The American singer is multiracial. Her mother, Terri Auguello is of Irish, Scottish and Italian ancestry, and her father, Craig Cook is Afro-Jamaican.
Keys stated that as she grew up in New York she never had to experience feeling “not Black enough” or “not White enough”. However she became comfortable with her biracial heritage as it allows her to relate to different cultures.
wow! i thought she was just white n black…She’s beautyful regaurdless though.
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Comment by ethnic
January 27th, 2009
well i guess she is white and black, unless you consider Italian as olive rather than white.
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Comment by CUPKAK3
March 17th, 2009
WORK IT GIRL U LOOK CUTE
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Comment by cory
April 19th, 2009
we all knew she was mixed just not whith what but shes so pretty
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Comment by italian
June 10th, 2009
i consider some latins such as italians & portuguese to be either light brown skinned(some call it olive) with a close resemblance to hispanics for eg.mexicans. Like some of the italians i grew up with. Meanwhile others look just white. To me the ones who look just white tend to have irish or english etc somewhere in their blood. I love the latins with the dark strong features.
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Comment by ethnic
June 10th, 2009
thats true. some Italians especially from the North of Italy look very pale skinned. But the Italians from the South can look as dark as Arabs.
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Comment by italian
June 12th, 2009
i think that, just like italians, save for the ones you described that are from Northern Italy, the arabs and people from the middle east tend to be described as people that have a Mediterranean features. Don’t quote me.
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Comment by italian
June 12th, 2009
What?? it’s not June 12 yet??
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Comment by ethnic
June 12th, 2009
its june 12 in coutries like Australia, Japan and Singapore. we are half a day ahead of people in the US. strange isnt it.
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Comment by italian
June 15th, 2009
Yeah i realized that this website must be located in Australia or England or some place like those with ahead time zones AFTER i clicked ’submit’. I was being all selfish thinking of my part of the world only ha ha.
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Comment by ethnic
June 15th, 2009
yes the local time is tomorrow. haha
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Comment by Marie
June 29th, 2009
Er, Jamaican is not an ethnicity. Most Jamaicans are of African descent, but many are a mixture of other races. Just what kind of Jamaican is Alicia Keys?
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Comment by ethnic
June 29th, 2009
Afro-Jamaican because she considers herself half black.
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Comment by Anonymous
July 7th, 2009
almost all eropeans are white and where they have not turned olive in the sun many greek italian etc have pale skin like those in northern and the rest of europe
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Comment by Brent
July 12th, 2009
She is afro-jamaica, cause she considers herself as half black.
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Comment by ethnic
July 12th, 2009
Afro-Jamaican is correct
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Comment by me
July 31st, 2009
afro-jamacian? nah such ting
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Comment by me
July 31st, 2009
Jamaican fully
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Comment by Brent
August 7th, 2009
Yes there is a thing called ‘afro-jamaican’ jamaica doesnt have 1 race in it, you have chinese,indian,pakistani,syrian,Lebanese,German,spanish,british.
So black people are considered ‘afro-jamaican’ in jamaica.
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Comment by hank
August 7th, 2009
thats absolutely right
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Comment by shaye
October 11th, 2009
the girl is half black.
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Comment by jeorge
October 13th, 2009
She’s black and white. Italians, like americans have different textures. Northern Italians have Central Europen features(pale skin, etc)..Southern Italians have Mediteranean features(tan skin, darker hair). Europeans are different shades, but are all Caucasian. In the world, there are Three Races, Caucasoid, Mongloids, and Negroids. The confusing part is all the mixing that has taken place throughout history. They each have different features.
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Comment by alizée
October 29th, 2009
yes i live in south france i can say there are people with completely black skin and pure french with white face.i love these mediterranean people so beautiful
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Comment by lis
October 31st, 2009
alicia mother look itailian. i always thought she was but now i know
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Comment by Wat???
November 13th, 2009
lol I remember her in her I keep on Fallen days.lol she’s beautiful and talented!!XD
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Comment by angel
November 21st, 2009
you should make a sonq wit aventura nd daddy yankee
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Comment by say wat
November 21st, 2009
harlem is da best
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Comment by BADBOY.INC
December 6th, 2009
WOW! I DIDNT KNW SHE WAS AFRO-JAMAICAN. MY HUSBAND IS JAMAICAN BUT HE SAYS HES ALSO INDIAN. I THINK HIS GRANDPA IS EITHER GERMAN OR EUROPEAN BECAUSE HE HAS HAZEL EYES. IS THAT POSSIBLE?
