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Parents' Guide to

Drive with Swizz Beatz

By Marty Brown, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 11+

In-depth car culture docuseries focuses on community.

TV Educational 2023
Drive with Swizz Beatz: Beats stands in front of a white sports car

A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

  • Drive with Swizz Beatz: Beatz (front seat) and his son Nasir (back seat) ride in a black convertable
  • Drive with Swizz Beatz: Beatz (left) and a driver with helmets on inside a stock car
  • Drive with Swizz Beatz: Beatz (left) and Nasir (right) drive through the woods

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What's the Story?

Drive with Swizz Beatz takes an in-depth look at car culture at a hyper-local level. Each episode, Beatz and his son immerse themselves in the car culture of a different community, from Houston and New York to Saudi Arabia and Japan. As they discover what makes each city or country's relationship with cars unique, they also see how cars are interwoven through family and community history.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
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"Food tourism but for cars" is such a simple and great idea that it's astounding there aren't a million shows like this out there. Drive with Swizz Beatz capitalizes on the visual excitement of specialized cars and trucks, but it also digs deep into how cars allow some marginalized communities to be seen and heard. There are some flaws -- the series claims to travel the world but mostly sticks to the states; and viewers' mileage on the hosts may vary -- but it mostly sticks with the loud and fast things that make car culture fun.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about cars. What is car culture like where you're from? What kinds of specialized cars or trucks do you see around your city? Are you interested in car culture? What drew you to this show?

  • What's unique about each of the places Swizz Beatz and Nasir visit? How does geography and community affect the type of car culture that grows in each area? How does car culture help give marginalized communities a voice?

  • Swizz Beatz frequently mentions the connection between car culture and family. How is this shown throughout Drive? What brings people and families together around cars? What are some ways different communities interact with one another?

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