"'Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. 'Gangsta rap' didn't exist."

Right...and there was no black-on-black crime before the invention of "gangsta rap"????

Another of her theories: 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."

Once again, spot on Miss Keys. I did like their music, but neither of those guys were going to go on to do great things for their communities in political or social arenas.

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,"

Hmmm, sounds like she could be a bit racist???? I mean who exactly does she want to "kill dead"?

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Tit for tat with Alicia Keyes and Don Imus?!? What an insult to Don Imus.. I don't think Ms Keyes has near the social relevance of Imus.. He also deserved more scrutiny as his comments were made over the radio. That being said, I didn't agree with his grilling.

This is some singer who could have said, she believed there was someone in the grassy knoll or there are aliens in Area 52 or NASA never went to the moon...... So?!?

Good grief...

Alicia is pretty good looking to my eye, and talented...other
than that I could not care what she thinks about anything
and, I suspect she isn't going to Mensa meetings.

ummm....it was Area 51. You aren't even supposed to know about Area 52. You should be expecting a knock on the door in a couple minutes.

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Oooopps!!

Isnt she half white???

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"To become a member of a crew you've got to be 100% Italian so they can trace all your relatives back to the old country. See, it's the highest honor they can give you. It means you belong to a family and crew. It means that nobody can f@ck around with you. It also means you could f@ck around with anybody just as long as they aren't also a member. It's like a license to steal. It's a license to do anything"

Not up on my star stuff, but I remember reading some
snippet that said her mother was Italian-Irish and her
father was from Jamaica, fwiw.