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Alicia Keys Discusses Conspiracy Theories
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NEW YORK (April 12) (AP)- There's another side to Alicia Keys: conspiracy theorist.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: "'Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. 'Gangsta rap' didn't exist."

Keys, 27, said she's read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead," according to an interview in the magazine's May issue, on newsstands Tuesday.

Another of her theories: That the bicoastal feud between slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fueled "by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing."

Keys' AK-47 jewelry came as a surprise to her mother, who is quoted as telling Blender: "She wears what? That doesn't sound like Alicia." Keys' publicist, Theola Borden, said Keys was on vacation and unavailable for comment.

Though she's known for her romantic tunes, she told Blender that she wants to write more political songs. If black leaders such as the late Black Panther Huey Newton "had the outlets our musicians have today, it'd be global. I have to figure out a way to do it myself," she said.

The multiplatinum songstress behind the hits "Fallin"' and "No One" most recently had success with her latest CD, "As I Am," which sold millions.

This doesn't sound like something she would say, so i'm going to wait until she and/or her publicist actually confirms it or not.

This doesn't sound like something she would say, so i'm going to wait until she and/or her publicist actually confirms it or not.
Do publicists confirm what entertainers say in magazine articles? If it's not true, I'd expect a denial and retraction soon.

No offense to Alicia, but I really don't believe that. I doubt she knows what she's talking about.

Great. Another singer with an agenda.

The East Coast/West Coast fued was fueled by the record companies. To sell records.

Do publicists confirm what entertainers say in magazine articles? If it's not true, I'd expect a denial and retraction soon.

Sometimes, It has happened to a few celebs who "claim" that the interviewer has twisted their words. I'll check to see which ones, I know that Lindsay Lohan was one of them, Lauryn Hill is another one when supposely she said that "I rather have my baby starve than let some white kid buy my music".

This sounds like something that 50 Cent or someother uneducated bonehead would say, Alicia is too educated to sound like an ass. If she said it, then she's pretty blind and uninformed. Gangster rap started in 1988 with NWA, they started it, not the government. The blame game is getting old, the government doesn't control what artists put out.

Maybe her boyfriend is into all that and that's the reason why she has gotten into it all who knows? Conspiracy theories are wierd, everything these days has a conspiracy theorie :lol:

Sometimes, It has happened to a few celebs who "claim" that the interviewer has twisted their words. I'll check to see which ones, I know that Lindsay Lohan was one of them, Lauryn Hill is another one when supposely she said that "I rather have my baby starve than let some white kid buy my music".

This sounds like something that 50 Cent or someother uneducated bonehead would say, Alicia is too educated to sound like an ass. If she said it, then she's pretty blind and uninformed. Gangster rap started in 1988 with NWA, they started it, not the government. The blame game is getting old, the government doesn't control what artists put out.

I agree Alicia is too educated for all this crap, it dosn't sound like her at all.

I agree Alicia is too educated for all this crap, it dosn't sound like her at all.

This does sounds like something that Lauryn Hill might say though. Lauryn has been off her rocker for the last ten years.:crazy:

This does sounds like something that Lauryn Hill might say though. Lauryn has been off her rocker for the last ten years.:crazy:

:lol:

This does sounds like something that Lauryn Hill might say though. Lauryn has been off her rocker for the last ten years.:crazy:


Alicia did say it, it is all over the news where I work. I always respected Alicia for her music, but damn this broad is a few slices short of a loaf. Her publicist, of course will spin things differently, that is what a publicist does...and what does Lauryn Hill have to do with this?

Alicia did say it, it is all over the news where I work. I always respected Alicia for her music, but damn this broad is a few slices short of a loaf. Her publicist, of course will spin things differently, that is what a publicist does...and what does Lauryn Hill have to do with this?

Because, I mentioned Lauryn Hill eariler when I said that sometimes celebs comments get spunned out of control by an interviewer, like Jessica Alba. So that is why, all I said is that this sounds like what Hill would have said instead of Alicia, if you have followed Lauryn's music and personal life like I had, you would know that Lauryn had said some not so nice and stupid things throughout the 1990's.

Even if Alicia said it, I still like her music.

Because, I mentioned Lauryn Hill eariler when I said that sometimes celebs comments get spunned out of control by an interviewer, like Jessica Alba. So that is why, all I said is that this sounds like what Hill would have said instead of Alicia, if you have followed Lauryn's music and personal life like I had, you would know that Lauryn had said some not so nice and stupid things throughout the 1990's.

Even if Alicia said it, I still like her music.


Nobody is saying not to like her music, but there is no denying the chick is out of her ever flippin' mind.

Nobody is saying not to like her music, but there is no denying the chick is out of her ever flippin' mind.