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Comment by ethnic
December 6th, 2009
Hi Badboyinc. I dont see why it wouldnt be possible.
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Comment by Paul Swift
December 20th, 2009
She has a cool mix. My mum is French-born, and has a Northern Italian grandmother. Her whole family in both France and N. Italy are blonde-haired and blue-eyed with very pale skin. =]
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Comment by Jenny :)
December 22nd, 2009
To bad boy.inc
my father is Jamaican too :)
He’s half indian[fathers side 100%]
and his grandfather is also European.
but his grandmother is Afro-Jamaican [mothers side 50/50]
I just thought that was cool that we had that in common =]
there are many different races of people in Jamaican.
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Comment by im kira
December 22nd, 2009
jenny that is really cool,nice mix! :)
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Comment by PEPPA
January 6th, 2010
SHE’S A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, WHO’S SO TALENTED .
BUT >>> I HATE HER NEW YORK SONG WITH THAT JAY Z GUY WHO CAN’T CHOKE OUT A DECENT NOTE, NO MATTER HOW HARD HE TRIES !
HE SHOULD STICK TO PRODUCING, AND LEAVE THE SINGING TO HIS TALENTED WIFE.
ALONG WITH JETER , THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THAT HIP HOP SONG THE OFFICIAL SONG OF THE YANKEES…. WELL, …. WON’T HAPPEN ! ;0((
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Comment by *K*I*R*A*
January 7th, 2010
that song is EXTREMELY over played, good but over played.
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Comment by ethnic
January 7th, 2010
a good song about a great city but well overplayed.
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Comment by Al
January 10th, 2010
Yes, I think they call people like us Mulattoes. I was born in Jamaica. My grandmother (God rest her soul) had indian and black in her. My mother had Jewish and black in her as well as Indian genes from my grandmother. My dad’s side is mainly black (Has direct Maroon heritage from Africa-thats the Africans in Jamaica where the English couldn’t control so they had their own society) but he’s light skinned and I believe he has some other roots. If you’re Jamaican, it really means you’re not directly from Africa unless you’re a full bread Maroon with very dark skin and it means you have genes from all over the world. I think our pot is more melted that anyone else if you figure the historical nature of Jamaican immigrants.
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Comment by ethnic
January 10th, 2010
Thanks Al for the interesting comment.
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Comment by William Eddy
January 21st, 2010
Italians are just like Spaniards – -they are white up north and Mediterranean down south with olive skin. Does anyone agree with me?
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Comment by Anonymous
February 3rd, 2010
Alicia Keys is very beautiful.
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Comment by Sven
February 6th, 2010
Italians are white in the sense of Caucasian however many are tanned, though the parts that don’t see much sunlight can be much paler than Northern Europeans… nonetheless Northern Europeans can be as tanned as most Southern Italians and vice versa. Or is someone who happens to be slightly swarthy suddenly not white?
White generally means Caucasian anyway which includes groups that can be as dark as Sub-Saharan Africans (for instance southern Indians).
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Comment by danny
February 9th, 2010
people in jamaica are called jamaican no mater what your skin color is
out of many one people
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Comment by Anonymous
February 9th, 2010
Alicia is beautiful. She looks like an darker version of Taylor Swift.
Alicia did steal Swiss from Mashonda she aint nun but a hoe
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Comment by Fuzzybear
February 9th, 2010
This is to Lauren,
Put most of the blame Swiss Beatz,he knew he was married with children.Because as wrong as she was,he was worst.She couldn’t steal what didn’t want to be taken.
True,she should have shown some respect and told him to step.But now a day how many people do that.To tell the truth,she better watch him,because if he can up and leave a family,watch out.
I mean black men in general.Over the past 40yrs,babies daddies have given us a bad reputation.Here’s an example,I have a baby brother who’s 4.He’s in school now,and when I was on on break from school,he asked me to come up there with him.While I was there,the teacher seeing how attentive I was to him,asked me if I was black.Now I’m thinking it’s because of the way we look,but she thought because I took such good care of him,I was Samoan.Now I asked her why Samoan,her reply was because our black men don’t do that.Now this was a black woman talking to me,and I didn’t know how to take that
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Comment by ethnic
February 12th, 2010
its quite unfortunate to hear a story like that. But who knows maybe she went through a bad experience and now has a negative opinion.
How old are you btw Fuzzy bear?
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Comment by Fuzzybear
February 12th, 2010
This is to ethnic,
I’m 20,and you?
