The government KlLLED Billie Holiday! Her lover was a plant sent to destroy her!

[@KarineAlourde]

“There's no damn business like show business - you have to smile to keep from throwing up.” -Billie Holiday.. watch “Tallulah Bankhead” video next: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYW6hnqlgaeld80

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 DOROTHY DANDRIGDE WAS THE GREATEST STAR OF ALL TIME BAR NONE

[@mckenzieta777]

Amen, I too want Jesus to come back. This world is evil/correct.

[@HankHodges]

@KarineAlroude I sent 2 letters to you here on KZbin, I hope you read them. Peace 2 Karine

[@taralang8854]

You should do a video on the hollywood blacklist.hollywood's worse time

[@bellalegendre2644]

I feel your anger. I watched "The United States vs. Billie Holiday". The government killed her. I hope Harry Anslinger is burning in hell with J Edgar Hoover. Billie deserved so much better and her rendition of "Strange Fruit" is astounding.

[@2007cgarza]

"Strange Fruit" was AMAZING, but particularly at that point in history. Not sure young people today understand how BALLS that was for a black woman.

[@stephencarter7266]

It didn't take any "balls". 'Strange Fruit' was a victim's identity song.

[@stephencarter7266]

Strange Fruit suxx.

[@Likelyfairy]

She’s so courageous, there’s a reason her story continues on ❤

[@wendylee7242]

At this point in time,some have no idea how dangerous the climate was then, that's why researching history is a good idea,American black people lived under horrible oppression,and violence....

[@stephencarter7266]

@@wendylee7242 Were you an adult back then? How do you know how dangerous the climate was for black folks? Be careful not to confuse the propaganda from the entertainment industry with reality back in the day.

[@rhondawilliams8155]

Hollywood destroyed so many!

[@genevagreer7270]

Still.....!!!!!

[@servant4473]

Receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and you will not let yourself be set up, because the Holy Spirit will lead you and identify your enemies. Romans 10:9-13, John 3:3

[@maryanneg6067]

They are trying to destroy p diddy right now.

[@inanymin369er]

And disney and holly weird have the see eye A involved deeply😮

[@Da90sbaby]

​@@maryanneg6067 they sure are😂😍 isn't great?

[@thesilentdiva]

This government......... They did the same thing with hip hop Notice how it changed gradually from conscious rap and dance rap to lyrics about destroying each other

[@ptolemeeselenion1542]

Indeed.

[@jimreeder341]

hemophiliac ashkenazi pederasts; the pharisees

[@reneejohnson4882]

Yes, and the beat goes on..

[@AG-sc6pm]

I grew up listening to her music my dad was a fan. So had to read the biography. I do have to agree she truly taught me as a young girl about racism and have to thank her and my parents for teaching me all deserve to be treated equally.

[@Dovelunalove]

and notice how all the record label are ran by j.ews...

[@Saytherightthing]

Strange fruit….people not wanting to hear how barbaric they are and continue to be. Sing it loud my sister

[@SoldierOfLoveForNow]

I personally don't listen to it cause it's boring lol but yea

[@mariastewart9820]

​@@SoldierOfLoveForNowdemon,go troll elsewhere !

[@djrobinson6688]

​@@SoldierOfLoveForNow🤭l'm sure we all know why it's boring to u.🥱✊🏿

[@Dexter-cr4oi]

​@@SoldierOfLoveForNowl guess it's safe to say u have poor taste in music & probably like bland food.😂

[@glamourgirl-n9b]

I get my comments removed from YT when I say it like it is.

[@Citizenesse8]

They sure did. They made her life even harder and when she was in the hospital they withheld care at the end. They were wrong then and they are wrong now.

[@VinceReese-x9o]

Thay are going too get it!!!

[@CleoAllen-t4c]

@@VinceReese-x9o Who is going to get what? If you mean white people, then it has been a long time coming. Stop wasting time, waiting for justice. It is not happening.

[@miriamfranklin661]

❤❤❤❤A shame.😢

[@ruthsherman2507]

They make our lives harder too...sneak attacks all the time.

[@TheBrownIsland]

There was No Care to Give Billie Holiday except make sure she was comfortable before her death. She reached the end stages of her *Heart & Liver Failure from years of Drugs and Alcohol.* She died as a result of *Cirrhosis of the Liver.* But a Conspiracy Theory is attractive to people.

[@gskrystal9820]

STRANGE FRUIT NEEDS TO BE PLAYED EVERY time one of us mysteriously chooses to find a tree.

