Respecting R&B Legends by Marlon McCaulsky
It occurred to me after watching the Billie Holiday film that some of our biggest and talented female R&B artist in history never got the respect that they deserved. And those that did fell victim to drug abuse, physical abuse, or government/industry trying to undermine or destroy their careers. Some of these pitfalls were self inflicted in some cases. But outside forces wheater it be the media or industry executives exasperated situations. Billie Holiday fell to drugs and th