Alicia Keys: My Motivation and Inspiration

100 Women by BBC

Nov 28, 201622:59Society & Culture

Alicia Keys started writing music at 15 years of age and her first album, recorded when she was only 19, won a record five Grammy awards. She talks about growing up in New York's Hell Kitchen, her determination not to be...

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