[@lallaby365]

Or every time they mysteriously die at the hands of law enforcement 😔

[@Nellie.1]

It just happened to a young man in North Carolina. Javion Magee. They’re saying he hung himself from a tree no less 🙁😒

[@KarenKSmith-tm2kp]

Here in Baltimore there's a statue of Billie Holiday on Pennsylvania Ave. Ppl still leave flowers around her statue All the time 💐🪷🌷🌺💐💐

[@moonroxxit]

Thank you for that information. You’ve brought a genuine smile to my heart. ♥️

[@ladysandbeond2628]

Billy Holliday was way before my time but she sounds like a wonderful person with struggles. May she rest her great big heart in Peace😢❤🎉

[@uriyahbonafide4194]

I have always believed this. They warned her not to sing that song about Black men hanging from trees but she sung it anyway. I think they realized then that she would use her platform to stir up her followers and that scared them. She was not someone they could control.

[@MarjorieWong-ym3ft]

America America,you killed her;never forgive them.

[@voiceofclarity5585]

💯💯💯

[@LauraBlair-ut5ns]

She's a martyr as far as I'm concerned.Her ONLY crime was being born into this world with a heart way to big for it. Looks like Catholic church has had their hands in a hell of a lot from the very beginning. Pain and destruction for all.This generation doesn't have a clue about this woman.It's such a sorrowful thing but I think she still managed to shine and to me she's still shining! Shine on Billie!!

[@ErlandGranåsen]

Demokraternas stödgrupper KKK.

[@MH-life]

That last McKay and Anslinger = A traitor and An enemy...A traitor is worse, and from your own people...evil

[@AngelsandDragonfliesAIVideos]

She should have done a Josephine Baker and left the US and move to Europe. I think she would have been happy and maybe lived a long life. France loved, loved Josephine Baker!

[@brownpapi2634]

Yeah the French dudes loved runnin thru her

[@victorbrowne204]

She was offer to go to Paris but refused

[@AngelsandDragonfliesAIVideos]

@@victorbrowne204 That's a bummer. Sad to hear.

[@AlkebulanMan-rw8cp]

Yes, they 'loved' her, but she still had problems in Paris bcuz she was Melinated.

[@AngelsandDragonfliesAIVideos]

@@AlkebulanMan-rw8cp Still better than the USA. Also, dating outside your race was fine unlike the USA where it was criminalised. Also, she was considered a hero during WWII because of here transporting important document's.

[@seekeroftruth1484]

Justice for Billie Holiday! 💐Those men were horrible!

[@Michelle-mq5cw]

Politicians/Robber barons/Narcissist

[@dreynolds4883]

Only the Men?

[@tcalip2968]

The men continue to be horrific. The government has expanded the men and their followers hatred with public platforms to attack women that want to share their gift with the world in a positive life. The men get upset if you don't want to be with them and just want to work and the women pump their heads up when we are talented with envy. The men attack any man you choose because you didn't choose them and try to make you feel you are not wanted. We know when we are wanted and how ugly men have always been the downfall on beautiful women because of self hatred. The most handsome man may think he is God's gift to women. He is the nightmare that has hunted women for centuries. R.I.H. Thanks for sharing.

[@Ladyrolanda]

They killed her because she sang a song they did not like.

[@ErlandGranåsen]

Ku Klux Klan

[@heidiaamodt5138]

She was brave when she sing the song "Strange fruit"!

[@keyvonjackson225]

They’ve done this to So many people…I hope it’s not too late for them

[@tiffanykim2773]

No they killed her because of the power of that song and the message behind it.

[@carbondated21]

U know yt ppl

[@georgeharris9873]

She''ll be gone 65 years this coming July. Rest in Power Queen Billie.

[@acceptinglife6491]

Dang, may she continue to rest in peace❤

[@iamcalledirenechaliz-lopez]

RIP QUEEN BILLE 🌸 🌺 🌹

[@alwaysalady2217]

R.I.P Lady Day🌸💐🪷

[@87883]

That’s not even that long some were just babies back when she died and they are the elders now pushing for the same old ways!

[@sandyisdashit79]

It said she was 9yo in 1925 so that means she was born in 1916

[@servant4473]

Billie Holiday was not allowed to be a child.

[@billie44]

Yep her mother turned her out first.They were both arrested 140 street Harlem In a raid for prostitute Billie was sent to jail 14 years old. She never got out of the pimp ho life That's why she those type of men. And call them daddy

[@kylechiverton1058]

Warrior before her time🙏🏽✨ Rare beauty

[@reesecup95]

It's so horrible what she went through 😠💔 What's even more horrible are the heartless bastards that were willing to come into her life to help destroy her. Some people are demons in human form.

