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I acted before I sang. And I did The Cosby Show, and things like that. But the music kind of came first. And it was a part of my essence. So I knew that I would evolve into this world.

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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Harlem
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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