Today Alicia Keys took part in a panel discussion on World AIDS Day at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

You can watch the entire panel discussion below.

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Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz attended the Lotus Cars NY launch event last night.

Alicia Keys proclaimed that she was in an “Empire State of Mind” in her hit anthem with rapper Jay-Z. But recently, her outlook has been more global.

Keys, a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, is the co-founder of Keep a Child Alive, a nonprofit that offers support to children and families affected by HIV and AIDS in Africa and India. The native New Yorker is featured in a new documentary called “Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys” for which she took five young Americans on a tour of places in South Africa that have been hit hard by HIV and AIDS. The documentary airs on Showtime on Dec. 1.

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Yesterday Alicia attended the premiere of the Showtime documentary “Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys” in New York City. During the event  U2 singer Bono shared that he was ‘terrified’ the first time he met Alicia Keys. While Keys talked about being pregnant and empathic when filming her documentary about AIDS in Africa, the U2 singer chimed in and said: “She’s scary, isn’t she? She’s scary.”

Bono went on to say that Keys has “lioness energy” and that her role as a new mother won’t allow her to “let other mothers suffer.”

He made the comments at the premiere of “Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys,” a documentary which followed a visit to South Africa during last year’s World Cup with a pregnant Keys and five Americans. It airs on Showtime on Dec. 1, which is World AIDS Day.
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I’ve updated the gallery with 2 new photoshoots. Click on the thumbnails below to check them out.

Alicia Keys still can’t shake some of the things she saw while visiting AIDS-ravaged communities in Africa.

Ms. Keys, a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, is the co-founder of Keep a Child Alive, a nonprofit that offers support to children and families affected by HIV and AIDS in Africa and India. To help publicize the organization’s work, Ms. Keys is appearing in a new documentary for which she took five young Americans on a tour of places in South Africa that have been hit hard by HIV and AIDS.

During the trip, Ms. Keys and her guests met with children who were forced to head households because their parents had been incapacitated or killed by the disease; they also visited communities that had banded together to try to deal with the health crisis. The special, “Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys,” will air on Showtime on Dec. 1.

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In celebration of Dazed & Confused‘s 20th anniversary, co-founder and photographer Rankin has shot 20 covers for the December issue with new portraits of iconic cover stars and their picks for up-and-coming talent. Alicia Keys is one of the twenty stars to grace the cover. Visit our gallery to view it.