[@Blessed-jz7fh]

My mother and grandmother taught me that some people got the devil working on and there are people who went through worse things than Billie Holiday. And lived in didn't take drugs

[@belkislorenzo9578]

I always say that, there are some demons in human form among us.

[@williammials6080]

NO is a word too....

[@AlkebulanMan-rw8cp]

Josephine Baker's story is also similar! She was a fireball and take no stuff from those heathens.

[@BryantBrothers-gm1qx]

Noooo...she was a drug addict...it's really that simple

[@VickiLovesJesus]

Great job telling her story! Spiritual warfare is REAL

[@Jaylapov]

😔❤️🙏🏾

[@keepinitreal1373]

Billie Holiday was a beautiful talented woman.🌺🌺🌺🌷💐🌸May she Rest In Peace 🙏🏽🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@rachelw821]

We wrestle not against flesh and blood

[@mariaboletsis3188]

"For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12

[@CoCoBella83]

🗣️ "Their Going To Give You The Tools To Destroy Yourself!" ~Afeni Shakur~ 🤦🏿‍♀️🤷🏿‍♀️💁🏿‍♀️💯

[@Catnip6]

And yet the choice to partake is still yours. My heart hurts for the trauma that made them feel as though they needed to rely on that 💩.

[@linnettejoseph7027]

If Tupac had listened to her he'd probably have been here longer .........

[@linnettejoseph7027]

​@@Catnip6 They use your illness/weakness against you.........

[@ramonathompson6932]

The injustice sickens me!

[@linnettejoseph7027]

@@ramonathompson6932 They went through a lot and that's why we have options now it's because of them......

[@michelegreshan1539]

The movie sugar coated his character as being so supportive and caring. WOW. Nothing cease to amaze me anymore. This has been going on for a long time

[@HoneyHoneyBaby]

Exactly 🙄 He was involved in the production too...

[@allthingsbeauty9175]

Hollyweird is always romanticizing tragedy.

[@MeeMee-gz5vp]

@@allthingsbeauty9175so true

[@PERSNICKETYREBELSHANGO]

@@allthingsbeauty9175facts … PATRIARCHY at its finest

[@beigenegress2979]

Yep. Hollyweird did that with Nick Arnstein, in the movie “Funny Girl” about Fanny Bryce, portrayed (iconically) by Barbra Streisand on (I think) broadway and in the film. He was Fanny Bryce no-good azz huzzban, but hollyweird “cleaned” him up for the “Funny Girl,” film. I have loved that movie for years, but Nick Arnstein was a POS , but got a hollyweird “makeover,” like Louis McKay did in “Lady Sings the Blues.” 🙄 Men always looks after the men. Hollyweird is run by men. Men are on “bros before h03z” on every occasion…

[@ontheroadhome4796]

Strange Fruit is such a haunting song. It's so SAD😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@ErlandGranåsen]

Beskriver på ett bra sätt demokratiska partiets politik. Som då härjade med Ku Klux Klan.

[@jolenesimon6123]

Yes. The stress of government surveillance, brutal men, betrayal. I love her. I especially loved Diana Ross's portrayal.

[@Freedomofspeechisgod]

Wow! Your right. Must be very strong minded. I loved Billie. She was so strong in so many other ways. ❤

[@jeaninerichardson7179]

INDEED

[@azborderlands]

I’d love to see a remake ❤

[@imdatchickk]

@@azborderlandsit’s call the united states vs billie holiday. the actress sings just like her and did an amazing job

[@veem8497]

Yes!!!! Diana Ross definitely deserved the Academy Award that year but it went to Liza Minelli for Cabaret (a movie I never hear anyone mention).

[@lolabunny1157]

They most definitely killed Ms. Holiday! Along with thousands of other black entertainers.💔

[@sylviadizon8872]

Why? It's hard to believe that the greedy pimps would let go of their profit making slaves.

[@TheBrownIsland]

*Drugs and Alcohol killed Billie Holiday.* Doctors Ordered her to stop drinking but she kept drinking. Early 1959 Billie was diagnosed with _Cirrhosis of the Liver,_ and was suffering from _Heart Disease._ By Spring 1959 after she lost 20 pounds, her Friends, Manager and 3 other Musicians pleaded with her to go to the Hospital but she refused. By Summer 1959 she was taken to the Hospital after her condition worsened. Ms. Holiday received her last rites from a priest as she laid there dying and passed away 2 days later July 17 from _Pulmonary Edema_ & _Heart Failure_ *caused by Cirrhosis of the liver.*

[@2hpp]

Sam Cooke

[@MaryC-co8fm]

Michael Jackson

[@reshanarussell-dotson7930]

The truth hurts. The government cant handle it.

