According to Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alicia Keys was slated to appear on his popular PBS series “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” when she had to mysteriously back out...
In a recent interview Dr. Gates was asked if anyone had ever backed out on him after agreeing to appear on the series when Dr. Gates brought up A. Keys.
Dr. Gates admitted,
"Alicia Keys whom I love as a friend of mine… Alicia agreed to be in the first series and as you know she’s mixed and her African American grandmother said,
“Baby…”You know we send people a form… We need as much information as you can give us...Like the names of your parents and where they were born…Your grandparents etc. Whatever you can give us. It makes our job a lot simpler and her grandmother said,
“Baby you can’t be in this series. I can’t tell you why, but you can’t be in this series.”
spotted at EurWeb