Alicia Keys is arguably one ... trained pianist was composing songs of her own. Destined for big things musically, she was signed to Columbia Records at 15 years-old. Having left that deal ...

As a case in point, Keys wrote “Butterflyz,” a deep cut from Songs In A Minor, when she was just 14. (For context, she was 20 when the album was released.) “That was the very first song I ...