I’M not encouraging children all over the world to smoke.” That is Alicia Keys: she is not only fluent in Afro-American music but she is also firm in her stance.

So, less than a week prior to her concert in Jakarta, Alicia demanded that all things related to cigarettes should be removed from the concert area. Banners, posters and anything bearing cigarette brand A Mild had to be removed. In fact, A Mild, the top brand of PT HM Sampoerna Tbk