Here’s the first official photo from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz wedding!

The happy couple, who are expecting their first child together in November, tied the knot in a private home on the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday (July 31). The couple’s friend, famed spiritualist Deepak Chopra, officiated the ceremony!

Alicia, 29, wore a Grecian-inspired Vera Wang dress while Swizz, 31, suited up in a Tom Ford tuxedo.

Congratulations to the happy couple!!!

While Alicia Keys may have recently parted ways with Jeff Robinson–her manager since she was just a talented 14-year-old with a budding career–she has recommitted to a long-standing relationship with EMI Music Publishing. Keys first signed with EMI to handle her publishing when she was only 15. The new expanded deal will give the company representation of Keys’ deep catalog of songs for years to come.

“EMI and I have formed an incredible partnership over the years,” Keys said in a press statement. “It’s wonderful to have a home here that supports my artistry.”

That artistry has paid huge dividends for EMI on publishing deals. Keys’ catalog includes hits such as ‘A Woman’s Worth,’ ‘Fallin’,’ ‘Like You’ll Never See Me Again,’ ‘Superwoman’ and her recent sequel to ‘Empire State of Mind.’ Needless to say, the embattled company is pretty excited that Keys decided not to ditch them, too. (Read more… )

BV Buzz has learned exclusively that Grammy winner Alicia Keys has parted with her longtime manager, Jeff Robinson.

The 29-year-old singer, who has been represented by Robinson’s MBK Entertainment since the beginning of her career, supposedly ended her business relationship with Robinson earlier this week.

There are multiple rumors as to why the pair is ending their business relationship, however one rep for Keys – she has two – told BV Buzz that it was “amicable” and sent a joint statement on behalf of the singer and her former manager. (Read more… )

This years Keep A Child Alive Black Ball is happening September 30 with special performances by Alicia, Sade and Jay-Z.

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 “really hit me hard,” says Tavarez.

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. (Read more… )

While video footage of Alicia Keys falling on stage during last weekend’s Essence Music Festival have surfaced online this week, it has created cause for concern for her unborn child. A publicist for the 12-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and actress tells Black Voices that no damage has been done.

“Alicia and baby are fine and all is well,” Keys representative assured today.

During a July 3 performance at Louisiana’s Superdome, Keys slipped and fell (backside up) while singing her song, ‘Love is Blind.’ The 16th annual Essence Music Festival began on Friday with a phenomenal performance by Janet Jackson. It lasted for three days and included performances by Mary J. Blige, Ledisi, Raphael Saadiq, Melanie Fiona, Trey Songz and Jill Scott. (Read more… )

Toni Braxton has revealed that she hopes to duet with Alicia Keys on her latest single ‘Woman’. The song – a cover of the Delta Goodrem track from her 2007 Delta LP – is the latest cut from Braxton’s comeback album Pulse.

Braxton previously told Digital Spy that she was keen to collaborate with Keys because they share a passion for playing the piano. The singer has now revealed that there is a strong possibility the pair will record a remix of her latest track.

She told Rap Up: “[Atlantic Records CEO] Craig Kallman mentioned me and Alicia doing a new version of it where we both play piano, so maybe!”

Digitaria, a leading digital marketing and technology agency has just begun a partnership with Grammy Award-winning musician and writer Alicia Keys on her most recent endeavor, I Am A Superwoman (IAAS.com). With the mission of utilizing content to empower women, Digitaria will help Alicia Keys create a site that aims to connect women with one another, continuing the inspiration Keys learned from her mother and grandmother.

“I just want to continue that legacy, you know, of compassion, and of service, and of really being like someone that people can relate to, and can understand and say, ‘You know what? She’s just like me. And if she can do it, I can do it,’” Keys said. ” And we can all kind of figure this out.”

In order to fulfill the site’s goal, IAAS.com needed a Head Blogger to be the voice of the site to create and maintain inspiring content. To fill this prestigious position, AK Worldwide, Keys’ company, conducted a nationwide job search. Entering into a co-branded partnership with Monster.com, the campaign leveraged the Monster Job Search Engine and Resume Submission Services. (Read more… )

A wedding and a baby are on the way for Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz.

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.

The announcement comes after the two, together since fall 2008, attended Thursday night’s Black Ball in London, which benefits Keys’s Keep a Child Alive charity.

“They’re very happy,” says a friend of the couple.

Rapper Swizz Beatz (real name: Kasseem Dean), 31, has produced music for Keys, 29, and worked with artists including Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani.

It will be the first marriage for Grammy-winner Keys – and their first child together. Swizz Beatz is father to Kasseem Jr., 3, and son Prince Nasir, 9, both from previous relationships.

Congratulations Alicia and Swizz!!!!! We’re thrilled to hear this news!!!

Sing for Hope, a public service organization for artists, announces that it is installing 60 pianos in the parks and public spaces of the city’s five boroughs to be available to all who pass by from June 21 to July 5. These “street pianos” are part of Play Me, I’m Yours, a worldwide public art project. Sing For Hope, an “artists’ peace corps,” is presenting Play Me I’m Yours to raise awareness of the group’s work dismantling barriers to arts accessibility and mobilizing professional artists in volunteer service to benefit schools, hospitals, and communities.

Noted artists and celebrities taking part in Play Me, I’m Yours through public service announcement endorsements and public performances include Alicia Keys, Actress Lauren Ambrose, renowned Baritone Nathan Gunn, Broadway performers Tituss Burgess and Emmy winner Kevin Mambo, the cast of the Tony-winning revival musical HAIR, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

“I believe in the creative potential of New York City, and I applaud Sing for Hope for everything it does to develop that potential,” says Alicia Keys. “This summer, Sing for Hope will create a beautiful and worthy moment for our city by bringing the Play Me, I’m Yours “street pianos” to our city’s parks and public spaces. It’s things like this that make me extra proud to be a New Yorker, and the endless possibilities represented in these streets.” (Read more… )