[@MrPman474]

Billie had severe trauma, which was only compounded by all of these events. Unfortunately, this probably made her vulnerable to drug use. It's so good that her music remains with us! RIP... 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@lauralarrabee7870]

Musicians as a whole are prone to drug use. If it doesn’t run in the family like Whitney Houston, drugs can be introduced by a band mate or manager because the show must go on.

[@Blessed-jz7fh]

​@@lauralarrabee7870Whitney Houston's brother is the one who started,her on drugs.

[@lauralarrabee7870]

@@Blessed-jz7fh Exactly, family introduced her to drugs. Her brother Gary was also a singer.

[@beigenegress2979]

Billie had a horrifyingly abusive childhood-every form of abuse you can think of. Billie was put on the “path” that was her life (drugs, alcohol, horrible men) from childhood. She was literally “lined up” for it! 😢

[@jdsnz1886]

Earth is ghetto…. Ma’am, you are not lying 😂 I pray god catches me ready when he comes back. I would hate to stay behind. 🌸 🌺 🌹

[@lester2588]

*God

[@QatazayahYasharal]

@@lester2588He has a name. Yahawah!

[@Heartchakra777]

Namaste 🙏 I’ve been saying this for years…..🙏

[@allthingsbeauty9175]

Jesus is coming back for his children 🙏🏽

[@mandiadoreshistory]

@@QatazayahYasharalpeople have different religions and you need to respect that!

[@Elwrt455]

The song "Strange Fruit" delivered by Billie Holiday's haunting voice & unique phrasing was a protest against lynchings

[@divineselfentity]

Her & Phyllis Hyman remind Me of each other. They've similar stories. The pressures of Hollywood to please everybody stinks!! They're great women & lots of evil spirits hated them for that!

[@HoneyHoneyBaby]

Exactly 💯💯‼️

[@ashleyphillips456]

True

[@Itbmurr1]

Whitney Houston too

[@kevinharris3993]

Phyllis or Whitney were not constantly harassed by the federal government most of the career. I do believe Whitney was murdered because she no longer was valuable in the music industry. However, Holiday' life was full of violence, racism and harassment by the federal government.

[@billie44]

I saw Phyllis in philly 22nd and chestnut She wasn't very nice Mentioned Billie to her And she got this far away look in her eyes Phyllis lived 2400 chestnut street in Philly l lived 1925 chestnut

[@j.goodie522]

🌺🌺🌺love her🌺🌺🌺My late mom told me one of her stories that many years when she lived with her aunt and her home was where some of the black singers would come to stay when they had a gig in Philly...my mom would iron their clothes... She met Billy Holiday and she told she also meet Louis Armstrong too, who she had to iron all his handkerchiefs...I loved my mom's stories of her youth...I miss her so much.

[@KarineAlourde]

Aww may your mom rest in peace. She met so many legends 🙏🏼💖✨

[@SonjaRobinson-o2k]

Cant help thinking if she left and went to Paris or Russia at the time her life maybe would have been better. Paul Robeson many Jazz singer at the time I watched a documentary on Russian black people who defended from USA they never returned back to the US

[@jefeking2117]

1947 she was 32 years old in the most scary times in this country

[@ameliagfawkes512]

Sounds like she was gang stalked. People often don't want to believe it really happens, but it really does.

[@JustWhitneyTv]

Yes it does. I’ve experienced it

[@borngreat-4-life930]

She would have left the US.

[@bronzebeautybybronx]

Me too ❤​@@JustWhitneyTv

[@DevonahBlackwellT.I.]

@@borngreat-4-life930 This kind of govt targeting follows you outside the country as well. Paul Robeson found that out & I'm sure other creatives or dissidents/activists who left the US had the same thing happen. Gang Stalking is really just another incarnation of US letter agencies perfidy/state crimes like Mk-ULTRA & CoINTELPRO organized criminal networks. Today they operate under the bogus excuse of "fighting terrorism" but it's the same ol' repression game. And WE are more likely to be targeted than anyone. Facts.

[@deb6659]

I have come to believe by George, Jehovah my Father is over gangstalking. Satan runs the world until I ran to Jesus Christ. I cried out "they want me for sex or science,please help me" found my way to the Spirit of Truth. I can now walk around without the fear of attacks. John 16:13 is real! The gangstalkers are scared of Jesus Christ's Holy Words.

[@qbconnect2883]

The sadest part for me as a man is what her mother did. As a survivor of childhood neglect myself I can say our parents are our first reflections of ourselves and the world at large. It's sad that Billy never realized her own strength to endure without all the agents of evil placed in her life. RIP sweet Lady 💔

[@Ore-q3g]

Thank you for talking about how the devil sends ppl into lives to destroy ppl.

