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Clearing Things Up

Filed under: Ryan Seacrest > Conspiracy Corner > Alicia Keys

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Alicia Keys' shocking comments to Blender magazine sure has kicked up quite the firestorm for the singer.

Keys called-in to Ryan Seacrest' radio show Tuesday to do damage control "clear things up."

Overall, she thought the Blender article was great, but she is disappointed that the mag decided to put a 'negative spin' on her comments.

Alicia thinks she was misconstrued in the article and she'd like us to know….

- That she's a very positive person.
- Her only aim is to uplift people and spread love.
- She's not a conspiracy theorist.
- The government didn't create gangsta rap, just the term. And, she thinks they could have done more at the time to do something about the problems the rappers were talking about.
- She doesn't know who killed Biggie and 2pac, but she thinks the media sensationalized their deaths and their rivalry.

And there you have it!

If that Blender reporter has an audio recording of the Alicia interview, we'd LOVE to post it on PerezHilton.com!

[Image via WENN.]



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  1. scandinavian says – reply to this
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    Go Alicia !

  2. salvadoooor says – reply to this
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    tranny mess

  3. EAT THE RICH!! says – reply to this
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    SHE SHOULD HAVE WORN A NECKLACE WITH THE DRESS.

  4. laura says – reply to this
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    first

  5. Porterville CA says – reply to this
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    She was raised right.

  6. brande says – reply to this
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    FIRST!!! yay

  7. aydno1 says – reply to this
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    WOOOOW!!!

  8. el says – reply to this
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    I don't believe that for a second…

  9. jennarac says – reply to this
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    I'm i first? fingers are crossed

  10. Chloe says – reply to this
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    I HATE HER DUMB 5 MIN SHOWS ON MTV. SHE IS RETARDED & SHE SHOW'S A WASTE OF SPACE.

  11. my name is... says – reply to this
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    guess what, because of the way her commets were reported, Blender sold more copies of their magazine- shock!!! not

  12. Lisa says – reply to this
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    Oh she is nasty…..

  13. natasha says – reply to this
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    First!

  14. wow says – reply to this
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    she is full of you know what.

    FIRST?!

  15. DRU2THEGIZAME says – reply to this
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    HILLARY CLINTON IS DISGUSTING, STOP PUSHING FOR HER PEREZ, SHE HAS A BAGINA.

  16. steph says – reply to this
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    This has nothing to do with the article, but does anyone else think that Alicia is a lesbian?

  17. SH3RRY says – reply to this
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    lalalalalalalalalalalalala fucking bored already

  18. Turk says – reply to this
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    yay 26thish

  19. dani says – reply to this
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    Oh damn. Get the recording

  20. agree11 says – reply to this
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    She looks cute. I saw her on "w e a l t h yR o m a n c e.c o m" last week. What is she looking for on that site?

  21. johnny says – reply to this
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    Perez, please stop using this picture of Alicia, it's the worst ever!

  22. MysticGem says – reply to this
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    I knew something was wrong with that story. Alicia Keys doesn't seem like the type of person to be a militant conspiracy theorist.

  23. carolinian says – reply to this
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    is it just me, or does she look like she's a little heavy on the botox?????

  24. Bottom Holes says – reply to this
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    She looks halfwqy retarded in this picture…she usually has such a pretty smile. Oh well, I think she's another racist air head raised by her foremothers to believe the white man is out to get her.

  25. matt! says – reply to this
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    She looks like she belongs on Star Trek

  26. Madge says – reply to this
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    My new CD that has been leaked is a fake. So wait.
    \
    My new CD that has been leaked is a fake. So wait.
    \
    My new CD that has been leaked is a fake. So wait.
    \
    My new CD that has been leaked is a fake. So wait.
    \
    My new CD is a fake that has been leaked is a fake. So wait

  27. zereppo says – reply to this
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    Re: steph – Yeah, I've thought the same thing. But, kinda, who cares????? She sure is talented; lesbo or not; but maybe a bit hostile.

  28. lizzyborden57 says – reply to this
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    why doesn't the black community do something about what gangsta rap talks about - why is it the governments fault or responsibility.? it is time for the black community to take responsibility for themselves. just another excuse

  29. hstew17 says – reply to this
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    she has seemed like such an arrogant person every time i've met her. i really doubt that those comments were anything but pr control. and she's definitely not classy…did anyone else see what she wore for her superbowl performance??

  30. RobInMI says – reply to this
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    This is pure "damage control" by her press agent. She is black faced RACIST.

    Don't buy her stuff.

