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I was so deeply involved in music, I had already outgrown all the pressure of high school cliques and gossip.
Alicia Keys
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Alicia Keys
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 24
Actor
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Musician
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Harlem
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Alicia J. Augello Cook
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