True, she has truly lost her mind. The government is not to blame for the state of rap music. The blame game is really getting OLD! If Alicia, wants to put the blame on something, then put the blame on where it belongs, the record company and the artists themselves!

Alicia isn't the first person to blame the government for the east-west coast thing, it's sad how uneducated and blind some people sound. ESPECIALLY, celebrites.

Alicia Key's official website links to Blender magazine, where she made the comments. It doesn't have the full article, but she sure as hell knows what's in the article.

Nobody is saying not to like her music, but there is no denying the chick is out of her ever flippin' mind.
Tru dat! lol. She should hook up with Kanye West.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TgutNjCUnJ0&feature=related

Tru dat! lol. She should hook up with Kanye West.

:eek:

God no! I cannot stomach that man. That man is a true.... um... ass.

I wonder if Alicia also feels that the government gave Easy E A.I.D.S, which he died from in the mid-1990's. For those who haven't heard this, the government was blamed for silencing Easy E by "giving" him A.I.D.S by a few in the rap community, I'm going to see if I could pull up some of the comments made.

:eek:

God no! I cannot stomach that man. That man is a true.... um... ass.

I wonder if Alicia also feels that the government gave Easy E A.I.D.S, which he died from in the mid-1990's. For those who haven't heard this, the government was blamed for silencing Easy E by "giving" him A.I.D.S by a few in the rap community, I'm going to see if I could pull up some of the comments made.

Oh yes. AIDS was invented by the government to thin out the minority population, especially in the African American community.

You didn't know that?

;)

Oh yes. AIDS was invented by the government to thin out the minority population, especially in the African American community.

You didn't know that?

;)

:lol:

I was always puzzled on why the government is blamed for a lot of man made things. The crazy things people say.......:crazy:

NEW YORK — Alicia Keys says she's not a conspiracy theorist.

In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying "comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented."

According to an interview in the magazine's May issue, the 27-year-old singer says: "`Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. `Gangsta rap' didn't exist." She also is quoted as saying that she wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead."

"We stand by our story," Blender spokeswoman Kate Cafaro told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

"My comments about `gangsta rap' were in no way trying to suggest that the government is responsible for creating this genre of rap music," Keys said in a statement issued by J Records. "The point that I was trying to make was that the term was oversloganized by some of the media causing reactions that were not always positive. Many of the `gangsta rap' lyrics articulate the problems of the artists' experiences and I think all of us, including our leaders, could be doing more to address these problems including drugs, gang violence, crime, and other related social issues."


As for the AK-47 remark, Keys said Tuesday that AK-47 is a nickname given to her by friends "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."

When AP attempted to reach Keys last week about the Blender interview, her publicist, Theola Borden, said the singer was on vacation and unavailable for comment.

The multiplatinum star behind the hits "Fallin"' and "No One" most recently had success with her latest CD, "As I Am," which has sold 3.4 million copies, according to Nielsen Soundscan.

That's some spin she's got going on there. She doesn't deny her remarks, just that they were mispresented. I love these people that do the moonwalk when their rants are not accepted. I know how to read, and if you read her remarks, it's kind of hard to think she meant anything else.

Isn't it funny how celebrities always say or do something stupid just before they go on vacation?

;)

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Alicia Keys Discusses Conspiracy Theories
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NEW YORK (April 12) (AP)- There's another side to Alicia Keys: conspiracy theorist.

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: "'Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. 'Gangsta rap' didn't exist."

Keys, 27, said she's read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead," according to an interview in the magazine's May issue, on newsstands Tuesday.

Another of her theories: That the bicoastal feud between slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fueled "by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing."

Keys' AK-47 jewelry came as a surprise to her mother, who is quoted as telling Blender: "She wears what? That doesn't sound like Alicia." Keys' publicist, Theola Borden, said Keys was on vacation and unavailable for comment.

Though she's known for her romantic tunes, she told Blender that she wants to write more political songs. If black leaders such as the late Black Panther Huey Newton "had the outlets our musicians have today, it'd be global. I have to figure out a way to do it myself," she said.

The multiplatinum songstress behind the hits "Fallin"' and "No One" most recently had success with her latest CD, "As I Am," which sold millions.

ROFL!!! I think the Tuskegee experiments are still going on and the population is being injected with stupidity. :D Seriously, this is a direct result of Communist influence on our popular culture since the 1960's. Soviet disinformation campaigns were aimed at the most vulernable populations, worldwide. In the USA, it was deemed 'poor, uneducated' whites in industrial centers of the midwest, and then the focus was more toward 'blacks' as they moved into cities where these campaigns were run by front groups, promoting 'Peace and Justice.' BTW, You wanna know about Huey, and the Black Panthers, read several good books about those murdered by them, black and white. Sad. :(