“And this ignorant, racist, jackass, whose name rhymes “Scump” has to nerve to talk about grabbing pussy?” she continued her speech, encouraging fans to vote and denouncing current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump over his lewd comments.Īlicia Keys briefly silenced the crowd’s roars as she ended the night with a powerful, heart-rending performance of “Holy War” which she previewed during her speech at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. She wrote an inspiring letter for Lena Dunham’s feminist website Lenny where Keys declared she’s done covering up, “Not my face, not my mind, not my soul, not my thoughts, not my dreams, not my struggles, not my emotional growth. “Even today, the media is more concerned whether I’m wearing makeup or not.” Alicia Keys graced the MTV Video Music Awards back in August bare-faced, and garnered the attention of news sites all over.
“Even in this beautiful place where there’s ‘concrete jungles where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do’, there’s still… we as women are treated with such disrespect”, a saddened Keys expressed to the crowd. | Video: video posted by Billboard on at 7:52pm PDT
7), just days ahead of her surprise NYC concert. Keys premiered the song and the accompanying visuals on Friday (Oct. Keys also performed her latest single “Blended Family (What You Do For Love),” featuring Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky, a dedication to her own blended family with producer Swizz Beats. Mayer’s assist on guitar led into a duet of his own song “Gravity” with the evening’s star. Clad in black trousers and a black long-sleeved printed blouse, the R&B diva also donned a head-scarf as she danced across the stage during her Caribbean-tinged single “In Common”.Įxtending the “special guest” section to invite to a few more east coast musicians, Philadelphia’s own Questlove hopped on the drums as Connecticut-born John Mayer played Keys’ sideman during the second verse of “If I Don’t Have You”’. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 - her vocal range heightening with each note she held. The screens surrounding the “Diary” singer faded to black with raindrops falling as Keys belted out a stripped down version of “Fallin’” – which peaked at No.
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