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Alicia Keys Hits Back at Racist Comments
17 April 2008
An angry Alicia Keys has hit back at US magazine 'Blender' after they allegedly misrepresented her in an article.
Keys claims that the article makes out that she is racist and accusing the government of conspiring against black Americans. The 'No One' singer has released a statement to put the record straight.
"Anyone who knows me and my character, knows that I am not a conspiracy theorist or, by implication, a racist," the statement reads.
'Blender' quoted Alicia as saying that "Gangsta rap was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. Gangsta rap didn't exist."
Feeling she was misrepresented by these comments, Keys said, "The point that I was trying to make was that the term 'gangsta rap' was over-sloganised (sic) by some of the media causing reactions that were not always positive."
Keys also commented on a nickname given to her by friends, 'AK-47', which is also a type of gun, of which she wears a pendant around her neck.
"Regarding the AK-47 reference, AK-47 is a nickname given to me by some of my friends in jest, as an acronym for Alicia Keys and a metaphor for wowing people with my music and performances, 'killing 'em dead' on stage'. The reference was in no way meant to have a literal, political or negative connotation."
"The recent implications about me are too radical and too dramatic a departure from whom I have continually demonstrated myself to be," Keys concluded. "I work so hard and give so much of myself to bring about positive change to this world, and I only wish those efforts received as much press and attention as the misinterpretations of the 'Blender' article."
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