Alicia Keys discusses the rewards of motherhood and her ‘chill’ plans for holidays ‘safe at home’

15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys recently discussed the rewards of motherhood as well as her ‘chill’ plans for the holidays.

The 38-year-old native New Yorker and her husband Swizz Beatz are parents of nine-year-old son Egypt Daoud and son Genesis Ali, who turns 5 on December 27.

‘Motherhood, I find, makes you look at yourself in a way that is a mirror like no other that you’ve been presented with before,’ Alicia told People on Thursday.  

Brothers: The 38-year-old native New Yorker and her husband Swizz Beatz are parents of nine-year-old son Egypt Daoud and son Genesis Ali, who turns 5 on December 27 (pictured April 10) 

‘I think [motherhood] is equally as challenging as it is rewarding and I think that’s part of the reward. You have to really look at yourself.’

Keys (born Cook) loves to see her two little men being strong-minded and expressing their own thoughts and opinions.

‘Seeing them being empathetic and having these character traits that you’re hoping that you’re sharing with them and they’re receiving,’ the biracial R&B belter noted.

Alicia is also stepmother to the 41-year-old rapper’s three older children (by three different women) – son Prince Nasir, 19; son Kasseem Dean, Jr., 13; and daughter Nicole, 11. 

Alicia told People on Thursday: ‘I think [motherhood] is equally as challenging as it is rewarding and I think that’s part of the reward. You have to really look at yourself’ (Genesis pictured December 5)

Just like mom! Keys loves to see her two little men being strong-minded and expressing their own thoughts and opinions (‘Egy’ pictured in 2016)

Father-of-five: The Time Machine songstress is also stepmother to the 41-year-old rapper’s three older children (by three different women) – son Prince Nasir, 19; son Kasseem Dean, Jr., 13; and daughter Nicole, 11 (pictured October 10)

‘I love to just chill at home. I think that’s kinda what the holidays are about in a lot of ways, just having it become more quiet,’ Keys said of her plans.

‘I personally love the comfort of just being with your friends and family and safe at home. That’s what I’m looking forward to.’

The Time Machine songstress knew the Grammy winner (born Kasseem Dean) back when they were both teenagers.

The former piano prodigy was raised in Hell’s Kitchen by her paralegal mother Teresa Augello after her flight attendant father Craig Cook left when she was 2.  

Back for more! The Emmy-nominated presenter will return to host the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, which air January 26 on CBS

Literary effort: Alicia also penned a 272-page memoir titled More Myself: A Journey, which Flatiron Books will publish on March 31 (pictured March 23)

The Emmy-nominated presenter will return to host the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, which air January 26 on CBS.

Alicia also penned a 272-page memoir titled More Myself: A Journey, which Flatiron Books will publish on March 31.

Keys has also been hard at work recording her seventh studio album A.L.I.C.I.A., which is set for an early 2020 release.