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EVENTS: ALICIA KEYS ‘AS I AM’ TOUR WRAP PARTY

Thursday, June 19, 2008

ALICIA KEYS & HER MOTHER

Alicia Keys and her mother, Terri Augello pose for photos at the exclusive ‘As I Am’ wrap party held at The Park in NYC on Wednesday night. The singer wrapped up her tour earlier that night at the Madison Sqaure Garden. Party guests included: Estelle, John Legend, Ne-Yo and more.

alicia keys ne-yo and guest estelle

Jeff Robinson, “Krucial” (Kerry Brothers Jr) & Alicia

alicia and actor Derek Luke Alicia and Janice Combs Jazz and Amina of Black Buddafly

Alicia Chats it up with rapper Maino john legend and estelle party it up

john legend and estelle Alicia’s mother & Diddy’s Mother

( Photos: Johnny Nunez - Wireimage / Splashnewsonline )

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127 Comments


1.

imD0P3

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Nice line of guests and as usual..Alicia Looks beautiful.I’m a first..

2.

MLOVE

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Say it ain’t so…..Is A Keys really a homewrecker????!!!

3.

Carmool

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Black folks together, music an summertime is always a favorite for me!!! Everyone looks great!

4.

beyonce

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Oh damn third not first,, well anyway Akeys looking nice!!

5.

complexndope

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

I IMMEDIATELY spotted Mama Combs. LOL.

Awww poor Black Buddafly. I seen those outfits in the window of the Rainbow store.

6.

MANDY

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

^^^^^LOL Rainbow still around?

7.

fransleeca

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

SHE LOOKZ GOOD SPECIALLY SINCE I SEEN HEA ASS N DAT TEENAGE LOVE AFFAIR MANYE SHE WUZ BANGIN N DAT VIDEO

8.

Original Truth (I don't care if ya get mad)

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia is so pretty…. she resembles her Mom with a different skin tone of course. Everyone looks good..I’m just going to leave Ms.Combs alone she does her no matter what!!!

9.

J. Lewis (www.lames-r-us.blogspot.com)

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Why are then two people sleepwalking in that picture of A. Keys and Janice Combs? LOL

I refuse to believe A. Keys is a home wrecker but she could wreck mines if I had one…

10.

SPARKLE OF THA HOT SEAT DOT COM

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Everyone looks nice except Diddy’s mom.

11.

ThatGirlLinda

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Looks like they all had fun.

12.

LuvsIt

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Her tour was awesome! I just saw her @ the Prudential Center in Newark on Tuesday. She rocked that shit! I have SOO much MORE respect for her. I loved her stage performance and her personality! And she looks beautiful in the pics!

13.

Sweets

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Looks like they are having a great time… I’m mad I missed the concert..
~Sweets~

14.

Sweets

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

OH and Janice Combs actually looks nice….

15.

MAI03

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia looks great..looks like fun was had by all.

Is that Ne-yo’s girlfriend in that pic? He’s always out & about with her.

Derek Luke is so damn fine, it makes no sense……whoo chile!

16.

Dame

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia is beautiful
Diddy get ur mom a makeover. Janice will always be herself. Love me some Neyo.

I read Swizz comment of mtv and he didn’t answer the question.

17.

STLCHICK

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

I usually love what she wears but I’m not feeling her fit this time around. Looks like J. Legend and Estelle had a good time though.

18.

STLCHICK

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ #9 I peeped that too lol.

19.

mrs sands

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

I wish they would stop it with that damn tan-n-a-can!! Alicia is just fine being light-skinned….

20.

C.U. in C.U.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

#2 umm maybe ts just me but Alicia and Krucial look happy to me… I don’t see a pic of Alicia and Swizz…. I’m thinking its just a dumb rumor

21.

Im Real

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

ummm no body gonna say how tangy ne-yo looks

22.

WHAT I FEEL

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

What is wrong with the chick named Estelles posture? Ok I know that they re-did her teeth and hairstyle…now they need to re due her posture or atleast show her how to pose for pictures cause she looks so out of whack.

23.

IAMDARKAQUA

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

WHERE’S HER BUST IT BABY SWIZZY!!!

24.

WHAT I FEEL

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Neyo or shall I respect him by saying GAYO needs to go and sit his “OVER POSING/OVER SMILING/OVERACTING/ gay butt down and stop putting up the front. take off the hats and just come out of your little gay mans closet and just admit it cause it–the way you OVER DUE everything is so darn GAY. I see Neyo and Tyler Perry as a perfect couple. Both of them always OVERDUE it when they pose with a woman and both of them know that they need to come on out of the closet and just be the GAY men that they are.

25.

jo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 19 light-skinned?

why do people refer to A Keys as black when she is clearly bi-racial her mother is white she is therefore half and half- why do black people insist on claiming everyone as black- just as racist as the ‘one drop’ rule from which such definitions stem

26.

