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Alicia Keys’ Son Genesis, 8, Stands Guard During Recent Performance: ‘Playing No Games On Mom’s Stage!’

<p><strong>Alicia Keys<&sol;strong> recently had an extra-secure performance thanks to the help of her 8-year-old son&comma; <strong>Genesis<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In fact&comma; the singer&&num;8217&semi;s younger son was posted up onstage with her&comma; as he&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;heard how people been acting at shows lately&&num;8221&semi; and wanted to help remind fans to keep themselves in line&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;drake-woman-veronica-bra-concert&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Meet Veronica&colon; Drake Joked About Locating A Woman Who Threw Her 36G Cup Bra At Him&comma; And Online Users DID<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Swizz Beatz Praised His Son For &&num;8220&semi;Playing No Games&&num;8221&semi; About Alicia Keys&colon; &&num;8220&semi;We Love You And Your Protection&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The moment was highlighted in an Instagram post that <strong>Swizz Beatz <&sol;strong>shared on Monday morning &lpar;Jul&period; 31&rpar;&period; Within the upload&comma; Swizz highlighted various snapshots of Genesis posted up with his mother to protect her as she serenaded audience members&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Notably&comma; the first image featured text which read&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;He heard how people been acting at shows lately&period; My boy serious in real life&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;My boy said I&&num;8217&semi;m not playing no games on mom&&num;8217&semi;s stage&excl; He a real serious one&period; Thank you Gen we love you and your protection&period; He didn&&num;8217&semi;t care she was live on stage&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>So&comma; while fans enjoyed Alicia Keys&&num;8217&semi; performance&comma; they also got to see Genesis remind them to keep themselves in check&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Peep the images down below&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CvXFyYAu&lowbar;gt" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Alicia&&num;8217&semi;s Sons <em>Stay<&sol;em> Stealing The Show&excl;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Speaking of Alicia Keys&&num;8217&semi; younger son&comma; we should add that he recently caught some attention after hilariously calling out his mother for wearing pasties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In response to seeing Alicia rockin&&num;8217&semi; the nipple covers&comma; Genesis proclaimed&comma; &&num;8220&semi;You really gonna do this&comma; Mom&quest;&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After the singer says the pasties are &&num;8220&semi;cool&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the 8-year-old responds&comma; &&num;8220&semi;So everybody can see your boobs&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Hilariously&comma; he also offers suggestions for how to keep audience members from seeing her goods during the performance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alicia straightforwardly captioned her video of the interaction&comma;<strong><em> &&num;8220&semi;Genesis was not a fan of my pasties&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong> Oop&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CvQ6nvBtsQa" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On top of this interaction&comma; we should add that Genesis appears to love his experience growing up in the limelight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During a 2016 sit-down with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;today&period;com&sol;parents&sol;moms&sol;alicia-keys-says-6-year-old-son-genesis-starting-get-excited-stage-rcna8694" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">TODAY<&sol;a>&comma; Alicia Keys explained that the then-6-year-old was already &&num;8220&semi;starting to get excited about the stage&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;My little Genesis&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s only six&comma; so he&&num;8217&semi;s starting to get excited about the stage&period; He&&num;8217&semi;s like&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Mom&comma; are you going to call me on stage&quest;&&num;8217&semi; And I&&num;8217&semi;m like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Really&quest;&excl;'&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>As for her firstborn son&comma; <strong>Egypt<&sol;strong>&comma; Alicia got the opportunity to perform with him at the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;we0KD-mdZHY" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">2019 iHeart Music Awards<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Regarding Egypt&&num;8217&semi;s performance&comma; the &&num;8220&semi;Fallin'&&num;8221&semi; songstress remarked that he was &&num;8220&semi;so fantastic&&num;8221&semi; while playing the piano as his mother sang&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;He just walked out there like a champion&period; He was ready&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"we0KD-mdZHY" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;lil-mama-alicia-keys-hug-first-time-since-2009-vmas-performance&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WATCH&colon; 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