Who Are Alicia Keys Parents?

The question for today is Who Are Alicia Keys Parents? The talented Alicia Keys must have some talented parents to have such a phenomenon daughter. Well, she was born with the name Alicia Augello Cook and her irish/italian mother, Teresa “Terria” Augello, was a part-time actress and paralegal at the time. Her Father is a Jamaican who was a flight attendant at the time. She was primarily raised by her mother after her parents separated in her early childhood.

She was interviewed by Reader’s Digest and had these word to say about her mother:

RD: What was your mother like?
Keys: She raised me single-handedly. It was very hard for her, because she had to be superwoman. She had to work the job and support the daughter and also try to pursue her dreams. She’s my rock. I know she will be there no matter what.

RD: What’s the biggest lesson you learned from her?
Keys: To honor myself, because no one will honor or respect me if I don’t respect myself. And she always challenged me to explain what I meant, what my purpose was when I did certain things. And to not be a quitter.