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		<title>Swizz Beatz Laughs off Yacht Wedding Rumors with Alicia Keys</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Alicia Keys and rapper Swizz Beatz are getting married and having a baby – but don&#8217;t believe rumors that they&#8217;ll tie the knot this weekend. &#8220;The wedding is not this week,&#8221; Kasseem &#8220;Swizz Beatz&#8221; Dean told PEOPLE at the New Music Seminar in New York City Wednesday night. Shooting down online reports of a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, Alicia Keys and rapper Swizz Beatz are getting married and having a baby – but <em>don&#8217;t believe rumors that they&#8217;ll tie the knot this weekend</em>. </p>
<p>&#8220;The wedding is not this week,&#8221; Kasseem &#8220;Swizz Beatz&#8221; Dean told PEOPLE at the New Music Seminar in New York City Wednesday night. </p>
<p>Shooting down online reports of a lavish ceremony to be held on a yacht, the rapper says, &#8220;People are very creative [with gossip], but it&#8217;s cool. We have fun with this stuff. [The rumors are that] we&#8217;re taking a boat to do this and we&#8217;re like, &#8216;Man, who&#8217;s paying for that?&#8217; &#8221; he jokes. </p>
<p>Swizz Beatz also debunks reports that he&#8217;ll manage Keys, who recently parted ways with her longtime manager Jeff Robinson. &#8220;I am one trillion percent <em>not managing</em> my fiancée. I&#8217;m not a manager,&#8221; he says. </p>
<p><u><strong>Ready for Parenthood</strong></u></p>
<p>But rumors aside, the two musicians are focused on the impending birth of their first child together. &#8220;Alicia is definitely one of those great parents-to-be. I&#8217;m definitely one of those great parents as well,&#8221; says Swizz Beatz, who has two sons, Kaseem Jr., 3, and Prince Nasir, 9, from previous relationships. </p>
<p>So, will a son or daughter be joining the bunch? &#8220;We don&#8217;t know. We&#8217;re just going to let that be magical. Whatever we&#8217;re blessed with, boy, girl, twins, that baby is being born to blessed parents,&#8221; he said. </p>
<p>They may <em>not know the gender of the baby – or babies</em> – yet, but if Dean&#8217;s parenting is any indication, the child will grow up appreciating art like the rest of the family. </p>
<p>&#8220;[My sons] pick up things you least expect. You ask my 3-year-old, he&#8217;ll tell you [about Takashi] Murakami and [Jean-Michel] Basquiat. My oldest son Nasir is into all types of artists and he likes to write movies,&#8221; he says. </p>
<p>He adds: &#8220;My youngest son picked up Basquiat just because I have a video playing in my art studio. I did a portrait of him and I have photos. One day he pointed to a tattoo on my arm and goes, &#8216;Oh yeah, you have Basquiat on your arm,&#8217; and I asked, &#8216;How do you know that?&#8217; He&#8217;s like, &#8216;Duh! He&#8217;s only everywhere.&#8217; &#8221; </p>
<blockquote><p>As for how Keys is preparing for her new role as mommy, Swizz Beatz says, &#8220;She&#8217;s super ready. Super calm. Super glowing. Super positive. Super happy.&#8221; </p></blockquote>
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		<title>Alicia Keys Parting Ways With Longtime Manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alicia Keys and her longtime manager Jeff Robinson have decided to go their separate ways. In a joint statement released on Friday, July 16, it was announced that the split is &#8220;mutually agreed upon and amicable.&#8221; &#8220;Jeff Robinson, CEO of MBK Entertainment Inc., and 12 time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys have decided to change [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alicia Keys and her longtime manager <em>Jeff Robinson</em> have decided to go their separate ways. In a joint statement released on Friday, July 16, it was announced that the split is &#8220;mutually agreed upon and amicable.&#8221; </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Jeff Robinson, CEO of MBK Entertainment Inc., and 12 time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys have decided to change the structure of their business relationship,&#8221; it was revealed. &#8220;Robinson and Keys will continue to collaborate and produce future albums together through MBK/J Records while Alicia will now oversee all aspects of her own personal career.&#8221; </p>
<p>&#8220;This decision will allow Alicia more control over all aspects of her career from singing and songwriting, to leading many business ventures and social causes. Keys&#8217; company, AK Worldwide, will now have responsibility and oversight for Alicia&#8217;s touring, endorsements, sponsorships, licensing, new business development, television and film ventures.&#8221;
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		<title>Alicia Keys &amp; Rihanna Help Cancer-Stricken Broadway Star</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shannon Tavarez was performing as the young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway when her legs mysteriously started to hurt. The pain made walking – not to mention dancing – difficult. In April came the devastating diagnosis: At age 11, she had an acute form of leukemia. The news &#8220;really hit me hard,&#8221; says [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Shannon Tavarez</em> was performing as the young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway when her legs mysteriously started to hurt. The pain made walking – not to mention dancing – difficult. In April came the devastating diagnosis: At age 11, she had an <strong>acute form of leukemia</strong>. </p>