Ladyssolady

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Derek Luke is sooo sexy!!! Hey, I thought Ne-Yo was with Nicole from the PCD???

27.

[₰]HANNON*ki[₰]met

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

everyone looks greatt!
alicia = Amaazing ..

28.

BEAUTY Q.T.

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia looks nice! Her outfit is plain and simple. Love me some Neyo! He’s soo sexy!

29.

Summer 08

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

I’m surprised she’s not out breaking up another family shame on her and Swizz !!!!!!

30.

Fran Gadson

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

everyone looks good - i’m glad mrs combs tune it down–i guess it’s true a-keys and swizzy –wow i was hoping it wasn’t but she hasn’t said anything. she could had usher or anybody why swizzy

31.

AmiJane

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Why do I keep forgetting that Alicia is a direct descendant of a caucasion female?
Anyhow they look nice.

32.

lala

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

why do yall keep bringing up her and swizz??? do you not see her up there with KERRY??? i was at the party lastnight and Kerry walked in with alicia and SWIZZ was NOWHERE around

33.

Juicy SuperStar

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

PUFFY - GET YO DAMNNNN MAMA…. I would never let my mama walk out the house looking like that… TELL her PUFFY… KIM… MISA somebody….. I HATE HER HAIR…. What does she have on her feet. Flip Flops, what is it. ARE those brown spandex pants????? OH HELLL NO isnt she 70 years old….

Estelle looks cute

Alicial looks cute

LMAO @ the jeff robinson photo….lol lol lol

John L - is a cutie , not my type but still a cutie

Neyo - is he really gay… I know he act like it but I saw the penis in the girls mouth pictures…

34.

Regina

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Swiss did answer the question!??!? & said Alicia had nothing to do with the break up of his marriage!! I hate how people always like to think the negative is the truth even when peeps tell you it isn’t!! Alicia normally doesn’t comment on her personal life so I am not waiting on her to respond. Kerry standing beside her holding his woman cheezing is her answer!! I don’t know any man that would have shown up with someone if he knows or just found out she was cheating on him or was sleeping with a married man.

35.

Kris

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 24…. mercy!

36.

Honey Girl

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 34 Swizz did not deny Alicia Keys Rumors, he just mentioned that they are focusing on that and not the fact that he still on good terms with Mashonda and funding her career, if anything he kind of brought up Alicia to defend her by saying leave her alone, he never really denyed it , he wasn’t even questioned about it just as Alicia hasn’t been questioned he was the one that brought it up just to dance around it.

37.

DIAMONDS & GIRLS

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

I saw Alicia in concert for the As I Am Tour…

It Rocked.

Alicia is Wifey!

38.

little one

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

that party looks so much fun i love a. keys despite the RUMORS that are going around, i know her mama is so proud of her accomplishments…

39.

Nottigrl01

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Ne-Yo is trying to stand in front of his date because he know that she looks busted….
if u are going to an event please get ur hair done, and at least put on a little make-up booboo!!!

40.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 25 JO

are you trying to divide us ? You sound like a devil to me..

41.

yeah okay

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Swizz DISMISSED the rumors. HipHopWkly and MTkOut are famous for twisting words and that’s exactly what happened. Kerry is STILL Alicia’s man, and if she had cheated on Kerry he wouldn’t have stayed with her. I don’t know ANY man who was cheated on who would be all smiles holding his woman in public like it’s all cool. I love how some haters used to say she was a lesbo but suddenly now that there’s this scandale none of them questioned it because of her (so-called) real sexuality that they so believed in until this. People love drama. Mashonda used an A-list celeb’s name to put hers in the map, she jumped on the opportunity cos she was asked about AK. It’s that simple

42.

yeah okay

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia Keys is referred to AS BLACK BECAUSE SHE CALLS HERSELF BLACK. That’s the same reason why Halle Berry is generally called BLACK. If bi-racial kids wanna define themselves as ONLY ONE SIDE of their identity due to their experiences, I’m all for it. After all, if she ever gets in trouble with the law she’ll be judged as a black woman.

43.

gg boo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 40/42 - I’m glad you all responded because hot damn that was a stupid thing for someone to say.

44.

I'D KILL FOR MEGAN GOODE'S BODY

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia’s mom looks real cool, but they look nothing alike IMO.

45.

Pretty4261

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

That is his ex-dancer from the infamous pictures. She’s not the most stylish person, but she’s cute.

46.

36+

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 25…Alicia has referred to herself as black in many interviews. She also referred to herself as light-skinned .. which she is. What I want to know is if you have so many problems with black folks why are you on this site? Seeing how we are such bad folks that are snatching and claiming any and everyone with a drop of black blood…smh…..

