Alicia Keys Biography

When you think about music, beauty, intelligence, and creativity, who comes to your mind? Well, most of Alicia Keys fans will say she is all of the above. She has captivated audiences from black to white, young and old, old school to new school, and she's just getting started.

Born and raised in New York, Alicia was destined to make it big. At the tender age of 7, Alicia was introduced to the piano. She studied classical music from Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin (which was her favorite) and delved into such jazz greats as Marian McPartland, Oscar Peterson and Fats Waller. By the age of 14 she wrote her first song "Butterflyz" which is featured on her debut album "Songs in A Minor." Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Nina Simone, Donny Hathaway, were all her inspirations as were Biggie, Tupac, Jay-Z and Wu Tang. She took all of those different genres of music and rolled them all into one, to create a style all her own.

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Filmography

The Nanny Diaries (2007) ?. Lynette

Smokin' Aces (2006) ?. Georgia Skye

"American Dreams" ?. Fontella Bass (1 episode, 2003)
- Rescue Me (2003) TV Episode ?. Fontella Bass

"Charmed" ?. P3 VIP Patron (1 episode, 2001)
- Size Matters (2001) TV Episode (uncredited) ?. P3 VIP Patron

"The Cosby Show" ?. Maria (1 episode, 1985)
- Slumber Party (1985) TV Episode (as Alicia Cook) ?. Maria