[@Princessfrmalmighty]

Yes and amen i absolutely agree yes the devil will send ppl in our lives to destroy us. We got to stay prayed up in Jesus name

[@Shazzyhtown]

That is awful. They were on a mission to destroy her,with each person around her. I actually think this tactic is still used on celebs today. People planted into their lives to either extract information or to ruin them. It must be very difficult to trust as a star. 😢

[@NayBlue-g5m]

They do it to people who aren't celeb

[@raniqueblackman8096]

Handlers

[@Shazzyhtown]

@@raniqueblackman8096 Correct. That is terrifying. How do u know who to trust? I would be so paranoid. 😥

[@raniqueblackman8096]

@@Shazzyhtown right crazy world 🌎 live smh!!

[@cynthismanning6397]

Not just celebrities I'm afraid

[@glendabrown8674]

She was a real beauty under appreciated so sad my mother loved her

[@mssmith225]

Andrea Day's version of Billie Holiday was more true to her life than the Billie Holiday that Diana Rosa played. Both were nominated for an Oscar that should have won

[@nothx512]

A Golden Globe is just as good so stop with being spoiled with the only award they should get is an Oscar B.S. like desperate Angela Bassett

[@linnettejoseph7027]

That's how it goes when you're not willing to play there games.........

[@mzalchemy9236]

I don’t think either movie did justice to the testament of her life. Both movies focused heavily & almost solely on her drug use. Both movies left out the CIA involvement. Both movies showcased the strong images of nudity and skewed questionable “relationships.” Both movies definitely highlighted ALL of the negative aspects of an otherwise colorful life that was only acknowledged posthumously.

[@michelegreshan1539]

Don’t know what people go through. That’s why it’s not good to judge💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@VisibleTimes]

So true 💯

[@catholiccrusader5328]

Amen!

[@AlkebulanMan-rw8cp]

EXACTLY! I don't look down on NOBODY, unless I'm picking them up. We ALL have gone thru some trials and tribulations in our lives, but we were strong and survived. Some of us are weak and it's hard for them to overcome their insecurities. Good point!

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

I agree ❤

[@carolynedwards-philpotts3181]

Our Father The Most High's DOCTRINES IN THE BOOK CALLED THE BIBLE SAY FOR US NOT( To Judge least we will be JUDGED but he also say when we do Judge( WE ARE TO JUDGE RIGHTEOUSLY, AND TO JUDGE RIGHTEOUS JUDGEMENTS. We have to obey his LAWS AND COMMANDMENTS, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO JUDGE OTHERS. PEOPLE NEED TO READ WITH TRUE UNDERSTANDING, OF THE BOOK.

[@jf9151]

Her story & Nina Simone had sad lives. It breaks my ❤ consider the times, it's like you had circumstances against you. Being a minority a woman. Just so frustrating, infuriating the establishment made & still profit off her. RIP Queen. Karine you're such a gift a wonderful story teller💐💐💐💐🌹🌹

[@girly.mimi00]

Billie Holiday was an ICON !!!! Keep up the great content girl.

[@KarineAlourde]

❤️❤️❤️

[@girly.mimi00]

@@KarineAlourde ❤️❤️❤️

[@paulyricca3881]

🥃👴🏻 DOROTHY DANDRIGDE WAS BIGGEST MOVIE STAR IN THE WORLD 🌍 BAR NONE

[@trinaewatkins2804]

❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️

[@RandomHouseDudeChats]

(UMMMM....) "Southern Trees Bear Strange Fruit.... Blood On The Leaves, Blood At The Root.... For The Sun To Rot, For The Tree To Drop.... Here's A Strange & Bitter Crop...." -Billie Holiday 🙏💮 Thanks For Sharing, Karine....👍✌️

[@akrenwinkle]

She did not write these lyrics.

[@RandomHouseDudeChats]

@akrenwinkle Yes, True....But, She Sung Those Lyrics and it's the Significance of Those Lyrics as far as What They Represented and Stood For that was one of the Primary Focal Points of This Video, which is Why They're Quoted Here! 👍✌️

[@DevonahBlackwellT.I.]

@@akrenwinkle And I wonder did they go after the jewish songwriter with as much vitriol as they did Bille? I'm sure we can guess the answer to that.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@DevonahBlackwellT.I. Nobody cared about him, as far as I know. It is probable that audiences, simple then as they are now, thought Billie wrote it.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@RandomHouseDudeChats Just When I Thought These Boards Couldn't Get Dumber, Now Some People Capitalize All Words.

