Usher, Alicia Keys, Shakira To Perform At 2010 NBA All-Star Game
Singing stars Usher, Alicia Keys, and Shakira have been tipped to perform at the NBA All-Star game in Arlington, Texas Feb. 14, The Associated Press said Tuesday.
Singing stars Usher, Alicia Keys, and Shakira have been tipped to perform at the NBA All-Star game in Arlington, Texas Feb. 14, The Associated Press said Tuesday.
He may not be divorced just yet by hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz is already eyeing a future with A. Keys, a new tabloid scoop claims.
Swizz, 31 –who is currently divorcing wife Mashonda — presented Alicia with a 7-carat diamond ring as he proposed marriage to the Harlem-bred songbird in Hawaii on Jan. 24, according to the Feb. 7 issue of Us Magazine.
“They are currently in Hawaii celebrating the engagement and her birthday. She feels blessed,” a friend of the previously-clandestine couple blabbed to the tab.
Singer filed for divorce from Mashonda, his wife of 4 years, in April 2009. His relationship with Keys is rumored to be behind the couple’s split.
Alicia Keys and Andy Samberg make a “Booty Call” on Saturday Night Live!
Charles Barkley and Alicia Keys kicked off the decade’s first episode of Saturday Night Live over the weekend.
Perhaps Barkley’s funniest turn as host came as A. Keys herself.
If Mashonda’s Twitter Open Letter to alleged homewrecker A. Keys had you sitting on the edge of your seat, just wait until Swizzy’s soon-to-be former wifey gets word of this: Hip-hop supercouple Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keyshave sparked rumors they are set to move in together after they were spotted house hunting in lower Manhattan this week, Star Magazine snitches say.
Beatz, real name Kasseem Dean, confirmed he is dating Keys in May, after a long and messy split from Mashonda. The exes split in April 2008 after four years of marriage, and Mashonda filed for divorce in February.
Now Alicia, 28, and Swizz, 31, are reportedly taking their controversial relationship to the next level by purchasing a duplex penthouse.
“The place is amazing. It even has a 2,000-square-foot terrace… Alicia and Swizz were holding hands as they looked around for about 20 minutes,” says a spy.
Stephen Colbert stretched his funny bone and flexed his rap talents to turn in a “Suburban Remix” of Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind” on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report Tuesday.
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Fuse will air a sixty-minute Alicia Keys concert special on Dec. 15 to coincide with the release of the songbird’s new album, The Element of Freedom. The cable network will air the show next Tuesday night @ 10PM presented by American Express.
The show was recorded Dec. 1 at the Nokia Theater Times Square and served as a benefit for World AIDS Day, Variety said Friday. All ticket proceeds from the show were donated to Alicia’s Keep A Child Alive Founder.

Just in time for Thanksgiving, Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys treated fans to a live set of several of her biggest charttoppers on NYC’s Rockefeller Plaza Tuesday.
It was all apart of The TODAY Show’s weekly concert series. Look out for A. Keys’ new studio album, The Element of Freedom, dropping next month.
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New York’s own Jay-Z and Alicia Keys got World Series champ Alex Rodriguez — better known these days as Kate Hudson’s manbag — to introduce their live performance of the Big Apple’s new anthem, “Empire State of Mind,” at the 2009 AMAs.
Luckily for everyone, there were no guest appearances by Lil Mama.