to bridge the music world between East and West.
Through the partnership with the agency in Korea, Beatz will be producing albums from the two countries and assisting them on entering each other's market as well as making cross-region collaborations with A-list musicians.
To add to the fast-developing partnership of the two companies, they are currently training 15 soon-to-be artists to be unveiled in the latter half of this year.
“We will be making a ground-breaking announcements happening in the near future,” the producer noted.
A nominee of last year’s Grammy Award’s Best Rap Performance, he also has worked with major world-class celebrities such as Madonna, Bono, U2, Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Jay Z and Eminem.
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