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Alicia keys means real music to me, music with a real message about love or poverty, without the unnecessary use of degrading women. Alicia keys writes her own songs and the messages are so pure and to the point. Alicia keys is involved in a organization called "Keep A Child Alive" which is a conglomerate that helps AIDS and HIV victims in Africa, Alicia takes many trips to Africa and visits and gets the chance to connect with the victims and when she returns to America she spreads the word about how only $1 a day can provide the proper medicine and treatment to these AIDS and HIV victims. Alicia keys mostly known for her music has won many awards through her lifetime and has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. Alicia keys was the first female to debut a new release on MTV plugged. As a singer I look up to Alicia keys through her music and she is living my dream by being able to travel to Africa and help the needy and provide them with the necessary medicine or food that they need to live a healthy life.

Rosa parks is a woman who stands ups for herself, and is a woman that does not let anyone easily control or break her. She may have not noticed at the time but her refusing to sit in the back of the bus with the rest of the blacks, changed the world and how the Black American race is treated today. Being treated fairly was deeply important to Rosa parks she had enough of being treated unfairly and on long day after work she decided to sit were she did not belong. Rosa parks became important to American culture because she stood up for what she believed in and didn't let a racial rule ruin her day which ending up getting her arrested but she was not frowned upon that she was praised and had many people follow in her footsteps which led to a giant boycott against the public busing, the rule was then let go and Black Americans were able to sit wherever they pleased on the bus. Rosa parks became important to me because learning about her brave choices in Elementary school I was excited and looked up to Rosa parks ever since, her actions showed me that one person can be a leader and many will follow in your footsteps for change and you can see a change in the world.

Fantasia barrino is a strong female artist who has come from nothing to something big when she won American Idol in the year 2004, Fantasia's music is upbeat and positive mainly on her first album "I believe" Growing up Fantasia struggle with school and had a child young. When Fantasia made the decision to drop out of school she tried to become successful throughout he music career, Fantasia was only recognized in her hometown chruch until her brother talked her into joining American Idol. Later Fantasia's secret was soon let outwhen people found out she could not read. Music is important to Fantasia since she has been surrounded by it all of her life. Fantasia became a well known part of American culture through American Idol and the broadway play of "The color Purple" Fantasia has inspired me because she has taken the obstacles and challenages in her life a minor setback and showed the world thatshe is not only street smart but book smart since she started school up again.