[@shanawirtz]

Them taking her methadone away... very unethical, brutal, and barbaric. I had no idea this happened to her.. that's really the most cruel thing. 😢

[@Uncleed251]

Just goes to show how long law enforcement has been harassing black musicians and artists from the Jazz Blues era's to Hip Hop paid for with tax payer money

[@nakithajones]

⁠@@womanofthunder993who is the alphabet group

[@Itsaid22]

Boxers also 😢

[@sheng3229]

Oh my gosh, Im so sad to hear her story 😢 no woman should ever experience what she had to go through. She definitely deserve her 💐💐💐💐💐

[@KarineAlourde]

💖💖💖✨✨✨

[@paulyricca3881]

🐈🐈🐈🐈SLIWAS CATS

[@paulyricca3881]

@@KarineAlourde🥃👴🏻 DOROTHY DANDRIGDE WAS THE GREATEST ACTRESS OF ALL TIME BAR NONE

[@AlkebulanMan-rw8cp]

@@paulyricca3881 They ALL were great in their own way! We cannot put that title on just ONE entertainer!

[@pamelajackson8311]

Yes all these ladies was beautiful black women 💯

[@glennjones7605]

The more things change the more they remain the same.

[@christinegreenlee1661]

Her momma wasn't always a child, so she just wasn't sh!t to Billie. It sounds like she never bonded with Billie. She only looked out for herself.

[@linnettejoseph7027]

Well Billie's mom most likely had issues of her own growing up and it led into her adult hood, ijs........

[@rmdavis7352]

Her mother was a teenager. Giving birth doesn’t mature you. Sure mom had her own trauma

[@mrcummings2339]

That's the story of quite a large number of teenage mothers - they never learn how to become a suitable mother - they are merely a girl with a child.😢

[@Jaime-u5m]

@@mrcummings2339 That was and continues to be the story with all teen parents, regardless of color; but more acute/problematic for us blacks, due to our crumbled extended family situation.

[@CleoAllen-t4c]

@@Jaime-u5m Correct, and not forgetting their own traumas in life, having to navigate living in a racist society, and all that it entails. All that energy wasted just dealing with all those daily hard knocks. The black family has steadily been destroyed by the state.

[@crystaljohnson2358]

She was a friend of my grandmother's and I loved hearing the stories.

[@franklinmacdougal5187]

Can you share any? Video story pls!

[@PERSNICKETYREBELSHANGO]

How INCREDIBLE 🔥

[@HelovesU-we4qh]

Unfortunately, this is all too real in Hollywood today! They simply use those people and discard them as they see fit with not an ounce of compassion for them. Look at Britney Spears

[@crystalhenton2277]

🌸🌺💐🌸🌺💐🌷 Billie Holiday always let us know in the music, so much pain in her voice rest in Paradise, miss Holliday🙏🏾

[@AlkebulanMan-rw8cp]

I was listening to this REAL MUSIC when I was 5 years young! My Dad was a music man, and he turned me on jazz music at an early age. Today, I still listen to jazz at the ripe young age of 74!!!

[@crystalhenton2277]

That’s wonderful, my dad was musician and we listen to jazz rock R&B, gospel, and I agree with you definitely real music😃

[@AlkebulanMan-rw8cp]

@@crystalhenton2277 Yepper! Music has no color, no age, and no limits when it has a meaning to it! ☀

[@rozevans2120]

Ooooh, thank you Karine for this-- Billie Holiday has been my SHE-RO every since my mom took me to see the movie, 'Lady Sings Blues' as an early teen & now 64 yrs. old. Thank you for bringing her challenging life with a tragic ending to the light!! 🌟🌟

[@KarineAlourde]

💖💖✨✨

[@paulyricca3881]

🐈🐈🐈🐈🐈⬅️SLIWA CATS

[@paulyricca3881]

@@KarineAlourde🥃👴🏻 DOROTHY DANDRIGDE WAS THE GREATEST SINGER OF ALL TIME BAR NONE

[@DeborahBirt-Thomas]

I remembe her her from b izet's Carmen . Just a northern tragic mulatt6

[@DeborahBirt-Thomas]

Mulatto not mullet6

[@docdurdin]

It's about control, it's always been about control. To this day they don't care about the destruction they leave in the wake.

[@Weeeewriter]

That's how the entertainment industry is, you're right. If you don't toe the line, they set you up to destroy you. Either by drugging you, then claiming you were an addict, they can take them out by "accidents", etc. CORRECT.

