“For so long, I was trying to figure out who I was,” she explains. It seems as if she’s come into her own as a woman. But if you leave it up to her (and the title of her new album), she is simply just “Alicia.”Īs Keys grows older, she radiates zen. And yes, she’s taken that trusty piano along for the ride.Īlong with being a 15-time Grammy Award winner, Keys is an actress, a former coach for The Voice, an advocate for women’s equality through her She Is The Music non-profit, an author, an activist (she is the co-founder of Keep A Child Alive and recently announced a $1 billion fund for Black-owned businesses), a wife to fellow music shapeshifter Swizz Beatz, and a mother to two sons. As her 2007 single suggests, she is a bonafide “Superwoman.” Nearly two decades after the release of 2001’s critically lauded debut album Songs In A Minor, the artist leapt from the streets of her native Hell’s Kitchen, NY to become one of the music industry’s most prolific figures. We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.Īlicia Keys has come a long way from taking classical piano lessons as a kid.

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