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Alicia Keys has taken to the airwaves to “clarify statements” she made about gangsta rap in men’s magazine Blender.

In the new article, the R&B star sensationally claims gangsta rap was “a ploy to convince black people to kill each other… by the government.”

But, after reading the piece in the new issue of Blender, Keys insists her comments were “misinterpreted” and she’s “disappointed” with the “madness” surrounding the article.

Speaking on Los Angeles DJ Ryan Seacrest’s radio show on Tuesday morning, Keys explained, “I feel that I wasn’t a hundred per cent clear on what I was saying and so, because of that, it got slightly misinterpreted, and somehow it got misinterpreted that I was saying that the government was creating gangsta rap - and that’s not what I was saying.

She adds, “What I was saying was that the term gangsta rap was so over sloganised during that time… That’s what I was trying to talk about. In so many ways, everyday people, as well as the government, could have really done so much more to sorta (sic) obliterate and eradicate the things that were going on in the communities at that time that forced the artists to discuss and talk about, so strongly, what they saw, what they lived with. I wasn’t saying that I’m a conspiracy theorist, and I wasn’t saying that I’m anti-anyone because anybody who knows my character knows that I’m a very positive person… My only aim is to uplift people and spread love. You’re in an interview for half and hour, 45 minutes… and you’re talking about these different thoughts and ideas and I think… there’s a way that I didn’t exactly clarify what I meant to the point where he (the journalist) could misinterpret it. I don’t regret doing this interview; overall it was a great article. It was merely a line or two that has provoked all of this madness. I regret that a negative spin has been put (on it).”

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Alicia Keys performing at Forum Arena in Milan, Italy, March 29th.

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I’ve been scouring all over the internet, and so far - I haven’t found a single dress that I hate!  Some of them may be questionable, but for the most part, everyone looks beautiful!

Will post more as I find it!

Beyonce, Carrie Underwood, Alicia Keys,  Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Brooke Hogan, Rihanna, Fergie, Joey Fatone and Lisa Rinna, Melissa Joan Hart, Miley Cyrus, Natasha Beddingfield & Nelly Furtado.

And so do I!  Alicia Keys gave a warm holiday greeting to fans on Thursday during a performance of songs off her new album in Tokyo. “My new name is Alicia Trees,” she told the crowd as she helped light the three-story tree behind her.

If you haven’t heard it yet- download her new hit song, “No One”, it’s amazing!

Playing Operation? Huh?

In order: above, Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen (how freaky have they gotten?!), Elisha Cuthbert, Debra Messing, Hugh Dancy and Claire Danes, Heidi Klum, Alicia Keys, Chloe Sevigny, Kate Bosworth, Petra Nemcova, Eva Mendes & Uma Thurman.