NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 21: Jermaine Paul opens the show for Grammy Award winning musician Alicia Keys interview by Sway during a taping of "The Element of Freedom: The Lecture & Performance Series" at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts on October 21, 2009 in New York, New York. (PHOTO CREDIT: Eric M. Townsend) for Yahoo! Music / Pepsi Smash