Alicia Keys Protected - Fantasia Thrown Under the Bus

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[shogunkilljoy]

a friend of mine brought this up to me and i believe it. alicia keys new husband was still married when she started to fuck with swiss, and fantasias ex was also still married, but was told that he was seperated from his wife. so the fact that fantasia was shitted on by the media for being with dude, and the 'situation' with alicia and swiss, was almost never brought up is all types of fucked up and it has to do with skin tone period!

[lilseaxydee]

@nancydrew5 FANTASIA IS NOT NO ALICIA KEYS BUT FANTASIA IS FAR FROM UGLY

[sandinyourshoes]

It seems there is endless conflict between bi-racial chicks who are caramel-skinned against black chicks who are strikingly very dark skinned.

[tango33w]

@shogunkilljoy with fantasia i think it was not only skin tone but also she was less popular. Primarily though it was because the dude she was with was married and lied about it. Swiss got with Alicia after he was separated.



[shatoyta2000]

Fantasia's friend was separated from his wife for a year before she met him and the wife wouldn't sign the divorce papers. Alicia Keys actually broke up a family. The bigger star usually gets more press and gets a harder time. Not in this case, I dont understand why. Angelina Jolie was a homewrecker and got treated like one just like anybody else. With Alicia Keys, I read more about the baby and the wedding than anything else and its ridiculous. I will not support Alicia Keys anymore!

[real7060]

@nancydrew5 TO ME SHE IS; I'D RATHER HAVE HER THAN ALICIA KEYS

[real7060]

@ladydafi THATS A MATTER OF OPIONION I THINK WHITE MIXED AND SPANISH WOMEN ARE UGLY. ALICIA KEYS LOOKS LIKE A MARSHMELLO LIKE ALL TYPICAL WHITE GIRLS.

[WellDamn24]

I did videos about both AK and Fantasia. They both engaged in trifling behavior. But at least AK didn't blame the backlash she received on skin tone. I guess you've got to be a ballsy broad to cheat with a married man, but at least she wasn't putting his name on her shoulder or boldly lying about it.

For all Fantasia's talent, its not not others keeping her down. Her mentality and low aspirations do.

[WellDamn24]

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Fantasia then made some suicide attempts. Somewhere in the mess somebody decided to film the drama for a reality show. Where was her PR team?!

It's true that AK and Fantasia are on two completely different levels. I would suggest that while Fantasia gained cross-over appeal through AI, she chose the chitterling circuit route instead of trying to leave the hood for something better. AK, on the other hand, has built a pretty good facade of classiness (despite her skankicity).

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[WellDamn24]

I don't think that AK got a pass. There were plenty of folks in the know about her dirty business.

It's too simple and too easy to say that its a light/dark skin issue. There were key differences beyond skin color. AK is not being sued by the Swizz's ex-wife. AK did get a lot of flack but she and Swizz ignored almost all of it and basically had a better PR team. Fantasia got a tat on her should of the guy's name then lied about it, which exacerbated the situation.

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[lilseaxydee]

I LOVE FANTASIA I WISH PEOPLE WOULD STOP BRINGING UP OLD STUFF DOE ITS NO DIFFERENT WITH ALICIA KEYS IF YALL ARE TRIPPING OVER FANTASIA SO BAD TRIP OVER ALICIA KEYS LETS GO FANTASIA LOVE THE NEW ABLUM ITS DOING WELL ON THE CRATS BUY HER ABLUM IF YOU HAVENT YOU MUST WIN THAT GRAMMY 2010 IS YOUR YEAR

[aylix89]

alicia is half white ,therefore more marketable and so makes more money

tasia is black ,

hence why keys was protected