Alicia Keys sexually explicit material

Alicia Keys has got in touch with her sexual side in her new material.

The singer revealed her manager "popped out of his seat" when he first heard her explicit new record.

She said: "I'm discovering my sexual side. I have recorded my most sexual song yet. I recorded this track - it's so sensual, it moves you.

"My manager told me, 'We do not record songs like this!' " The 27-year-old star - who shot to fame with debut single 'Fallin' and album 'Songs in A Minor' - admits she suffered from depression after success came too quickly.

She added to Blender magazine: "I was hanging off the edge of a cliff. Something had to give, or I was going to lose my mind."

Alicia also revealed her conspiracy theory behind the killing of rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. in the 90s. She said their deaths were orchestrated by "the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing".

She added: "Gangsta rap was created as a ploy to encourage black people to kill each other." The 'No One' singer now wears a gold pendant featuring an AK-47 gun around her neck "to symbolise strength, power and killing them dead."