[@baylorsailor]

Billie's version of "I'll Be Seeing You" always makes me cry. Her voice is so beautiful and haunting. 💜

[@yogijones8527]

She had a rough life, she was way before he time but brought light to the uglys of this country.

[@MaddMelloo41]

They definitely took her out over strange fruit it made no sense that she was clean at the time and it’s funny they say she was found dead with drugs I always knew it was a lie

[@BlOoDr3DxViSiOn]

The Afrocentric women are the fruits of all life there energy’s are the highest power within the stars of mental pain RIP Billie Holiday 🙏🏿

[@morticiag]

Especially Sadie Holliday? 😅

[@bikoizrael7535]

Yes Absolutely R I P❤

[@LyricalIAm]

😂😂

[@BlOoDr3DxViSiOn]

God bless those who have love in there heart✨🙏🏿❤️🫡

[@RoseyGlowRealm]

THIS CONTENT IS SO BEAUTIFUL I SEE BILLIE HOLIDAY, STAUTE IN MY OLD NEIGBORHOOD IN BALTIMORE MD. MY MOM I WAS TOLD LOVED BILLIE HOLIDAY.

[@stephenbarnes9196]

You know folks treat you like crap when you are a live but when you pass a way that treat you like royalty

[@mollyswanner1607]

I did not even know methadone has been around so long. So much to be learned. So sorry for this woman.

[@MagpieAnnie73]

I know two people who died of Methadone OD's And get this it was prescribd for pain managment It's like giving an addicive drug to get off of drugs

[@AqkeunnaTerrell-i2v]

​​@@MagpieAnnie73 I Thank God he delivered me from Methadone 10's!

[@My3Sunzs]

Ms. Holiday soul resting in GODS unconditional loving arms. Thank you for sharing.🙏☮️⭐️💎💐👏

[@jamesdrummond5894]

No weapons form against us shall prosper. If God is for us who could be against us.

[@tharealstunningbrwn9478]

Amen

[@Itsaid22]

We must repent and return to Our Almighty God and Jesus Christ 🧔🏿‍♂️ because Trouble is coming fast 🎯

[@MyJesusIsLord86]

In Jesus name, Amen🙏🏾

[@henricoshawty85]

This woman had such a timeless voice. Such a life of turmoil, pain and sadness. May she rest in peace with God. 💐🌹💐💖🙏🏽

[@cynthismanning6397]

When you throw the truth in someone's face, especially the government, you're going to pay. I know. Believe me. I know.

[@DionneSimpson-v6p]

🌹Respect to her despite her fate she was still significant 🌹 Bless her soul

[@cdeshields9631]

Girlfriend you ain't never lied negative entities are real 😵‍💫😈

[@Michelle-mq5cw]

As I listen I know ill-fated educators are responsible, regurgitating poison instilled in them in others😢 I abhor them all for that!

[@joyceadena]

Rare emojis where did you get it😊

[@TeeBabyXOXO]

Trueee and I love your emojis!

[@jleron22]

A dozen red roses for the beautiful black queen Ms. Billie Holliday…She didn’t deserve to die that way, surrounded by people who meant her no good & were out for control of her estate. Sad to say that these type of practices are still going on today in the indusy🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@gloriagarza6823]

Peace. Thank you, Ms. Billie Holiday. Your legacy still stands. Peace.

[@gloriagarza6823]

Peace. Thank you for reply. Peace.

[@RenaissanceAustin]

So sad that They made McKay look so innocent in Lady Sings the Blues.

[@stephaniekearse9647]

My grandfather was friends with Louis McKay he and my grandmother used have them come over for dinner my grandmother did not like him not one bit my grandfather said McKay was a leech and a user

[@nsa_80]

🙏🏾🌹🌹Flowers to Billie Holiday and u2. Good job on this story. God bless.

[@heaven8639]

Yes the devils & his agents are very real all that your saying is true!! Put the full armor of God on every day& your love ones & psalm 91!!🙏💝thank you soo much!!💐💞

[@My3Sunzs]

ABSOLUTELY 🙏☮️

[@fafa335]

made me shed a tear, thank you for this TRUTHFUL coverage😢😭❤❤❤❤❤

[@clairegavrel511]

Thank you for telling the truth about Billy Holiday. Part of the story was tragic.

[@maggiemojica1057]

Wonderful description of her life and the battles she faced. May she rest in peace. Thank you for your words of wisdom of how people are sent into your life as agents of destruction. That holds so true.

