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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
Art Collector
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Poet
Presenter
Record Producer
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Harlem
New York
Alicia J. Augello Cook
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Issues
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Speak
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Politically

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