ALICIA KEYS LAUNCHES ‘SHE IS THE SONG’ MUSIC INDUSTRY INITIATIVE FOR FEMALE ADVANCEMENT

*Alicia Keys announced on Wednesday the formation of a music-industry group for female advancement called She Is the Song.

The singer broke the news during her acceptance speech for the Icon Songwriter honor at the National Music Publishers Association’s annual meeting in New York.

“I’ve joined forces with a group of really powerful female executives, songwriters, artists, engineers, producers and publishers to help reshape the industry that we all love by creating real opportunities and a pipeline of talent for other women,” she said. “We’re calling our initiative She Is the Music. We want to create a model for change that effects women across all industries. We deserve the utmost respect, and so many of these women across industries are telling our culture that time is up on double standards, and it is it’s over for pay inequity and …