Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz give a rare joint interview
The singer, 45, tied the knot with the rapper, 48, in 2010, and they share sons Egypt, 16, and Genesis, 11.
TL;DR
- Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have been married for 16 years and claim they have never fought, opting instead to discuss disagreements as adults.
- They vowed not to emulate their parents' shouting environments, aiming to raise their children in a different energy.
- Keys finds simplicity in activities like board games and ping pong with her sons, disconnecting from her phone to live in the moment.
- The couple has a monthly date night, and Swizz is described by Keys as 'one of her safest places'.
- Keys' upbringing in Hell's Kitchen and her father's abandonment at age two are explored in a new film, 'Alicia Keys: Girl From Hell's Kitchen'.
- Keys wrote her father a letter at 13 expressing her anger and telling him to stay out of her life.
- The impasse with her father lasted until Keys was working on her Broadway show 'Hell's Kitchen', loosely based on her life.