CNET is reporting that Alicia Keys and BlackBerry are parting after a year-long collaboration between the singer and the smartphone maker. The company says the singer will be "leaving" her role as its global creative director on Jan. 30. Her involvement with the company drew criticism from some outsiders who said that despite the decidedly corporate title, Keys was little more than a celebrity brought in to help promote its BlackBerry 10 smartphones.

It is also being reported that it is possible she lost her job over at BlackBerry due to a tweet she made. A message was posted on Keys' Twitter account from an iPhone, bringing her BlackBerry loyalty into question on social media. The singer said her account had been hacked.

Source: CNET