“She’s just a girl, and she’s on fire”: “Girl on Fire” by Alicia Keys



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Alicia Keys came up out of Hell’s Kitchen in Manhattan, and signed with Columbia at age 15. (They won the bidding war because they threw a baby grand piano in with the deal.)

She graduated high school two years early.

She says her musical influences were Mozart, Led Zeppelin, Nina Simone and Notorious B. I.G.

Her new single, “Girl on Fire” is available now on Freegal. The rest of the album is coming soon.