Alicia Keys "despises" the word celebrity. The 'No One' hitmaker admits she hates the term celebrity as she feels it is such an "empty word" and she finds it frustrating when other famous people choose not to use their platform to speak up about how they're feeling.
Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, she said: "First of all, I despise the word celebrity, to me it's such an empty word. And second of all, this idea that people who might be well-known are not supposed to be intelligent or thoughtful or interesting is a misconception and demeaning.
People who tell artists or athletes who are very outspoken politically to just sing their song or just play their sport, it's so rude.
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