Mashonda Tifrere Talks Swizz Beatz Divorce, Joys of Single Motherhood

By Amber James Posted Mar 3rd 2011 01:00PM

Following a very messy and public divorce from producer Swizz Beatz, Mashonda Tifrere is slowly putting her life back together.

"Divorce is terrible for anyone, but when it's public, it's over the top," Tifrere tells PopEater.

The pair divorced in 2008, after four years of marriage, amid rumors that he had an affair with Alicia Keys. Although Tifrere had choice words for Keys at the time, she is singing a friendly tune now, claiming the two women are "totally cool" -- for the sake of her and Swizz's 3-year-old son.

"There is a child involved that everybody loves dearly, so we make it work for him," she says. "People need to come to terms for the child, and we're finally in a really good place now."

Putting the past behind her, she's stepping back into the spotlight -- on her terms -- starring in VH1's new reality show, 'Love & Hip Hop,' which features the female side of the New York hip-hop scene. And she says it's "nothing like the 'Real Housewives.'"

"We're hotter and juicier," she jokes. "We're all living out our dreams in New York and sharing our passion for music and standing up for ourselves as independent women."

She continues: "I'm a single mom, and I'm making it all happen. I have a lot of stories to tell and want to share it."

As she steps into the reality spotlight, her son Kaseem remains her number one priority. "He brings so much joy to my life ... I looked at him this morning, and it's still unbelievable that he came from me and that he's going to be a man one day," she gushed. "One of the most precious parts of motherhood is watching him grow. I can still remember being pregnant, so when I look at him now, it's unreal."

Watch Mashonda Tifrere on 'Love & Hip Hop' premiering Monday, March 14, at 10:30PM.

Tags: Mashonda Tifrere, Swizz Beatz

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Thursday 03 March

By simpsonsimpmike

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Now that she is a reality "star" she will break up her marriage start boozing, dopping, rehab...... sounds familiar.

By RUKidding

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Did you even bother to READ the article before you tried to "make a funny"? The whole article was about her DIVORCE..........

By pjsfinestxmami12

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omg this looks amazing lo!!

By Don

This woman and her "I was used up and thrown away" story is supposed to be interesting in some way? Not hardly. Doesn't say much for the largely respected Keys and her level of judgment, but whatever, people are dumb like that.

By lvb

Its not that their stories aren't interesting, its just that these kinds of situations never change. Regardless of if the stories are being told by the wives of: ball players, rappers and so on, the story never changes.

WHY?

Because so many of these men don't want to change, and the women go into it young and stupid. I don't understand why they can't learn from the trials and tribulations of the women who came before them. Men can only get away with as much as you allow!

Monday 07 March

That's your view and you're entitled to it, but no, a story regarding a celebrity stealing a relative nobody's spouse is not something that most intelligent people would find particularly fascinating in any way. Your rather one-sided, broad-based shot at men is also somewhat askew, but I'm guessing their are any number of back stories that have led you down that road. Find yourself better reading material in future as tawdry garbage like this is not very important.

By joan

Who are these people anyway? Never heard of either of them.

By vernie

Check out the Country and Western chanels and am radio stations, they're BIG in that venue!!!

Monday 28 March

By anita

Mostly I think this woman wants attention and is trying to be like Alicia. I laugh. The book, the new album, the TV show, her women empowerment theme now. She needs to stop playing follow the leader. She needs to be herself and stop flaunting herself in men's mags. Not a good look.

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