*Music producer Swizz Beatz sat down with MTV News to discuss rumors that an affair with R&B superstar Alicia Keys broke up his marriage to R&B singer Mashonda. Swizz says the only “affair” having to do with Keys was the “Teenage Love Affair” remix he produced featuring LL Cool J. Reports of anything more salacious with the singer – as suggested in stories posted on MediaTakeOut.com and in the pages of Hip Hop Weekly – are simply not true.

“That sh** just looks like drama,” he told MTV of the media outlets. “They got another big name involved. No, I’m not doing [any] f***ing interviews. Only thing I’m commenting on is music-related. I don’t comment on my personal life. Why start now? You start commenting on that sh**, then they start twisting it out. I’m not gonna speak about nothing. They [gave Mashonda] two pages in Hip Hop Weekly. She didn’t even say nothing about Alicia. They blew it up on MediaTakeout.com. They flipped that into some other sh**. (more…)

“No One” does it like Alicia Keys — and now the superstar songstress is heading to the classroom on an eco-friendly mission! Keys teamed up with Lexus and visited Frederick A. Douglass High School in New Orleans to honor the school’s environmental program, “Keys to Innovation” — and the star-struck students got a private performance they’d never forget! You can watch the video here.

Alicia has been nominated for a Much Music Video Award in the category of Best International Video for “No One”. Congratulations Alicia. The awards are June 15.

The hard work of members of the Cimarron-Memorial High School Earth Club to encourage recycling at their school and throughout the school district was recently rewarded when the club received a $2,000 donation through “Keys to Innovation,” a program supported by Lexus and Grammy award-winning singer Alicia Keys that honors schools for their environmental programs.

The school is now up against nine others for a $10,000 national award. In addition to the donation, the students received tickets to Keys’ concert May 9 at the MGM Grand Garden arena. Club members and their adviser, Jennifer Newman-Cornell, attended the sound check, visited the VIP lounge and had a meet-and-greet with Keys before she performed.

“The concert was amazing,” says senior Ria Daniels, the club’s vice president. “Alicia was so nice and told us to keep up the good work.”

During a phone-in press conference yesterday to discuss her As I Am tour, Alicia Keys talked about her favorite hair style, her love of Juicy sweatpants and her desire to collaborate with the White Stripes. “They’re very raw, very cut and dry. It’s like drums and guitar,” she said. “It’s that simple, and I love that.” (more…)

In a time of plunging record sales, singer, songwriter, pianist and actress Alicia Keys remains a star. She’s got the numbers and awards to prove it.

More than 5 million copies of the 27-year-old singer’s latest album, “As I Am,” have been sold since its November release. “No One,” a single from the album, won two Grammy awards. Keys also performed for this year’s Grammy awards broadcast, singing a duet with Frank Sinatra by means of one of his vintage filmed performances.Keys, a beautiful and truly talented young woman, is on her way to having a sustained career of the kind Sinatra had. (more…)

Alicia Keys and Lexus honor students at Frederick A. Douglass High School under a “Keys to Innovation” environmental initiative for their environmental achievements May 22, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

When we first heard Alicia Keys’ velvet voice and masterful piano strokes in 2001, she was a beautiful tomboy singing about falling in and out of love. Hers was a pure, unapologetic sound — authentic, magical, enriched by yesterday — that returned vintage soul to its place in the pantheon of music.

With three studio albums, 11 Grammys and 20 million in sales and a butterfly-like metamorphosis into an elegant woman, no one could rightfully expect much more from Keys. (more…)

October 4th, the Bermuda Music Festival will come to a close with an evening full of sounds from international superstar Alicia Keys.

Tickets for the 2008 Bermuda Music Festival will go on sale to the public through internet, phones and on Island ticket outlets beginning Thursday, May 22nd at 5:00 am EDT. For additional details and package information, please visit the Bermuda Music Festival website at www.bermudamusicfestival.com or call 1-888-909-8881. There is an eight ticket purchase limit per person, per performance.

Alicia will be featured on July’s issue of Seveteen Magazine! On the left you may see a small preview of it since it’s yet not official and you hear about it here first!