“We want to lead the pack in owning our own culture and owning our own narrative instead of waiting for someone who’s not part of the culture to tell our story for us,” Swizz Beatz said to Cultured in 2018. Born in the Bronx, the rapper and producer worked as a D.J. before starting at Ruff Ryders, his family’s record label, at the age of 17. Beatz also happens to be married to Alicia Keys, the 15-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter who signed with Columbia Records as a teenager. In addition to their careers in the music industry, the couple has created the Dean Collection, which supports multigenerational Black diasporic artists. According to Anne Pasternak, director of the Brooklyn Museum, it is “one of the most important collections of contemporary art.” The collection’s first major showing—which includes works by Gordon Parks, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lorna Simpson, and Kehinde Wiley—is appropriately titled “Giants.” —Jeanne Malle

Travels to: High Museum of Art, Atlanta (September 13, 2024 – January 19, 2025)