Alicia Keys - If I Ain't Got You (Official HD Video) Watch on. The sixth single from Keys's second album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, was inspired by her personal life. But according to Complex, it was also written in reaction to the September 11 attacks in New York and the untimely death of R&B singer Aaliyah in 2001. July 31, 2010: Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz get married. Keys and Beatz tied the knot in a private home on the Mediterranean Sea. The couple's friend, Deepak Chopra, officiated their nuptials in Alicia Keys: 'Mary J Blige really resonated with me because she was from New York.' Photograph: Paola Kudacki But the campaign certainly suits Keys's muted, delicately retro R&B persona. Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys and Pulitzer Prize-finalist playwright Kristoffer Diaz bring their exhilarating coming-of-age musical HELL'S KITCHEN to The Public this fall. In a cramped apartment hanging off the side of Times Square, 17-year-old Ali is desperate to get her piece of the New York dream. [Chorus: Alicia Keys] New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York [Verse 2: Jay-Z] Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous The single is produced by Johnny McDaid and Alicia Keys herself. On today's Verified, Alicia Keys talks about her upbringing in New York City and the song's inspiration. Watch her go line-for .

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