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February 12th, 2010
Well Fuzzybear I give you props for looking after a small child while being so young. Im about 10 years older than you and I havent been in that position where I had to look after a young kid.
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February 13th, 2010
This is to ethnic,
It’s not that I had to do it,I just take being a big brother seriously.I also remembered how I felted at that age.
January 6th, 2009
Yeah, I knew her dad was Jamaican. There’s alot of us!=)
January 26th, 2009
wow! i thought she was just white n black…She’s beautyful regaurdless though.
January 27th, 2009
well i guess she is white and black, unless you consider Italian as olive rather than white.
March 17th, 2009
WORK IT GIRL U LOOK CUTE
April 19th, 2009
we all knew she was mixed just not whith what but shes so pretty
June 10th, 2009
i consider some latins such as italians & portuguese to be either light brown skinned(some call it olive) with a close resemblance to hispanics for eg.mexicans. Like some of the italians i grew up with. Meanwhile others look just white. To me the ones who look just white tend to have irish or english etc somewhere in their blood. I love the latins with the dark strong features.
June 10th, 2009
thats true. some Italians especially from the North of Italy look very pale skinned. But the Italians from the South can look as dark as Arabs.
June 12th, 2009
i think that, just like italians, save for the ones you described that are from Northern Italy, the arabs and people from the middle east tend to be described as people that have a Mediterranean features. Don’t quote me.
June 12th, 2009
What?? it’s not June 12 yet??
June 12th, 2009
its june 12 in coutries like Australia, Japan and Singapore. we are half a day ahead of people in the US. strange isnt it.
June 15th, 2009
Yeah i realized that this website must be located in Australia or England or some place like those with ahead time zones AFTER i clicked ’submit’. I was being all selfish thinking of my part of the world only ha ha.
June 15th, 2009
yes the local time is tomorrow. haha
June 29th, 2009
Er, Jamaican is not an ethnicity. Most Jamaicans are of African descent, but many are a mixture of other races. Just what kind of Jamaican is Alicia Keys?
June 29th, 2009
Afro-Jamaican because she considers herself half black.
July 7th, 2009
almost all eropeans are white and where they have not turned olive in the sun many greek italian etc have pale skin like those in northern and the rest of europe
July 12th, 2009
She is afro-jamaica, cause she considers herself as half black.
July 12th, 2009
Afro-Jamaican is correct
July 31st, 2009
afro-jamacian? nah such ting
July 31st, 2009
Jamaican fully
August 7th, 2009
Yes there is a thing called ‘afro-jamaican’ jamaica doesnt have 1 race in it, you have chinese,indian,pakistani,syrian,Lebanese,German,spanish,british.
So black people are considered ‘afro-jamaican’ in jamaica.
August 7th, 2009
thats absolutely right
October 11th, 2009
the girl is half black.
October 13th, 2009
She’s black and white. Italians, like americans have different textures. Northern Italians have Central Europen features(pale skin, etc)..Southern Italians have Mediteranean features(tan skin, darker hair). Europeans are different shades, but are all Caucasian. In the world, there are Three Races, Caucasoid, Mongloids, and Negroids. The confusing part is all the mixing that has taken place throughout history. They each have different features.
October 29th, 2009
yes i live in south france i can say there are people with completely black skin and pure french with white face.i love these mediterranean people so beautiful
October 31st, 2009
alicia mother look itailian. i always thought she was but now i know
November 13th, 2009
lol I remember her in her I keep on Fallen days.lol she’s beautiful and talented!!XD
November 21st, 2009
you should make a sonq wit aventura nd daddy yankee
November 21st, 2009
harlem is da best
December 6th, 2009
WOW! I DIDNT KNW SHE WAS AFRO-JAMAICAN. MY HUSBAND IS JAMAICAN BUT HE SAYS HES ALSO INDIAN. I THINK HIS GRANDPA IS EITHER GERMAN OR EUROPEAN BECAUSE HE HAS HAZEL EYES. IS THAT POSSIBLE?
December 6th, 2009
Hi Badboyinc. I dont see why it wouldnt be possible.
December 20th, 2009
She has a cool mix. My mum is French-born, and has a Northern Italian grandmother. Her whole family in both France and N. Italy are blonde-haired and blue-eyed with very pale skin. =]
December 22nd, 2009
To bad boy.inc
my father is Jamaican too :)
He’s half indian[fathers side 100%]
and his grandfather is also European.
but his grandmother is Afro-Jamaican [mothers side 50/50]
I just thought that was cool that we had that in common =]
there are many different races of people in Jamaican.