Furthermore, I am tired of you self-hating biracials coming on every black board constantly reprimanding black folks for calling biracials black.
Will you please spend this energy going off on white folks for privately “thinking” biracials are black, but publicly calling them biracial to appease them? Their actions are far more obvious than their kind words to your face.
Will you please spend your energy dissing white folks for isolating biracials from the white community altogether? When are you going to fight the real issues and stop slapping the only community that accepted biracials because most of it was through rape and humiliation until more recent years?
Finally, I am tired of you using the excuse that you were teased, bullied, jumped or harassed by black folks for being mixed or light..hell, everyone has been bullied or teased by mean kids/teens, so get the hell over it! Its life! Get some therapy and leave at peace with others the best you can!

If you hate your blackness so much, then call yourself white. We are not interested in anyone with these tired azz issues being a part of our community. The sad part is you self-hating biracials claim to be bred out of “love”, but you have more hate in your hearts for a part of you( black) that will actually embrace you and all the “love” for the part ( white) that wants NOTHING to do with you.
Let’s face it, you want that whiteness for the privilege and prestige….unfortunately that blackness is your eye-sore. You are a sad case.

Sorry for the sermon, but I have been wanting to say this for a long azz time. I am sick of them coming on here doggin us.

47.

Fed Up

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

is alicia adopted?
alicia has never been linked to anyone in the industry who the hell is she dating?
maino lol
bye haters

48.

Me

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

I love Her!

49.

Shellboogie

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Ok, Tianna please feature Derek Luke more often that is my man, I love him !!

Love Alicia Keys she is the hottest chick in the game !!!!

50.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

oh so jo #25 is biracial?

to all “biracials” there is no such thing….mulatto is not a race..nor ethnicity nor has a written history or nationality or native tongue….

so if you are not embracing a heritage you are a confused semi human being.

note if you are biracial A you were lynched with so called full blacks…raped by whites..castrated…had your stomachs slit open with a baby inside… just like us “full bloods”

lastly you are an 14th amendment citizen just like “full blooded” black people….Artificial citizens as opposed to natural citizens aka WHITEs.

So if you hate black people so much just go claim white …we dont need any self hating confused… negros of ANY SHADE within our midst….peace to the “biracials” who are PRO black like roger guenvarr smith….jasmine guy…mario van peebles etc

51.

carinnec

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@36

DAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 36
BABY NAW U KILLED IT!! RIGHT THERE!
I could not have put it better myself!!

52.

AriesRme

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

When is Puffy, P.Diddy or whatever he going by now will get enough courage to tell his momma “TAKE THAT GHETTO ISH OUT YOU ARE TOO OLD AND HAVE NEVER BEEN THE RIGHT COMPLETION FOR BLONDE HAIR!”

AK looks great party look slamming that is all

53.

AriesRme

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

lol AK took off them heels like FCK it I’m tired feet hurt…I aint mad at cha’

54.

*BAYAREA YAYAREA*

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

A.Keys is so beautiful but she still remains down to earth and isn’t extra at all.Her mom has to be responsible for some of her growth as a person.It’s always great to see family staying strong and having fun.

55.

Drake

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

alicia look just like her mami. TOP 100 yay!

56.

tiana

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

WHY ARE YOU ALL MAKING IT INTO A BIG DEAL.

HER MOM IS WHITE. HER DAD IS OBVIOUSLY BLACK. SO SHE IS MIXED.

WHAT IS THEIR TO ARGUE OVER?

MORE IMORTANTLY… DID SWZZ HIT THAT????

57.

Complicated_25

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Am I the only one who thinks Diddy’s mother looks a mess????? :-I……..Well that was kinda mean I guess….everyone looks nice

58.

Tatum

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@#46
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Chile you said everything I could ever think on this subject.

59.

BigRay

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Diddy, please tell your Moms to sit down bro’. DAMN PLAYA!

60.

Tatum

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ #56 People were not creating an argument about the race of her parents- that is a non issue. The issue came up when JO decided to tell the posters they are wrong for referring to Alicia as black or lightskin because she has a white Mom. Its Alicia decision about her ethnicity not some random biracial person with issues.

61.

cutie

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Well…I am black. Not biracial, not mulatto, not half/half…100% black. I know I may get alot of hype from this…but I agree with #25. Alicia, Halle, Mariah Rock, Diesel, Tiger, D. Jeter and whoseneva else…I do not look at them as black. I look at them as biracial. It irks me for instance when Halle won the oscar and they referred to her as the first black/african american woman to ever win an Academy Award. She is not black. She and Alicia both came from White mothers at that…not even a black woman. I must give Alicia credit that she embraces her blackness very well. Halle used to during her Boomerang, Losing Isiah days, but in my opinion she is slowly distancing herself. And if her baby looks anything like “Lucinda’s” daughter from the Young and the Restless (a mixed woman and a white man) then the baby will look damn near 100% white. I think biracial individuals claim to tend to cling to the race in which they are more comfortable around and that side of the family that accepted the individual more. If you have a mixed boy or girl raised in the projects or hell’s kitchen then they tend to “be more black” and will even date a bllack individual. if you have a mixed individual raised more around a white community, more of their friends tend to be white and they choose to date other whites. You do not hear white people referring to Halle and the others as white, so why shoiuld we refer to them as black. They are mixed…and its kind of simple as that.

