While she now ranks among these fellow music legends, her biggest inspiration remains closer to home.

She definitely did for me."

“I was able to spend some of the most precious time with her ever,” she said.

Alicia Keys smiling in formalwear

“And I grew.

I learnt a lot about family, about who’s there for me, who’s not.”

“The character of Mama Mae in the app is really her essence,” she said.

Alicia Keys posing between her grandmother, Vergil DiSalvatore, and her mother, Terria Joseph

“That loving, strong kind of ever-present positive, powerful person.”

Alicia Keys on stage with her son Egypt in 2019