Swizz Beatz Recalls Being Swindled Out of $800K By Former Lawyer

When Vlad informed Swizz Beatz that Sir MixaLot's popular track "Baby Got Back" has made over $100 million since it's release in 1992, he wasn't surprised. "I don't think people realize that type of money can be made, period," Swizz states. "For an artist like Sir MixaLot to be the conversation in 2014, it shows you how powerful music is."

Swizz Beatz knows the power of music all too well. Since his early days at Ruff Ryders Entertainment, the 36-year-old has seen most of the ups and downs in the music industry- and unfortunately some of the down times had him losing out on rightfully-earned pay. During his time at Ruff Ryders, Swizz was in his late teens/early twenties and making a big name for himself. The producer remembers a time when a friend of his from ASCAP congratulated him on making $800,000, which was money Mr. Dean never got to see.

"Come to find out, we had this particular lawyer working with us," Swizz Beatz began, stating that while he received little to nothing in the mail at his mother's home, "all the real stuff was going to this particular person," who decided to divvy up the money how he saw fit. "A lot of these people that we feel are in power to protect us, [are] really abusing the power to protect us. And since then I've been on a different type of mission, man."

Swizz, who says he won't expose the lawyer because "people change in their life" ultimately just wanted to "lay him down" but realized then that he just needed to watch the company he kept. "From that point on I knew to pay attention to certain things."

Watch on as Swizz talks more about the experience and admits that he still has some growing to do in this exclusive clip.