<p>The news &#8220;really hit me hard,&#8221; says Tavarez. </p>
<p>Her struggle also struck a chord with Alicia Keys and Rihanna. The singers, who both started their careers when they were young, decided to help get the word out that Tavarez needs a bone marrow transplant to live. </p>
<p>Keys says she was touched when she visited Tavarez on July 2 in the Long Island hospital where she receives daily chemotherapy treatments. </p>
<p>&#8220;For her, the sky is the limit, but now she&#8217;s fighting for her life,&#8221; the mom-to-be, who is asking fans to become <strong>donors</strong>.</p>
<p>Keys hopes Tavarez and other patients like her to have the chance to &#8220;<em>grow up to live their dreams</em>.&#8221; </p>
<p>Rihanna seconds that sentiment. &#8220;[Tavarez] should be performing on Broadway, but is confined to her bed, fighting for her life,&#8221; Rihanna tells People. &#8220;She needs to find a bone marrow donor to survive. I urge all my fans to register [as donors]. It&#8217;s the most beautiful thing someone could do, to give the gift of life.&#8221; </p>
<p>To become a donor visit <a href="http://www.dkmsamericas.org/" target="_blank">DKMS Americas</a> or <a href="http://www.bethematch.org/" target="_blank">The National Marrow Donor Program</a>, which operates the national registry. </p>
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		<title>Alicia Keys Safe After Fall At Essence Music Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alicia Keys left her fans worried after falling on stage while performing at The 2010 Essence Music Festival. It appeared the singer lost her balance when taking a step back on her high heels. Alicia Keys stumbled backward and fell on her behind. However, the singer then quickly got up, found a seat on a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alicia Keys left her fans worried after falling on stage while performing at <strong>The 2010 Essence Music Festival</strong>.</p>
<p>It appeared the singer lost her balance when taking a step back on her high heels. Alicia Keys stumbled backward and fell on her behind. However, the singer then quickly got up, found a seat on a nearby piano chair, and did not miss even a single line of her hit “Love Is Blind.”</p>
<p>A representative of the singer said that Alicia Keys, as well as her unborn baby, were <strong>unhurt</strong> by the fall.</p>
<p>Keys, who is engaged to producer Swizz Beatz, is due to give birth this fall.</p>
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		<title>Beatz &#8216;amazed&#8217; by Keys performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swiss Beatz has admitted that he was amazed by Alicia Keys&#8217; performance at the BET Awards. Keys, who is engaged to and expecting a baby with the producer, shocked the audience at last week&#8217;s awards by climbing on to her piano and performing a tribute to Prince. MTV reports that Prince was stunned by the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Swiss Beatz has admitted that he was amazed by <em>Alicia Keys&#8217; performance at the BET Awards</em>.</p>
<p>Keys, who is engaged to and expecting a baby with the producer, shocked the audience at last week&#8217;s awards by <strong>climbing on to her piano and performing a tribute to Prince</strong>.</p>
<p>MTV reports that Prince was stunned by the performance and looked over at Beatz numerous times.</p>
<p>Beatz said: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t even see Prince looking at me at the awards, but when I went back and seen the replay of the show, I was like, &#8216;Man, he must have been in my head, thinking what I&#8217;m thinking&#8217;. &#8216;Cos I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Wow, that&#8217;s crazy! She&#8217;s taking it there&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I thought it was amazing. I thought it was an honor and it was a blessing even to be in Prince&#8217;s circumference of greatness&#8230; He is a great person and he&#8217;s a great friend as well.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Pregnant Alicia Keys Takes the Stage at the 2010 BET Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Singer Alicia Keys may be pregnant, but that’s not about to slow her down just yet. Last night at the 2010 BET Awards, Keys took the stage to perform her singles “No One,” “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart,” and “Un-thinkable (I’m Ready).” But what really shocked viewers was when Alicia jumped on top of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Singer Alicia Keys may be pregnant, but that’s not about to slow her down just yet. Last night at the 2010 BET Awards, Keys took the stage to perform her singles “No One,” “Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart,” and “Un-thinkable (I’m Ready).”</p>
