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The climate of today is not really focused as much as it was then on being able to speak about different cultural issues or different situations that were going on politically.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Composer
Musician
Pianist
Poet
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Record Producer
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Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
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