62.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

a cutie i see your point

but its just not correct

mixed and biracial are wedge terms created by whites to perpetuate the machination of the willie lynch syndrome

“biracials” have been with black people in the field houses…in the fields…since weve gotten here..

first of all we are not “black” people….i am of ghanian descent….im not the same as a moroccan or a sierra leonian….we do not worship the same gods nor speak the same native tongue… yall will allow white people to make whatever labels they want…coons…spooks…mulattos…coloreds…african americans(rediculous term) ..so its only natural for the offspring of two different races to embrace a heritage..its the only healthy thing….being “mixed” is exactly that

confused and lost…

63.

PinkIce1908

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

36+

Spit that truth.

Ain’t nothing wrong with being just black.

64.

GladItsNight.com

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Angel I’ve been looking all online, can you tell me who designed Estelle’s dress? It’s some sort of African print or fabric…

65.

gg boo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

i just feel like if a mixed person and a white person were both drowning in the ocean and there was only one life vest on a boat occupied by white people…nevermind, i won’t go on, but race relations won’t be solved on this board or overnight, so everybody claim what you want. if halle sees herself as black, then that’s what she is. (hollywood treated her like she was). a close friend of mine who is mixed refers to herself as both mixed AND black depending on the circumstances. Funny how that works.

66.

PinkIce1908

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Thank you Cutie for your clarity.
The problem is not that these people are biracial the problem is that black people are always being dogged out for stating that the consider them to be blacks. We cannot forget that our group in this country has one of the most unique and painful histories. We have always had mixed people amongst us thats stood proud and consider themselves black. Keep in mind many of these people had black mothers. I think many biracial kids now have white mothers and alot of these white mothers set these kids up to believe the whole world with the exception of blacks will see them as biracial or a better version of black when that is certainly not the case.
I personally do not see the people that you named as just biracial I see them as black too just like I see my grandmother, great aunt and cousin as blacks and they are all biracial. At the end of the day we are all mixed, especially the average African American so its hard for me to give these people special treatment when the bloodlines are mixed for the rest of us.

67.

Jessica

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

A Keys looks fantastic and her mom is attractive.

I love me some NeYo.. Who dat chick he with?

John Legend and Estelle are having fun

Mama Combs looks ok.

Derek Luke…oohh yeahh

Haven’t seen Krucial in a while..

Where’s Jordin?

68.

Lexus 300

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Y people hate so much. Let Alicia Keys live she not a homewrecker tha evidence so add up NOT GULITY>. A pic says a thousand words Swizz Beatz wife was just tyrin 2 find somebody 2 blame. Kerry and Alicia look happy in the pic.

69.

Jessica

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Didn’t I read somewhere were NeYo has a crush on A Keys? I think they would be cute together..

I saw her concert in Houston and it was AMAZING!!

70.

da fink

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Thank Gawd Alicia got her looks from her daddy side cause her mother is not good-looking.

72.

jo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 62 so yusef x because a person doesn’t agree with you they are lost and confused?- labels created by white people blah blah blah
standard black crap- you saved the mixed-talking about slave times like you were there? you’re a fraud- i dont care how many x you have after your name- mixed race isn’t a race neither is black- there is only one race the human race- black or african american is your ethnic make up if someone’s ethnic make up is black, white, indian why are they just black? look at vanessa williams- european hair, white skin, blue eyes but she’s black? because of slave mentality- you want to know history ask yourself why were black people selling their own- the true self loathing is going on amongst black people you only need to look at the photos on this site and hip hop music videos to see that

73.

SAY WHAT:O

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia and Halle has called themselfs black before. my mixed friend calls herself black (she lives with her black grandmother and grew up around her black family) but when she’s with white folk she’ll say she’s mixed, even though she’ll change her voice (but not white.) Intresting.

A mixed person will call themselfs whatever they prefer, and yes it will change depending on what race they are suronded by. Why are some of yall (who aren’t even mixed) seem so defensive over this? why would y care if they or people call them black, white, biracial. are mixed?

74.

To Live and Die in Glendale Cali the place

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

AM SORRY
BUT WASNT` DIDDY`S mom a Prostitute? i mean she really knows how to look like one

75.

jo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 72

not all mixed race people change what they call themselves- that is just your experience- and if they do its probably because they want to avoid the level of abuse being dished out by others on this site- making people feel guilty over something they have no experience of- its desperate

36+ your ignorance is palpable-

76.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

JO

you are confused

Black is not an ethnicity…and what is an african american? why do you accept labels the caucasian created…smh

and the human race is NOT one race..thats another caucasian psuedo scientific theory..our biology is MUCH different than the caucasian

history check…SLAVERY was common…a prize for two tribes skirmishing WOULD BE THE SLAVES of the other tribe…BUT they kept their ethnicity…god..religion and native tongue… Afrikans thought the european white man abided by this same doctrine,…. BUT HE DIDNT AND DOESNT and is nothing but a semi human and extremely uncivilized deviation of the aziatic man.

