Alicia Keys: BABY BOOM

Alicia wants to adopt

               African baby

            Singer Alicia Keys, who is already pregnant, is considering adopting a child from Africa in the future.

          A series of charity trips left her wanting to help the continent's orphans. The 29-year-old star is expecting her first child with fiance Swizz Beatz, a music producer, later this year but she's already looking to provide a sibling for the baby.

         "Adopting is definitely not out of the question. I would love to figure out the ways that could work for me. I felt I wanted to scoop up the children I met in Africa and take them home.

          At this point I kinda feel I have amazing brothers and sisters in Africa. Hopefully I can be their big sister who they know they can depend on and will always be there, fighting for them," she says. "The people I met last time I was in Africa inspired me more than anything in my life. I cried a lot. It was extremely emotional and it changed me. it was heart-breaking but also heart-lifting," she adds.