#Alicia keys family 2016 professional

Keys states she also has some Scottish or Irish ancestry. Keys' father is of Jamaican descent and her mother is of Italian descent her maternal grandparents came from Sciacca in Sicily. She is the only child of Teresa (Augello), who was a paralegal and part-time actress, and one of three children of Craig Cook, who was a flight attendant. She graduated in four years as valedictorian at the age of 16.ДЄlicia Augello Cook was born on January 25, 1981, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City's Manhattan borough.

#Alicia keys family 2016 professional

Keys enrolled in the Professional Performing Arts School at the age of 12, where she majored in choir and began writing songs at the age of 14. She began playing the piano when she was seven and learned classical music of composers such as Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin. Throughout her childhood, Keys was sent to music and dance classes by her mother. In 1985, Keys made an appearance on The Cosby Show at the age of four, where she and a group of girls played the parts of Rudy Huxtable's sleepover guests in the episode 'Slumber Party'. Her parents separated when she was two and she was subsequently raised by her mother during her formative years in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. Keys' father is African American Keys has expressed that she was comfortable with her biracial heritage because she felt she was able to 'relate to different cultures'.

She is the only child of Teresa Augello, a paralegal and part-time actress, and Craig Cook, a flight attendant. Keys was born Alicia Augello Cook on January 25, 1981, in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan, in New York City.