Vanessa Williams is of aziatic lineage..RECENT lineage…so is halle and alicia

..whats YOUR heritage…whats your native tongue….what ethnicity are you…if you cant identify with those things or dont know you are an incomplete human….

77.

yeah okay

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

The whole “they’re not black” thing is wack. Chilli’s mother is native american+indian, her dad is east indian+arab, she calls herself BLACK. Why? Because the way this society has been built, only BLACK PEOPLE have accepted mixed people. My feeling is, mixed people define THEMSELVES, that’s their right and their job because they’re the ones living the “biracial” experience. If they claim BLACK then they’re BLACK. Tiger Woods is MIXED/CAUCABLASIANDIAN or whatever you call it, that’s what he claims then that’s what he is. I respect his choice. Now, Vanessa Williams is BLACK. Alicia is BLACK. Shemar Moore is BLACK. Halle Berry is BLACK. Chilli is BLACK. Boris Kodjoe is BLACK. Faith Evans, whose father is white, is a BLACK WOMAN. Kelis, whose mother is chinese and hispanic, is BLACK.

Halle’s mother probably gave her the best advice when she told her to claim the group that ACCEPTS HER. So far only blacks accept mixed people more than any other communities. But at the end of the day biracial kids are what they claim to be.

78.

LB

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Mama Combs actually doesn’t look as bad as she normally does. But, as far as her being ghetto—yeah, she is, and probably will be until she takes her last breathe.

As for Mama Keys, yeah, her daughter looks nothing like her; but she actually is a nice-looking woman. Her only problem is that she doesn’t put a lot of time into getting made up. I mean, that’s what AK was like, back in the day, but now that the industry has gotten ahold of her, she has learned that she couldn’t walk around all naturale for too long.

And as for the biracial/black debate, I believe that it’s up to the individual as to what he or she wants to classify him or herself as.

Theoretically, you and I don’t have the right to tell somebody else who or what they are. However, since we live in a society that’s hell bent on labelling people, biracial people ARE heavily encouraged to choose a side.

Now the reason why blacks are so senstive about a biracial person not completely claiming black is because we were told for so long that “black” was not beautiful and that being “black” held no value. So, while those ideas were pounded into our society decades/centuries ago, there is obviously a heavy amount of residue still lingering in our psyches. And because of that, many of us just can’t wrap our minds around biracial people—we don’t understand it, so that causes us to further perpetuate the “one-drop” rule.

Now, last I heard, Halle Berry considers herself to be black, because ( 1 ) she looks it, and ( 2 ) she was told that she was black, by her family and the other whites that she grew up with—so, “black” became her identity.

Alicia Keys, on the other hand, is one of those people who goes back and forth. I’ve noticed that when she’s around black people, she says that she is black, or when she’s referring to blacks, she uses the term “us.” But, she has also said plenty of times, in other circles, that she’s basically mixed.

Now, she was mainly raised by the white side of her family, so for her to recognize that her mother IS white is the kind of mentality that, actually makes sense, but unfortunately, blacks as well as a lot of other “one-drop” strong-believers find that difficult to grasp.

So, as I stated before, whatever race or identity that a person wants to claim is his or her perogative. I mean, you can call people like that confused all you want, but it is their right to view themselves in whatever way that they like, whether if it makes sense to the next person or not.

I guess, when we (meaning everybody, not just blacks; although I think that we may be the last ones to jump on board with this) finally realize that “race” is just a perception and not an actuality; and that “race” was meant to be divisive and not something that had anything to do with embracing one’s own heritage or self; then, there will be no animosity and bitterness amongst the people within our society.

79.

Shelby

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@25…she herself has said that she considers herself to be black and that her mother was always around blacks and had nothing but black friends and that her mother herself does not reallt relate to her white skin tone

as far as those comments about her being a homewrecker…please and grow up…I am sure that she holds herself to a higher standard and IF she did rerally cheat why is Kruicial Keys and her hugged up and looking happy since that is her bf

whatever A. keys haters

80.

36+

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

#74 : JO
I know you are not talking about ignorance when you just dismissed the rape and abuse of black women during slavery as something that has not affected current generations of black people! Lord you need a history book and some therapy!

You want to tell other biracial people to call themselves biracial to appease your fragile self-esteem and fight your cause to be considered an “better version of colored folk”. You ain’t slick…..it has nothing to do with the truth of them being biracial. This is about superiority masked as a need racial acknowledgment.
You are the joke and a sad sack of typical self-hating fury.
So please develop some black pride to go along with your white obsession. Hopefully, it will balance your simpleton azz out.

