Keys an haife shi ne a lokacin da cutar kanjamau ke samun kulawa sosai a Amurka. Ta fara fama da cutar kanjamau/kanjamau yana da shekaru 8 lokacin da abokiyar mahaifiyarta ta mutu daga cutar. Ta gano tasirin cutar kanjamau shekaru da yawa daga baya a ziyarar ta zuwa Afirka ta Kudu, tafiya ce da ta haifar da haɗin gwiwar kafa Keep a Child Alive. Keys ta yi abokantaka da mai fafutuka kan cutar kanjamau Leigh Blake, wanda ya isa ta kuma ya taimaka mata ta wayar da kan jama'a game da cutar kanjamau/kanjamau. Black Keys da Leigh Black sun ziyarci Afirka ta Kudu tare da iyayen da ke fama da cutar kanjamau, da kuma tallafin zamantakewa ga yara masu fama da cutar kanjamau, inda Keys ya sami kulawa sosai a Amurka.
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