[@EnchantedRiversPhotography]

She was so beautiful 💞🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷🪷

[@ohhCoOlStOrYbRoO]

My grandmother called me Lady Day growing up and I never understood why now I get it ! I feel so connected to Billie Holiday in so many ways ! 💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@gmw1635]

There’s no telling what happened to her while attending that Catholic reform school poor lady day💐💐💐

[@rosemariefritchman5288]

I was molested in a Catholic Children's Home? Not far from Philly and there were kids there from Philly???? I'm 60 now and I closed when I was 10?

[@elfhybrid9063]

I'll never understand why the world feels the need to destroy beauty! Thank you for sharing Lady Day's story and with such passion. 🏵🌷💐🌷🏵

[@claricestarling6510]

th world doesn’t sh had an addiction

[@tipennya]

How ironic that her two biggest hits would both be inspired by each of her parents!! Wow!

[@sheng3229]

Karine, I second you on praying when meeting new people because its true. It never know the people's true intention. Great video love, hope you're doing well 💗💗💗

[@JuliaShalomJordan]

Amen. I agree.🙏🏻

[@VisibleTimes]

This video contains so much relatable and relevant truth. Well presented.❤

[@Kitkac80]

BEAUTIFUL KARINE. AND QUEEN BILLIE. Rest in paradise queen ❤

[@KarineAlourde]

❤❤❤

[@wandabrown7482]

❤❤❤ Loved her& her unique voice.

[@lydiapicano8806]

This is so incredibly sad, her life was doomed from the very beginning. She certainly deserved better than she received.🌹🌻🌼🌷

[@fantalemon0013]

The earth is ghetto...this is ghetto 😂😂 couldn't agree with you more, I pray to God everyday ❤

[@aprilmorrison9627]

just began this video...wow! WHO sends a 9 year old to a reform school?! and then again when she is RAPED!! horrific! This poor little girl....HEARTBREAKING!

[@debralee1401]

He was worse than Judas. At least Judas had remorse. Evil, Evil pure EVIL!!! Tragic😪😪

[@lisanealy1703]

Well, judas took his own life instead of trusting in Christ. Not good.

[@SarahBourne-w2b]

Same thing that's happening to Ye Wendy Williams.Britney Spears.

[@Joylove134]

I will always love Billie Holiday❤

[@alexajay6896]

Billie was so beautiful

[@cashmerahuddleston1902]

🌼🌸🌹🌺🌷💐🪻 rest in love and peace lady Holiday 🪽

[@kerryoneill8718]

She was mesmerising !

[@jamellfoster6029]

🌼 🌸 🌻 🌹 🏵... RIP Ms. Billie Holiday. She was 1 year older than my paternal grandmother 👵.

[@danavixen6274]

Such a BEAUTIFUL and talented woman with a troubled soul. The United States vs. Billie Holiday really hurt my soul. Andra Day nailed it though. Elenora Fagan DESERVED better. Yes she had her flaws. But, she was screwed over in a lot of ways. Death will NEVER kill her influence. 💐😔🙏🏾❤️🕊️

[@KarineAlourde]

Indeed ❤❤❤😢😢

[@danavixen6274]

Eleanora*

[@agissendanner83]

Lady sings the Blues is one of my favorite movies...Strange fruit one of my favorite songs. Hollywood abuses and exploits the broken. Sad story indeed

[@user-ln4gv2ly2e]

They murdered her in that hospital bed. Who else knows what else they did

[@KoreaMojo]

That ending is what I feel! When we don't know what is true, nothing is true. So what about victims of atrocities that will go disbelieved? People already don't look into things that are well established lies and just believe the headlines.

[@PamelaH_HappyVibes]

💐🌼🌻🌷🌺🌸🪻🌹 I’m already pissed off not even 3 minutes into the video. She was so talented!

[@juanmanuelventura8203]

What a beautiful & graceful Woman.❤

[@crystalm5454]

I'm pissed off, Beautiful Voice did not deserve this . :,(

[@christygarry1627]

Bill Holiday Was the best Jazz singing of all time.

[@AlkebulanMan-rw8cp]

Let's say she was ONE of the best jazz singers of all time. We had many many Black singers who never made the big time, but they had voices that would blow your mind! Our entertainers went thru a lot back during those days, and they are still going thru a lot today; not only the singers but these ball players are going thru a lot also!

[@redrockballa]

4real THEIR ALL GREAT I HATE WHEN PEOPLE TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING A COMPETITION WITH COLORED PEOPLE YOU DONT SEE THE NON COLORED PEOPLE DOING IT THEY HANDLE THEIR BUSINESS BEHIND CLOSE DOORS AND SHOW UNITY

[@maryannschlear5161]

My goodness....this woman went through a gauntlet of merciless betrayal by almost everybody but handful of friends and her dog !