ANOTHER WHACKO CONSPIRACY THEORY

NEW YORK — Fans in Alicia Keys' old Harlem neighborhood were mulling her controversial theory that gangsta rap was a government "ploy to convince black people to kill each other."
"The government has proven in the past to be untrustworthy," William Fox, 65, a retired counselor, who lives in Keys' former W. 137th St. building, told the News.

"I don't want to say they're behind it, but they're somewhat behind it."
Keys said she's read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead," according to an interview in the magazine's May issue, on newsstands Tuesday.
Keys' AK-47 jewelry came as a surprise to her mother, who is quoted as telling Blender: "She wears what? That doesn't sound like Alicia."