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WATCH | Alicia Keys impressed by SA TikTok star's isiXhosa cover of her song

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Alicia Keys attends Netflix's Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story world premiere screening event at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/WireImage)
Alicia Keys attends Netflix's Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story world premiere screening event at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/WireImage)
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"This is crazy, I love this so much," says United States singer-songwriter Alicia Keys in a TikTok duet video with South African internet celebrity Khanyisa Jaceni.

Jaceni uploaded a video onto the platform where she does an isiXhosa rendition of Keys' hit song Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready). Jaceni uploaded the video on 23 May 2022, with Keys uploading her reaction on Thursday.

Keys' reaction has gotten over 100 000 likes on the platform.

In the reaction video, Keys can be heard saying, "Let's Go", "Come on man", harmonising to Jaceni's passionate cover and expressing how impressed she was. In the caption of the video uploaded by Keys, it says: "This is crazzzyyyyyy!!!!!!".

Jaceni posted an emotional and excited video on her Instagram story reacting to Keys reposting her cover. Jaceni shed tears of joy at being noticed by the iconic R&B artist.

Khanyisa Jaceni is a popular internet personality with 2.9 million followers and 74.1 million likes on TikTok.

She has previously uploaded more videos of herself doing isiXhosa covers of songs on her YouTube channel.

READ MORE | TikTok sensation Khanyisa Jaceni releases sophomore EP

Keys released Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready) in 2010, which is an R&B and downtempo song. It charted highly on several US music charts.

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: 

@aliciakeys#duet with @Khanyisa_Jaceni This is crazzzyyyyyy!!!!!! ????????#unthinkable? Un-thinkable (I'm Ready) - Alicia Keys

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