Shimira Jeffries 2nd hour February 6,2018 Alicia Keys Shimira Jeffries 2nd hour February 6,2018

Birth *Alicia Augello Cook *Born January 25, 1981 *Manhattan,New York

Early Life *Alicia was the only child by Teresa(her mother) *Her parents separated when she was two *She studied Classical piano from age 7 *enrolled in Professional Performing arts at the age of 12 *Majored in choir began writing song at the age of 14 *Graduated as a valedictorian at the age of 16

Beginning of her career * In 1994 she met her long term manager Jeff Robinson. After she enrolled in the brothers after school program *The following year Robinson introduced her to her future A&R at Arista Records.

Personal life * Maintain a secret relationship with producer Kerry Brothers Jr. from 2006 *engaged on May 2010 expecting their first child * Married in july 2010 *Gave birth to her son Egypt Dean in October 2010 Gave birth to her second son Genesis Dean in December 2014

Achievements *Alicia Keys won 109 Awards *Nominated 291 times *listed as Recording Industry Association Of Americans Best selling artist *15 Grammys Awards *17 NAACP Image awards *9 billboard music awards and 7 BET awards

Reflection I choose Alicia Keys because she’s a major role model. She’s really a talented person. She encouraged everybody to be someone and she also shared her love in many ways. Even though her life wasn’t perfect she made an awesome comeback. Alicia have an organization called “We Are Here” it supports existing non-profits working on the ground around the world. She also co founded “Keep a Child Alive” to fight off aids. Alicia did so many things to help people out since they don’t get help themselves. Alicia also helps girls rise and make girls feel important about themselves because she already know how it feels to be treated unfairly.

SOURCES https://www.biography.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page https://www.thefamouspeople.com/ http://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home