81.

gg boo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

it’s funny we are having this conversation…just check out the headline yall!

http://blogs.wsj.com/chin...-new-black/?mod=yhoofront

82.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@80 south africa needs to be dissolved..Europeans have REALLY destroyed that land …this is probrably some underhanded way to get in new slave masters that arent white

83.

Nothing But Love

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Ok how can Alicia Keys be black if her mama is white, how many black people do you know with a white parent???

84.

jo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

really yusef??? blacks have destroyed south africa what about the black president denying aids even existed- what damage did that do? or the corrupt black government keeping wealth for themselves leaving their own poor? stop arguing about a time you know nothing about-

you sound like a typical black american open a couple of books buy a bit of kente cloth and you think you some sort of intellect- taking it back to slave days blaming white people rather than taking responsibility- you can’t even argue with me on an intellectual level all you can do is insult me- i’m a nowhere person- if that makes you feel better- look around at the people your praising on this site- you call me self loathing i don’t feel the need to relax my hair, wear weave or color contacts

36+- rape and abuse of black women- stop quoting slavery like you were there- what about the rape and abuse of black women by black men don’t tell you that do they of they black doing each other having been denied women???
why do you think i think i’m better than black folk- that’s your insecurity- your problem with people whose skin is lighter than yours-
my esteem is just fine the vitriol in your post shows its yours that needs building up

keep telling yourself a woman who looks like vanessa williams is black as long as you do that you’ll have the most beautiful looking dark skin girl still wishing her skin was lighter because she is made to believe she and someone like A Keys are of the same background when one is clearly mixed- and lets face it we know the type of woman your slavery quoting black media loves to hold up high

85.

jo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@ 75

”Vanessa Williams is of aziatic lineage..RECENT lineage…so is halle and alicia”

really yusef how desperate can you get

86.

krucial time

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

shes a homewrecker and kerry is a throw off nigga, yall so damn stupid.. i heard there are some pics floating around of her and swizz. look at his comment he aint deny her once, she a freak she fuckin all them usher too

87.

sand

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

her hairline looks crazy big ass forehead

88.

Deezy

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@25 Jo, AK considers herself a black women. She has been asked many times, and that was her response. So get over yourself :-)

89.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

JO

you are the white washed willie lynch promoting type we are trying to get rid of

I never said vanessa williams was a beacon of beauty..i dont find her beautiful at all…. so what are you talking about…sounds like your inner subconcious coming to the forefront..if a dark skinned sister finds herself less beautiful than vanessa williams because of skin tone…thats willie lynch.syndrome..you are going to blame vanessa williams for the crimes of the caucasian?IMF and World Bank charge interest rates of 14%…white man still controls afrika via economic slavery…

whats a “slavery quoting black media”?

as for acting like ive lived through slavery…well the present couldnt be the future without its past…and past behavior is the best indication for future behavior…so with that said…the caucasian…mainly freemason devil worshipping illuminati members are responsible for the ills right now and in 1655..i time traveled backwards…because its a must ..if you want to accept tricknology and underhanded dealings greeted with smiles go ahead.

90.

blakluv

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@46-THANK YOU-AN INTELLECTUAL ! AND CAN I JUST CO-SIGN ON EVERYTHING YOU SAID-END OF STORY! LOL!

91.

lala

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Some people on this board are retarded…wow? Someone asked if Alicia was adopted? …I cant take it

Anyway…I was at the concert and Ms. KEYS is incredible

92.

Deezy

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Love you AK.. exceptional performance last night.

Ef the haters.

93.

algie

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

get it alicia. i am so proud of her. i hope she releases this show on dvd because i wanted to see it sooooooooooooooooo bad when it came to atlanta but i had to pay bills lol

94.

jo

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

sorry yuseuf i thought we were having a near educated discussion- now i can see your just another paranoid angry black man probably passed over for one job too may let me guess white people are out to get you, your the saviour of black american folk, you’ve read malcolm x six times? no seven.

your the lost one- holding onto a time and race and history you know nothing about- stop comparing yourself to slaves- its an insult to those who actually suffered

thanks for twisting my words- really want to do some research? start by googling robert mugabe, idi amin, thabo mbeki - see how nice they are to their own black people- world bank dictates monies borrowed must go to rebuild countries, thats why they’re all borrowing from china, because the chinese ask no questions they don’t care if the sudanese are slaughtering black christians- but you knew this right?

good luck yusef- i genuinely mean that- when you’ve got over your paranoia and start to actually deal with what’s around you- rather than clinging onto some utopia that’s not as black and white as you think

95.

TRUTHFULLY CUTE "HEY! I'M JUST BEING HONEST"

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

AWWW, ALICIA AND HER MOM LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND I SEE SHE HAS A TAN LOOKS GOOD ON HER. MRS. JANICE COMBS U ALWAYS LOOK LIKE A GHETTO HOOD MOM DRESSED TO GO TO THE CORNER STORE FOR SOME SMURNOFF A SHAME AND I ALWAYS USE TO THINK U WAS LIL KIM’S MOM, SURPRISINGLY NOT!

