Alicia Augello Cook, known by the pseudonym Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. An accomplished pianist, Keys incorporates piano into a majority of her songs and often writes about love, heartbreak and female empowerment. Keys has a three octave contralto vocal range. Her explanation on why she chose her stage name: "It's like the piano keys. And it can open so many doors." Keys' father is African American and her mother is of half-Italian and half-British (English and Scottish) and Irish descent. Keys has expressed that she was comfortable with her biracial heritage because she felt she was able to "relate to different cultures".
Alicia Augello Cook, known by the pseudonym Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. An accomplished pianist, Keys incorporates piano into a majority of her songs and often writes about love, heartbreak and female empowerment. Keys has a three octave contralto vocal range. Her explanation on why she chose her stage name: "It's like the piano keys. And it can open so many doors." Keys' father is African American and her mother is of half-Italian and half-British (English and Scottish) and Irish descent. Keys has expressed that she was comfortable with her biracial heritage because she felt she was able to "relate to different cultures".