December 22nd, 2009
jenny that is really cool,nice mix! :)
January 6th, 2010
SHE’S A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, WHO’S SO TALENTED .
BUT >>> I HATE HER NEW YORK SONG WITH THAT JAY Z GUY WHO CAN’T CHOKE OUT A DECENT NOTE, NO MATTER HOW HARD HE TRIES !
HE SHOULD STICK TO PRODUCING, AND LEAVE THE SINGING TO HIS TALENTED WIFE.
ALONG WITH JETER , THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THAT HIP HOP SONG THE OFFICIAL SONG OF THE YANKEES…. WELL, …. WON’T HAPPEN ! ;0((
January 7th, 2010
that song is EXTREMELY over played, good but over played.
January 7th, 2010
a good song about a great city but well overplayed.
January 10th, 2010
Yes, I think they call people like us Mulattoes. I was born in Jamaica. My grandmother (God rest her soul) had indian and black in her. My mother had Jewish and black in her as well as Indian genes from my grandmother. My dad’s side is mainly black (Has direct Maroon heritage from Africa-thats the Africans in Jamaica where the English couldn’t control so they had their own society) but he’s light skinned and I believe he has some other roots. If you’re Jamaican, it really means you’re not directly from Africa unless you’re a full bread Maroon with very dark skin and it means you have genes from all over the world. I think our pot is more melted that anyone else if you figure the historical nature of Jamaican immigrants.
January 10th, 2010
Thanks Al for the interesting comment.
January 21st, 2010
Italians are just like Spaniards – -they are white up north and Mediterranean down south with olive skin. Does anyone agree with me?
February 3rd, 2010
Alicia Keys is very beautiful.
February 6th, 2010
Italians are white in the sense of Caucasian however many are tanned, though the parts that don’t see much sunlight can be much paler than Northern Europeans… nonetheless Northern Europeans can be as tanned as most Southern Italians and vice versa. Or is someone who happens to be slightly swarthy suddenly not white?
White generally means Caucasian anyway which includes groups that can be as dark as Sub-Saharan Africans (for instance southern Indians).
February 9th, 2010
people in jamaica are called jamaican no mater what your skin color is
out of many one people
February 9th, 2010
Alicia is beautiful. She looks like an darker version of Taylor Swift.
February 9th, 2010
She is a slut
February 9th, 2010
You’re a slut, Lauren. Why don’t you shut the fuck up? You’re so ignorant.
February 9th, 2010
She is a slut google this “Alicia Keys and Swiss Beatz” she just stole a married man with kids. And how about you make me stfu lameo
February 9th, 2010
Alicia did steal Swiss from Mashonda she aint nun but a hoe
February 9th, 2010
This is to Lauren,
Put most of the blame Swiss Beatz,he knew he was married with children.Because as wrong as she was,he was worst.She couldn’t steal what didn’t want to be taken.
February 10th, 2010
True but he shouldnt have made a family if he wasn’t fully commited. And as a lady she should have more respect then to date a married man
February 10th, 2010
They are both adults and they both are responsible for their actions.
February 10th, 2010
yep thats the way I see it
February 10th, 2010
This is to Lauren,
True,she should have shown some respect and told him to step.But now a day how many people do that.To tell the truth,she better watch him,because if he can up and leave a family,watch out.
P.S.
No wonder we have such a bad rep
February 11th, 2010
who has such a bad rep?
February 11th, 2010
I mean black men in general.Over the past 40yrs,babies daddies have given us a bad reputation.Here’s an example,I have a baby brother who’s 4.He’s in school now,and when I was on on break from school,he asked me to come up there with him.While I was there,the teacher seeing how attentive I was to him,asked me if I was black.Now I’m thinking it’s because of the way we look,but she thought because I took such good care of him,I was Samoan.Now I asked her why Samoan,her reply was because our black men don’t do that.Now this was a black woman talking to me,and I didn’t know how to take that
February 12th, 2010
its quite unfortunate to hear a story like that. But who knows maybe she went through a bad experience and now has a negative opinion.
How old are you btw Fuzzy bear?
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February 12th, 2010
This is to ethnic,
I’m 20,and you?
February 12th, 2010
Well Fuzzybear I give you props for looking after a small child while being so young. Im about 10 years older than you and I havent been in that position where I had to look after a young kid.
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February 13th, 2010
This is to ethnic,
It’s not that I had to do it,I just take being a big brother seriously.I also remembered how I felted at that age.
March 10th, 2010
Al is an idiot