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Introducing Alicia Keys - Profile and Photos
Profile: Alicia Keys
This bright and accomplished performer was born January 25, 1981, in Manhattan,
New York. This very talented star began her career at the age of four with
a role in the wizard of Oz. She is a true musical prodigy whose multi-dimensional
gifts emerged at a very early age, her wit and intelligence are almost too
hard to perceive. Alicia will take modern R&B soul to a whole new level
of entertainment and ambition. Highly sought after by record labels, Alicia's
celebrity talent has caused old-fashioned bidding wars in her honor. Completeing
high school at 16, she entered Columbia University, and continued her studies
in music, writing and performing. In 1999, Alicia went to work with Cleve
Davis at J Records and cut 'Songs in A Minor'. This release sent Alicia to
the top of the charts and her star status was confirmed. To say that Keys
is a female D'Angelo would do this star a disservice, as she's an original.
Alicia confidently states, "I was born in Hell's Kitchen and spent a
lot of time in Harlem and was exposed to a lot of different types of music,
from Biggie to Nirvana to Miles Davis to Nina Simone and back to classical.
I think it was inevitable that I would merge all of them in what I do now.
Aretha Franklin and James Brown had real things to talk about and feel in
their hearts and that's the kind of music that flows through me." Clearly,
at such a young age, a long and ground breaking career looms ahead. We say:
This is the real deal, a bonafide superstar. Just watch her run things!
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