Beanie Sigel (Dwight Grant) was born on March 6, 1974 is an American Muslim rapper, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, signed to Damon Dash and Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records in 1998.

Beanie founded the group and label State Property as well as the clothing company.

Beanie Sigel's name derives from the street in Philadelphia where he was raised, Sigel Street. It is also a play on the name of the famous gangster, Bugsy Siegel.

Sigel's debut LP, The Truth was released February 29, 2000 on Roc-A-Fella Records. The album went gold and spawned hits like "The Truth" and "Remember Them Days" featuring Eve.

The album also had Jay-Z's single, "Anything". His second album The Reason was released in mid-2001. The Reason was lighter material compared to his debut album and introduced the world to his own rap group State Property, a band of Philly rappers signed to Rocafella Records.

A video of Beanie Sigel dissing top hip hop producers Kanye West and Pharrell Williams was released May 20, 2007, as part of the upcoming Beef Series dvd.

In this footage, Beanie says that the way these two dress is "not cool" and that they "might as well come all the way out the closet". West responded in an interview as part of the Smack DVD series, saying that although he is not 'gangsta', he is also not homosexual, and that Sigel should not disrespect him as a man.

Beans later stated that there is no beef with Kanye West. The Broad Street Bully is said to appear on the remix of West's hit, Can't Tell Me Nothing.