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193K views · 14K reactions | Billie Holiday: How She Sang Truth to Power & Got Silenced She was born in poverty, raised in brothels, and became the greatest jazz vocalist of all time. But Billie Holiday's real power wasn't just in her voice—it was in what she dared to sing about. Born April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia, Billie Holiday (Eleanora Fagan) rose from a childhood of abandonment and abuse to become a transformative force in American music. According to the National Museum of African American

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PART 3: Billie Holiday By the mid-1940s, Billie Holiday was spending about $500 a week on drugs She was a frequent drinker and user of drugs like marijuana, opium, cocaine, and even heroin. As a young woman she was unconcerned if her indulgences affected her singing career. Billie’s traumatic childhood is what makes us understand her a bit better. While Struggling with her mother to make ends meet she was unfortunately raped as an 11-year-old. As she went on in life her dependent personality and

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