"Alicia discovered her talent at only the age of four. So don’t get your hopes down, and go succeed your dreams.Īlicia singing and playing the piano () You think that people that live in the ghetto won’t make it big, well think again because if Alicia Keys can make it, you also can make it. She briefly attended Columbia University on a scholarship before devoting herself to a full–time musical career.
Keys graduated as a valedictorian from the Professional Performing Arts School, a public high school in Manhattan at the age of 16 years old. Prostitutes, pimps, and drug dealers”, says Alicia Keys. “It was kind of a cool spot, but 42nd street then was no heaven. Keys was born on Januin Manhattan, New York City. I hope the Alicia keeps on accomplishing a lot in her life and make the music industry a lot more interesting. Alicia Keys also has done charity work like donating money to charities in New York and other places in the world. In the late 2003 Keys won 4 Grammy’s: Best R&B album for “The Diary of Alicia Keys”, best female R&B vocal performance for “If I Ain’t Got You”, best R&B song for “You Don’t Know My Name”, and best duo or group for “My Boo” with R&B singer Usher.
Keys was also an “A” student through high school and performer at night. She took all of those genres of music and rolled them all into one, to create a style all on her own. Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway and many more were all of Alicia Keys inspiration. Alicia Keys is a very good role–model.Īlicia has accomplished a lot in her life. I think that she is gorgeous in the inside and on the outside. Keys was born to an Italian mother, a black father and also her maternal grandmother is Puerto Rican. She also has a lot of songs out like, “If I ain’t Got You”, “Diary”, “You Don’t Know My Name”, “Fallin”, “A Woman’s Worth”, and many more. Those CD’s are called “Songs in Minor”, “The Diary of Alicia Keys”, and her upcoming CD “Alicia Keys Unplugged”. Alicia has two CD’s out and one about to come out. She is a popular R&B/soul vocalist and pianist. A person that I admire a lot is Alicia Keys whose real name is Alicia Augello - Cook.