Alicia Keys

Alicia Keys described the "triumph" of making the video for "Empire State of Mind" with Jay-Z and Hype Williams.

Alicia Keys said she's "grateful" to Jay-Z for "Empire State of Mind." "I fell in love from the jump," Keys said of the track, which she and Jay will perform before game two of the World Series.

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Jay-Z and Alicia Keys will perform at the World Series on Thursday instead of Wednesday due to forecast for inclement weather.

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Michael Jackson "will always be an icon," Alicia Keys said. Keys is looking forward to "Michael Jackson's This Is It" because she loves to "see him shining."

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Alicia Keys is set to release The Element of Freedom in December. "The music is really strong ... but my voice is vulnerable and delicate," Keys said of her As I Am follow-up.

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Alicia Keys talked to the "Today" show hosts about Lil Mama's and Kanye West's VMA stage invasions. "We can appreciate her being overwhelmed ... but we would have appreciated it if she would have did it from her seat," Keys said of Lil Mama.