96.

UGLy

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

What is estelle wearing? I really like that dress that she’s rocking!

97.

Elegant Lady

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

The racial games and illusions that the world has played with your mind ever since you were born is over.Thanks to the genetic revolution in today`s science we now know that there is no such thing as race or bi-racial.Terms like White,Chinese,Bi-racial,Indian,etc., are according to science,meaningless,because for the last 10 years,Scientists have collected DNA samples from people all around the world and the results prove that everyone on this entire planet Europeans,Samoans,Indians,Latinos,etc.,etc.,even the 1.5 billion Chinese come from,are related to and are descendants of Black Africans. The world`s foremost scientists and experts in genetic research say that this new genetic evidence points to the truth, that we are all really black, regardless of your shade of skin,and it will debunk and rewrite the racial lies and illusions in human history, such as Adam and Eve were white,the evidence says, that they had to be black.Wonder why it has been kept quiet and you have not seen this on NBC? Because this new information shows black people in a new,inspiring,uplifting and extremely positive way.As opposed to the thugs,gangsters and angry ugly negative images everyone has been brainwashed to believe about blacks.

99.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

JO

and did robert mugabe come into power before or after neo coloninalism

i rest my case

100.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

what do you mean sudanese slaughtering black christians….are you talking about the dark skinned christian cush speaking farmers vs the muslim arabic and cush speaking herders?

its over water and has been going on for a millenia…dont tell me you think its so called arab black muslims vs black christians propaganda spewed by zionists in the media…do you?

i dont have to google about idi imin or mugabe….im well aware..the fact that you are telling me to google things means you yourself are a novice in terms of history and ourstory

101.

yusef X

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

jo

the article makes a few points in agreement with mine ..did you even read it ..because i doubt it

102.

jus my opinion

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

everyone looks nice…love AKeys….derek luke is fine! damn diddy aren’t you embarassed? you have too much money for your mom 2 be out in public looking like that. this lady has been rocking contacts and blonde hair 4 years damn sit your old ass down!

103.

Don't Argue With Me It's Just An Opinion

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

I usually hate all of her songs, but I think A Keys has one of the hottest bodies in the entertainment business hands down. I also love her personality.

104.

I got that good good

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia Keys is a wonderful person she is beautiful and very talented. I love her I wish she was my big sister…she is a great role model and ummm not to be rude but her and her mom don’t look alike i wonder what her dad looked like but umm…i love her she not tryna be something she not she not stick thin and love that about her she thick and curvy and she a powerful black women in my opinion…

105.

ChokLitFactory

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

@#5) LMAO!! You are too much! And yes Rainbows is still around, I saw it at a mall in Decatur.
Alicia’s concert was very inspiring and Ne-yo’s performances were OFF the CHAIN! SO glad we didn’t get stuck with Jordin Sparks opening! Congrats Alicia!

106.

Lakesha

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

AK concert in ATL was great…it was sold out…damn how this went from AK wrapping up her final concert to her race…I’m tired of ppl focusing on skin color…regardless how u break it down…she still going to be seen as a minority by the white man…

107.

whatup

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

Alicia Keys is the true definition of beauty inside and out

108.

Shonni

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

I LOVED IT!! I so want to see her in concert again. She ripped it up, loves me some A Keys!

BTW..Neyo is so damn extra! I laughed at him a majority of the show.

109.

Queen Dee

Thursday, June 19, 2008 /

To everybody talking about the Swizz rumors, A. Keys has ALREADY dismissed those as untrue. And clearly, she’s with Krucial, so what’s the fucking problem!? Stay outta her cat trap!

As for the party…looks fun. I ses she got rid of those heels with the quickness! She looked good, though. Who made those, BTW?

AK’s mom looks good and AK looks like her, just darker. They got that same nose!

She-yo needs to come out the closet.

Janice, I won’t talk about you since you’re somebody’s mama.

110.

Sparkle

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

If some biracial people have so much contempt for black people, like many posters stated, why not stay on Interracial Voices? Being multiracial is nothing new. Race mixing has only been going on since Adam and Eve. I don’t think most black folks give a damn what biracial/multiracial folks call themselves. Most of them act like we are supposed to give them some sort of honor because they are of mixed ancestry. Well I have dual residency - Rio de Janeiro and California. You don’t get more mixed than Brazil. The pardos (mixed) of Brazil don’t wallk around acting like they are a prize to the black race nor do the pretos (blacks) run behind them begging them to be a part of their group. Brazil is racist and white supremacist but you don’t have the degree of hangups that you have here.

I feel call yourself whatever you want cuz I ain’t checkin for you anyway. There are too many gorgeous, beautiful , laidback people in Rio for me to be trippin with the messed up head trips of most American people - black, white and every dreary shade in between.

111.

MC

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

#61 THEN WE GOT TO STOP CALLING BARACK OBAMA BLACK CAUSE HIS MOTHER IS WHITE TOO YOU MAKE NO SENSE

112.