  31. carl says – reply to this
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    Yeah, right, this is all damage control. Alicia showed her true colors in that Blender article. The damage is done, Girl, we won't ever be buying any of your music or going to any of your shows again, you paranoid racist asshole!!

  32. PhilMcCrackin says – reply to this
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    Perez you got the "damage control" correct. She is a militant bitter lesbian who tries very hard to hide her "white" side and appeal more to the black community. Even her speech has a "ghetto jive" to it and she is no stupid ghetto girl.

  33. aznar says – reply to this
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    she is a trainwreck, got the fatest ass I ever seen. perez , cabrona, te gusta eso?

  34. sexyndacity says – reply to this
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    That sounds better Ms. A keyes. I heard Alicia is getting married to Krucial.

  35. cerdo gordo says – reply to this
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    perez, cerdo gordo, porque me has quitado lo que habia puesto?

  36. Obsessed says – reply to this
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    YES !!! WHEN THOSE MTV CLIPS COME ON I REALLY FEEL AN URGE TO CLAW MY OWN EYES OUT..THAT WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN SITTING THROUGH THAT CRAP WHILE I'M TRYING TO WATCH THE HILLS..IT IS REALLY UNWATCHABLY AWFUL ..IT'S EMBARRASSING..SHE CANT ACT FOR SHIT..SHE ALWAYS SOUNDS SO TOUGH AND HARD LIKE A DUDE..SHE SHOULD DEF. STICK TO HER DAY JOB

  37. bcannad says – reply to this
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    This is some bullshit. Alicia Keys can't have an opinion??? Just because white people have been singing "No One"at the top of their lungs doesn't mean Alicia can't have militant views. Ya'll don't know her..she doesn't know us. Is this really a shocker?? MOST BLACK PEOPLE BELIEVE THE SAME STUFF!!! I know I do!

  38. MysticGem says – reply to this
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    Why is it so hard to believe that the magazine put a negative spin on her words? Journalists do that all the time. Just look at Perez. In any case, before this one incident, when has she said or done anything to make anyone believe she's racist? I'm not saying she's a saint, but damn, give the girl some credit.

  39. yans says – reply to this
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    Alicia's mother is white people highly unlikely that she'd be racist to the woman who raised her…..and i'm not responsible for the entire black community people jus cause i'm black people make choices if you choose to just listen to gansta rap then that's your problem not mine.

  40. TEll says – reply to this
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    I THOUGHT YOU WERENT TALKING ABOUT SONY/BMG ARTISTS ANYMORE GAY FATBOY

  41. Girl says – reply to this
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    Um Yeah, she has a point about the government and perhaps listening to what the rappers were talking about. And 2pac, why can't anyone figure out who killed him? Because they don't want to….I'm white and I don't trust "the man". She has a right to say what she wants just like Perez, except her statements might actually make a difference and we all know Perez's won't ever make any difference EVER!

  42. FUCKUFATTY says – reply to this
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    Of Re: bcannad – Black people believe the same SHIT because it's a classic case of…

    MONKEY SEE…MONKEY DO!!!

    HAH!

  43. controlledinsanity.com says – reply to this
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    I guess this should rate higher on my "who gives a shit" list, but I just can't seem to give a rats ass ………….

  44. kimmi says – reply to this
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    I'm sorry, but who is this chick???

  45. Oh Please says – reply to this
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    it's fashionable to be black. he blackness sells records.

    new material is crap, especially "no one" but america loves crap as long as it's black.

    the girl is half italian. she should be proud of both heratige, but suddenly miss suburbs is all black power and ghetto.

    please.

  46. DIANE says – reply to this
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    Yeah right, it's the government's fault. They should stop all the problems rappers rap about. What about personal responsibilty, Alicia? Does that not exist where you come from?

  47. M from Toronto says – reply to this
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    Well, you don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to know who killed Biggie and 2Pac, and it wasn't the government. I'd like to hear the tape too, because it had that ring of truth "celebrities spouting off" to it.

  48. me says – reply to this
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    I'm disappointed to find that Ms. Keyes is so racist and ignorant.

    The government invented the term gangsta rap, but you're not a conspiracy theorist?

    Um. Ok.

    Yea - the "government" whatever that means, is sitting around plotting terms against this "music." The music in question, does glorify the gangster "anti-cop" anti-woman mentality - but that's just beside the point? The REAL point is, that as heinous as this music's lyrics are, it's not the responsibility of the authors of the music but the "government" that named and categorized the music as violent? Hmmm. That makes a lot of sense.

