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Swizz Beatz Throws Graduation Pool Party for Son Kasseem Jr: 'Mr. NYU'

The high school graduate will soon start his freshman year at New York University.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Swizz Beatz attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.
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Joined by parents Swizz Beatz, Mashonda, stepmother Alicia Keys and more, Kasseem Dean Jr. celebrated his high school graduation with a fun pool party.

On Sunday (May 25), the superproducer recapped the party, which his children with Keys, Egypt, 14, Genesis, 10, and daughter Nicole, 17. Swizz also has an oldest child, Prince, 24, from a previous relationship.

Photos in the Instagram carousel showed Kassem Jr., 18, posing with his blended family and surrounded by balloons reading 'Congrats Kasseem.' While Swizz was the poolside chaperone for the event, guests took turns dunking each other underwater and Nicole surprised her half-brothers by attending the event towards its end.

"@yayachronicles gassed us up to let him have the graduation pool party ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ" Swizz captioned the post. "I said yes because heโ€™s been amazing and totally deserve it MR NYU ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝ I had the honor of playing lifeguard and the DJ from my phone ๐Ÿ˜‚ The last slide is my fav ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ Congrats to the class of 2025 ๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŽ“"

In December, Kasseem Jr. celebrated his 18th birthday by finding out that he'd gotten accepted into NYU. Swizz was named a Producer in Residence at the university's Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music in 2010.

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