WATCH: Swizz Beatz And Nasir Dean Discuss New Series, ‘Drive With Swizz’

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Throughout its six episodes, the hip-hop legend will visit different destinations while examining the area’s distinctive car culture.

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00:00 I want people to not make excuses to do their dreams.

00:04 I'm Swiss Beats.

00:06 My reputation as a renowned, multi-platinum music producer

00:09 runs parallel to my passion for cars.

00:12 My son Nasir and I will set out on a journey

00:14 to explore different car cultures across the globe.

00:17 How y'all doing today, brothers?

00:19 What's going on? What's going on?

00:21 My first question is for you, Swiss.

00:24 When did your love and affinity for automobiles begin?

00:27 It began in the Bronx, seeing cars go by that I couldn't afford.

00:31 This is my car, that's my car, I'm going to get this one day.

00:35 And then finally getting a Nissan Z300 twin turbo for about 6k.

00:41 My dream car at that time was the Countach, which I definitely couldn't afford.

00:45 But ever since I got the Z, it's just been on since then.

00:49 If y'all are both walking to a vehicle, who's driving?

00:53 It depends on which the vehicle.

00:55 Nah, he's driving.

00:57 So Nasir, man, my next question is for you, my brother.

01:00 Tell me, how was it like working with your dad on this particular docuseries?

01:04 And was y'all relationship more father-son or was it like co-star, co-star?

01:09 It was more of a partnership.

01:11 It was more of a partnership in executing our vision

01:14 and executing what we thought people really needed to take from what we were doing.

01:20 It was just very, very equally synthesized in a way.

01:24 Do you have a favorite vehicle and why?

01:27 Yeah, bro, you see, I like vehicles that people just can't get usually.

01:33 So I like, I want this Batmobile from the last Batman movie,

01:38 which is like the 78 Charger, but they completely decked it out.

01:42 So that's on my list right now.

01:44 How did this idea for this show come about?

01:48 It came about from obviously my love for cars for so long

01:51 and collecting cars for many years, winning car shows,

01:54 and then eventually having this opportunity with Onyx Collective and Hulu,

01:59 Jay Brown and Tata as well.

02:01 And we wanted to put something together that brought all of the worlds together,

02:05 you know, not just showing you expensive million-dollar cars,

02:08 which we could have easily did.

02:10 We wanted to show community. We wanted to show travel.

02:13 We wanted to show family.

02:15 We wanted to show things that's happening right in our backyard

02:19 that we might not have known.

02:21 And we wanted to educate people as much as possible

02:23 and let the drive actually be the drive.

02:26 Yes.

02:27 Yes.

02:28 And this next question is actually for both of you gentlemen.

02:31 What message do you hope that audience members gain from this show after they watch it?

02:37 I hope that they're inspired and they get up and know that you could find,

02:42 find your universal language, right?

02:45 Everyone is able to hear and perceive different languages

02:50 and everyone has a specific frequency.

02:54 So if you're able to tune into that frequency, into that golden frequency,

02:58 you could really, really just create something beautiful and use your--

03:02 inspire yourself.

03:03 Really, like, the biggest inspiration to us should be ourselves,

03:07 should be us growing, should be us watering our own plant.

03:13 My shoes, first.

03:15 I want people to not make excuses to do their dreams

03:19 because, you know, we've seen people build engines with their hands.

03:23 We've seen people print 3D print engines.

03:26 We've seen people work on cars for 10 years straight just to get it right.

03:30 I mean, that vehicle would actually not be for sale.

03:33 We've seen the discipline and the patience, you know, which I've gained from the show.

03:37 You know, we want people to get educated in different areas

03:40 that might motivate them in their main area, even if they're not into cars.

03:44 You know, so that's why it's a car show, but it's actually a life show.

03:48 Thousand percent.

03:50 All right, well, Swiss, Nasir, thank you so much, gentlemen.

03:53 I really appreciate y'all.

03:54 Thank you, my brother.

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