    I'm sick of this ignorant ridiculousness! Get a clue! Get involved! Have you ever been to Washington? Have you ever attended congressional meetings or hearings? I didn't think so.

    Grow up! Stupido.

    Boycott this ignoramous. She won't see another of my dollars.

  49. EVAN says – reply to this
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    Whateva Lesbo !! She tries too hard to be femm ……

  50. Wood Pile says – reply to this
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    All she's doing is trying to misdirect the attention to other absurd topics and spin her way out of her own racist remarks.

  51. KennymfK says – reply to this
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    AHHHH, and the spin begins. CLASSLESS

  52. Nick says – reply to this
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    Fugly! Fugly! Annoying voice! Horrible music! Keep the bun, give her long locks, she'll look like Amy Winehouse.

  53. Matt! says – reply to this
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    i still say she looks like something off Star Trek

  54. bpj says – reply to this
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    another hotheaded black with no education, sense or taste. Let's write em all a check cuz that's what they look for in the mail box. y=mx+b will set you free

  55. YumYum says – reply to this
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    The government has enough stuff to do. Why does she think it's the government's job to interfere? If they HAD done something, we'd never hear the END of it.

  56. Astrochicks.com says – reply to this
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    Wow, she looks really pretty in this picture.

  57. Notahater says – reply to this
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    Sounds like a racist bitch to me.

  58. DMAN says – reply to this
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    NOT HER AGAIN, SHE NEEDS MORE SHOE POLISH
    SHEEZ LOOKIN TOO LIGHT

  59. Nathalie says – reply to this
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    She look like a cheap whore that is trying to pretend to have class

  60. Disappointed says – reply to this
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    What about the AK47 necklace? And the "killing 'em dead" comment…yeah spread the love honey…

  61. Don't see why says – reply to this
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    She did say something controversial - but why shouldn't she talk about the facts? It's true that gangstar rap has all these blood thirsty lyrics, sexual content and things that are overtly not spoken in conversations. It only makes black people look bad and stupid !

  62. Wood Pile says – reply to this
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    How much more proof does the world really need that the VAST MAJORITY of the "stars" of music and/or film are actually not very bright or informed and should keep their mouths fully closed when NOT singing or acting. And, trying to spin your way out of it (badly) is just the act of a bigot and a coward. Her stupidity is embarrassing.

  63. douchenozzle says – reply to this
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    Alicia Keys' music is still Boring As Shit to listen to, second only to hearing her talk. What an elitist fuck. And she's got thick legs. The better to backpedal with, my dear. Someone needs a bukake bath. Buh-bye!

  64. OTIS REDDING says – reply to this
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    .
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    .YEAH-OK-
    YOU RACIST CUNT!
    .
    .
    SHE SAID THOSE THINGS…
    THERE'S NO WAY TO SPIN WHAT THEY MEAN.
    SHE SOUNDED LIKE AN IGNORANT BITCH WHEN SHE SAID THEM…
    NOW SHE SOUNDS EVEN MORE IGNORANT.
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    GOOD JOB, YOU NUGLY CUNT. YOU MAKE OTHERS LOOK BAD.
    THE GOVERNMENT NAMED IT GANGSTA RAP?
    SHE'S DELUSIONAL-HOPE SHE DISAPPEARS.
    SHE IS THE MOST OVERRATED CUNT I'VE EVER SEEN.
    .
    .

  65. agent m says – reply to this
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    another racist asshole…why can't we all just be americans, that is why this country is going to s.h.i.t

  66. Bill says – reply to this
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    Now she can join Obama's Church!

  67. Fo Realz says – reply to this
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    The government didn't have shit to do with gangsta rap. It was gross and disgusting and all the people who loved it then want to shift blame for the stupidity of it all to someone else now. Anyhow, I think the government was busy creating grunge music and assassinating Kurt Cobain and that guy from Blind Melon. Get real, bitch!

  68. Fuchsia says – reply to this
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    Just like a liberal democrat, blame the government when your own shit doesn't seem to flush.

  69. HOLLA BACK says – reply to this
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    Re: HOLLA – AH, so nice to see that the racists have finally gotten out of bed to come on PerezHilton to talk shit about others. I guess thats what hick red necks do, sleep in all day as they collect welfare checks and food stamps for their 5 kids under the age of 4, while they gracefully smoke their Marlboro lights and chug down a can of Coors.

