Simultaneously, Alicia Keys' hair, and choice of hairstyles, may also be read as a modern metaphor for her mixed race ancestry. The biographies of these celebrities have become crucial reference points for America's new generation of young bi-racials seeking answers to questions about identity.
Keys' life experiences as a child growing up in urban America in the 1980s are similar to the history and background of other bi-racial stars such as Jennifer Beals, Mariah Carey and Halle Berry, all of whom have also navigated the furrow between their black and white ancestry. The total number of search queries about her background adds up to approximately 280,000 per year. The search giant, which records statistics for Internet searches, reveals that 900 people per month Google the phrase, “Alicia keys ethnicity”, while 5,000 search “Alicia keys mother”. “So that's how I regard myself.” Many of her fans around the world wonder about her ethnicity, nationality, and her mother Terria and father Craig’s racial heritage, turning to Google for answers. “Any woman of colour, even a mixed colour, is seen as black in America,” she confirmed. GOOGLE ON ALICIA'S ETHNICITY, NATIONALITY, PARENTS Despite her mixed race background and ancestry, like many African Americans, she self-identifies as “black”. “Thank God I never had to go through that in regards to, ‘You're not black enough, you're not white enough,’ the whole kind of white-black-mixture thing,” she recalled. MIXED RACE OR BLACK? While growing up, Keys - who duetted with rapper Jay-Z on the hit, “New York“ - managed to avoid much of the race prejudice experienced by other celebrities of mixed parentage. “My mixed-race background made me a broad person, able to relate to different cultures.” “I felt I could talk to all of them,” she told The Guardian. Terria was Alicia's powerhouse and inspiration, working at a legal firm until midnight most nights, and then heading back to work after just five hours sleep and an early session at the gym.ĮTHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE HOOD During her teenage years, in between music lessons, Keys - formerly a judge on the television talent show ‘The Voice’ - used to hang out with friends in Harlem, immersing herself in its racially diverse demographic of African Americans, whites, Asians, Dominicans and Hispanics.
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She recently appeared alongside her daughter in the hit TV drama, Empire.įAMILY BACKGROUND An only child, Alicia Keys' parents separated when she was two, after which she was raised by her mother in a one-bedroomed apartment in Hell’s Kitchen - at the time a tough neighbourhood on the west side of the city. Her father, Craig Cook, is a former flight attendant of African American and Jamaican extraction, while her mother, Terria Joseph, (formerly Teresa Augello), is an actress and former paralegal, who is of Italian, Scottish and Irish heritage. Music star Alicia Auguello Cook, better known as Alicia Keys, was born on Januin Manhattan, New York City.
SHE BEGAN HER CAREER on ‘The Cosby Show’ at the age of four, and since then she has never looked back.
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