{"id":91282,"date":"2024-07-09T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/how-swizz-beatz-climbed-to-the-top-of-saudi-arabias-camel-racing-scene\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T17:57:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T17:57:06","slug":"how-swizz-beatz-climbed-to-the-top-of-saudi-arabias-camel-racing-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/how-swizz-beatz-climbed-to-the-top-of-saudi-arabias-camel-racing-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"How Swizz Beatz Climbed to the Top of Saudi Arabia\u2019s Camel Racing Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As the Arabian Peninsula\u2019s fastest camels galloped around a track in the Saudi desert, Kasseem Dean, a Grammy Award-winning hip-hop producer from the Bronx, watched nervously from an air-conditioned V.I.P. viewing hall.<\/p>\n

Waiters in black vests plied the crowd with lemonade and red velvet cupcakes. Women in sundresses milled around off-white sofas, sipping fizzy mocktails.<\/p>\n

Though the camels sprinting past were the main event, Mr. Dean, better known as Swizz Beatz, felt as if all eyes in the room were on him \u2014 one of the newest competitors in Saudi Arabia\u2019s deep-pocketed camel racing scene. Four years since he entered and won his first race, he has spent millions of dollars to buy 48 racing camels, ascending into the most elite circles of the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you discover it, you enter into a whole other world,\u201d said Mr. Dean, 45, whose team of camels, \u201cSaudi Bronx,\u201d has won trophies across the region and deepened his attachment to the kingdom, which he first visited in 2006.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n