<p>But what really shocked viewers was when Alicia jumped on top of a piano during her tribute to music legend Prince, who was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award. Keys also was named “<strong>Best Female R&#038;B Artist</strong>” and won &#8220;<strong>Best Collaboration</strong>&#8221; with Jay-Z for “<em>Empire State of Mind</em>”.</p>
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		<title>Breaking News: Alicia Keys Pregnant &amp; Engaged To Marry Swizz Beatz!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 09:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are engaged and expecting. The musicians “are expecting a baby and are engaged to be married in a private ceremony later this year,” reps for the couple confirm to PEOPLE. This is the first marriage and child for Grammy winner Keys, 29. Swizz Beatz, 31, has two other children from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz are engaged and expecting.</strong></p>
<p>The musicians “are expecting a baby and are engaged to be married in a private ceremony later this year,” reps for the couple confirm to PEOPLE.</p>
<p>This is the first marriage and child for Grammy winner Keys, 29. Swizz Beatz, 31, has two other children from previous relationships. The couple have been together since 2008.</p>
<p>Keys just released her fourth album, The Element of Freedom. Swizz Beatz, a music producer, has worked with Jay-Z, Beyonce  and Gwen Stefani.</p>
<p><strong>Congratulations!!</strong></p>
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		<title>Un-Thinkable Video Premiere Tomorrow!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 22:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 day away until &#8220;Un-Thinkable&#8221; premieres on BET&#8217;s 106 &#038; Park and on Vevo.com! It all kicks off tomorrow at 6pm EST! I also wanted to say I&#8217;m really sorry for the lack of updates lately. I will try to do my best and update the site asap Keep posted!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1 day away until &#8220;Un-Thinkable&#8221; premieres on <strong>BET&#8217;s 106 &#038; Park</strong> and on <strong>Vevo.com</strong>! It all kicks off tomorrow at 6pm EST! </p>
<p>I also wanted to say I&#8217;m really sorry for the lack of updates lately. I will try to do my best and update the site asap <img src='http://www.aliciazone.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Keep posted! </p>
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		<title>Keys&#8217; Beyonce duet delayed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alicia Keys is postponing the release of her much-anticipated collaboration with Beyonce until the summer - so she can put out a track with Canadian star Drake. The R&#038;B beauties jetted to the slums of Rio de Janiero, Brazil in February to film a new music video for Put It In a Love Song, which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alicia Keys is postponing the release of her much-anticipated collaboration with Beyonce until the <em>summer </em>- so she can put out a track with Canadian star <strong>Drake</strong>.</p>
<p>The R&#038;B beauties jetted to the slums of Rio de Janiero, Brazil in February to film a new music video for Put It In a Love Song, which they recorded for Key&#8217;s latest album The Element of Freedom last year.</p>
<p>The promo was expected to air in March but Keys has revealed she&#8217;s put the song on hold while she makes plans to promote Un-Thinkable (I&#8217;m Ready), which features vocals from singer/rapper Drake.</p>
<p>Speaking about her Beyonce duet, Keys tells Rap-Up.com, &#8220;Expect it right after my Un-Thinkable video. It&#8217;s kind of nice that I have such a great video (with) such a great artist in the can. They&#8217;re going to be able to see the Un-Thinkable video first and then see Put It in a Love Song, but it probably won&#8217;t come until closer to this summer.&#8221;</p>
<p>Keys has <strong>ruled out inviting Drake to make a cameo in the clip</strong> when she shoots it later this month but hopes to collaborate with him again in the future: &#8220;He won&#8217;t be in the video. That&#8217;s too obvious. (But) he&#8217;s a great guy. I&#8217;m really proud of all the things he&#8217;s been able to achieve, and we&#8217;re most likely going to do some kind of remix for the song that&#8217;ll be really good. There&#8217;ll be more of me and Drake.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Alicia Keys&#8217; &#8216;Put It in a Love Song&#8217; Music Video Delayed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alicia Keys&#8217; music video for her single &#8220;Put It in a Love Song&#8221; reportedly has got pushed back. After rumored to make its debut Monday, March 8, the Beyonce Knowles-featuring video is said to come out next week, March 17. Another rumor is that it will make its way out in mid April&#8230;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alicia Keys&#8217; music video for her single &#8220;Put It in a Love Song&#8221; reportedly has got <strong>pushed back</strong>. After rumored to make its debut Monday, March 8, the Beyonce Knowles-featuring video is said to come out <em>next week, March 17</em>.<br />
Another rumor is that it will make its way out in mid April&#8230;</p>
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