  70. LupeFiasco says – reply to this
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    I read the first blog on this subject and people were calling Alicia a racist and that people should boycott her music. Why is Alicia racist when she says things like this. Im not saying the comments are true but it seems like anytime people question the government its like blasphemy. I thought we lived in a country were we have the right to question anyone. Unfortunately Alicia can't prove what she believes… But i don't think its too far fetched. For those idiots who cant fathom what Alicia is talking about read the FBI files on the Black Panthers. Former Fbi director Hoover said the Panthers were the biggest threat to national security when they were doing things like feeding and educating poor blacks and latinos in the ghetto. Theres no denying that theres a special agenda for minoritie groups in this country. If you think about the fame and influence that Pac had and his ties to the Black panthers you dont have to be a genious to see he posed a threat to the powers that be. I still dont see how shes a racist. If i Say that slavery existed in this country am i a racist????? No.. its a fact.

  71. Alicia K says – reply to this
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    Kill Whitey!

    (what? It will hurt my record sales if people know that I'm a racist? Oh, let me "clarify" my statement. Kill Whitey! What? Oh yeah, sorry, DON'T kill Whitey. Yeah, that's it.)

  72. cambel says – reply to this
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    Funny, because if Blender missrepresented her comments, and since the interview would have been taped, she could force them to print a correction. She has not done that, which means that they reported her comments correctly and she is just trying to lie her way out of it now. Again, Alicia, if they reported what you said WRONG, why aren't you having your lawyers ask for a retraction? Because they would just release the tape and prove you are lying.

  73. SHE MADE HERSELF A RACIST says – reply to this
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    HOLLA BACK - I think you're mixing up the kettle and the pot.

  74. Quit Spinning says – reply to this
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    LupeFiasco - I think you need to go back and read her comments in their entirety. She commented on more than just a governmental system. She IS a bigot and racist, - at least on the par as Imus.

  75. Sunshine says – reply to this
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    'The government didn't create gangsta rap, just the term. And, she thinks they could have done more at the time to do something about the problems the rappers were talking about.'
    * * *
    No one cares if thugs kill each other off, it called Darwinism.

  76. LupeFiasco says – reply to this
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    Re: YumYum – THE BIGGEST JOB THE GOVERNMENT HAS IS TO KEEP THE THE PEOPLE IN ORDER. uSING SCARE TACTICS (I.E TERRORISM, DOOMSDAY) AND TO KEEP THE SOCIAL ORDER RIGHT. eVERYTHING ELSE IS FOR SHOW or to make money. INCLUDING WARS(all respects to servicemen doing their jobs) AND economy crisis. Ever wonder why in supposed recessions only the working class get F*$ked and the rich get even richer. Open your eyes sheep!!! Get informed!!!! Stop caring about dumb celebs!!!!

  77. Doofus Alert says – reply to this
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    LupeFiasco, - no, I don't think you're a racist, but I DO think you're stupid. Saying that the Black Panthers only represented "good" is an EXTREME misrepresentation of the ACTUAL facts.

  78. Cecily says – reply to this
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    The people who are calling Alicia racist are morons! She has a black father and a white mother.. So I highly doubt that is the case. Get a grip!
    ..On a more positive note. I think Alicia is a class act from A to Z. Beautiful, talented and creative. I will be spending money on every single album she makes! Love her!

  79. LupeFiasco says – reply to this
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    Re: Quit Spinning – Again show me How she is racist. PLease quote it! The proper word is pro black. PROUD of her heritage and history. Maybe angry about injustices done to her people in the past. NOT RACIST. Racist is a strong word the should be used with caution.

  80. Kady says – reply to this
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    #78 - Sunshine
    And Darwinism is exactly why you wont get very far in life!.. Good luck!

  81. Career Suicide says – reply to this
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    'If i Say that slavery existed in this country am i a racist????? No.. its a fact.'

    Ummm okay, and what part of Alicia's interview was factual?

  82. tina says – reply to this
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    alicia came to my college like 2 weeks ago to flim her new video for teenage love affair and she was suchhhh a bitch. wouldn't let ANY white people be extra she specifically said only blacks. and she wouldnt say hi to any of her fans either

  83. LupeFiasco says – reply to this
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    Re: Doofus Alert – Im definately not saying they were all little angels. But to say they were the greatest threat to the nation when there was a war overseas and a cold war against communism is just plain racist on Hoovers part. Before you comment back to me do some homework on the subject instead of speaking out of your ass doofus.

  84. Sunshine says – reply to this
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    'And Darwinism is exactly why you wont get very far in life!.. '
    * * *
    that's the best you can do….??

  85. T.rex says – rep