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How terrible would it have been if I had come out with some watered-down version of who I am? People fell in love with the real me, and I still feel blessed that that was how the journey began.

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