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When I was a kid I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one.

Alicia Keys

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Poet
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Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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