Alicia Keys has admitted it is "terrifying" having black sons in such a hostile world. The 'Empire State of Mind' hitmaker - who has Egypt, nine, and Genesis, six, with husband Swizz Beats - was pregnant with her second son in 2014 at a time of Black Lives Matters protests following the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer in Missouri and she admitted the political climate weighed heavily on her mind.
Asked if she was anxious about having a baby boy at the time, she said: "It was terrifying. Am I concerned [for my sons]? Yes.
Is that a terror? Yes. Is that horrifying to be even considering? "That a child even has to think, about the police, 'Is that a good guy or a bad guy?' is crazy.
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