ThatRealBlackGirl

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

Still can’t understand why Sean John Combs don’t like his mother!

I would NEVER let my moms come out the house lookin’ a DAMN FOOL!

113.

black luv

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

73.

To Live and Die in Glendale Cali the place
Thursday, June 19, 2008 /
AM SORRY
BUT WASNT` DIDDY`S mom a Prostitute? i mean she really knows how to look like one

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DEAD LOL MAN I HAD TO CONTROL MY LAUGH BEING AT WORK AND ALL. you cracked me …

114.

black luv

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

36+
Thursday, June 19, 2008 /
#74 : JO
I know you are not talking about ignorance when you just dismissed the rape and abuse of black women during slavery as something that has not affected current generations of black people! Lord you need a history book and some therapy!

You want to tell other biracial people to call themselves biracial to appease your fragile self-esteem and fight your cause to be considered an “better version of colored folk”. You ain’t slick…..it has nothing to do with the truth of them being biracial. This is about superiority masked as a need racial acknowledgment.
You are the joke and a sad sack of typical self-hating fury.
So please develop some black pride to go along with your white obsession. Hopefully, it will balance your simpleton azz out.
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36+ I LOVE YOU.

115.

36+

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

Jo…its official you are an idiot. Please go back to Interracial Voices with your tomfoolery.

116.

black luv

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

yusef X = i love you too babes

117.

suga D lite

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

Estelle you look banging, that material is native to Africa and the writing is swahili.

118.

jo

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

christ 36+ are white peple out to get you too? still blaming slavery- dear god- got it hand to you give black people authority and they really know how to represent themselves, tipdrill, 50 cent, r kelly- such shining beacons of the black race

”You want to tell other biracial people to call themselves biracial to appease your fragile self-esteem and fight your cause to be considered an “better version of colored folk”. ”

you may call yourself colored- im not- im not even biracial- but thanks 36+ please tell me that ain’t your age- go get a job- oh yeah i forgot- white people are out to get you- slavery’s still affecting your life- not affecting mine ‘brother’ i’ve got more opportunity than slaves could ever dream of and im not going to use their suffering to justify my laziness- or yours.

119.

HALCYONC

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

“why do people refer to A Keys as black when she is clearly bi-racial her mother is white she is therefore half and half- why do black people insist on claiming everyone as black- just as racist as the ‘one drop’ rule from which such definitions stem”

Whatever…she’s black…I don’t have time to get PC….what I see when I look at Alicia is a light-skinned black girl.

120.

HALCYONC

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

Furthermore, I am tired of you self-hating biracials coming on every black board constantly reprimanding black folks for calling biracials black.
Will you please spend this energy going off on white folks for privately “thinking” biracials are black, but publicly calling them biracial to appease them? Their actions are far more obvious than their kind words to your face.
Will you please spend your energy dissing white folks for isolating biracials from the white community altogether? When are you going to fight the real issues and stop slapping the only community that accepted biracials because most of it was through rape and humiliation until more recent years?
Finally, I am tired of you using the excuse that you were teased, bullied, jumped or harassed by black folks for being mixed or light..hell, everyone has been bullied or teased by mean kids/teens, so get the hell over it! Its life! Get some therapy and leave at peace with others the best you can!

CO-SIGN!!!!

121.

Alicia

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

im mixed/ biracial what ever you want to call me and thats just what i am i shouldnt have to lean side to side i love being who i am and i embrace it i cant stand it when i have to fill out a application and i have to pick either black or white to me im both

122.

kc

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

@ 120 the real alicia keys??? lol

jo has been saying that since ”25 and getting crucified for it

123.

ttt

Friday, June 20, 2008 /

we have a mini farrakhan in training on this board. Is the white man the devil too LOL @ 62

124.

EBZ01

Saturday, June 21, 2008 /

Looking like fun times….someone get Diddy mama. In Fallin’ Alicia was super fair….she been getting a tanned hue….she looks good.

I’m in agreeance with 61

But lol @ this mulatto/biracial/black debate lol who started this in here? smh

125.

k

Saturday, June 21, 2008 /

Aww look at Ms. Keys!!! She looks great even though she just wrapped a WORLD WIDE tour….She is still putting these other chicks to shame!!! Do your thing girl!!!

126.

CoCo Chanel

Saturday, June 21, 2008 /

ALicia Keys is Beautiful! love her!

127.

None ya d*** bidnezz

Monday, October 6, 2008 /

You all are driving me crazy with all this Alicia’s biracial stuff first of all Alicia’s mom is italian and irish Alicia’s dad is jamaican and african-american. so here’s an example what do you get when you mix iced tea and water together more iced tea same thing but the first thing was about food when a black and white couple have baby the baby will be black sometimes they want to be considerd as biracial but they’re blood is black and thats a fact. I’m black and there nothing wrong with that