Billie Holiday records her penultimate album, 'Lady in Satin,' in New York in 1957. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Today, Holiday is revered as one of the most influential musical artists of all ...

(The Root) — Kanye’s sixth studio album, Yeezus, was released on Tuesday, but the Internet has been buzzing about it since it leaked last week. One song in particular, “Blood on the Leaves,” made a ...

Rebecca Ferguson, the runner up on the UK’s “X Factor,” says she would perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony -- under one condition. On Twitter, Ferguson released a statement ...

Yes, it has a strange name. No, you most likely haven’t heard of it before. And yes, it is definitely a fruit you need to know. It’s Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis), a strange and beautiful red ...

Sometimes even PR firms need to hire PR consultants. That seems to be the lesson of "Strange Fruit Public Relations," an Austin, Texas-based PR firm that has committed to rebranding after being ...

One of Billie Holiday's most iconic songs is "Strange Fruit," a haunting protest against the inhumanity of racism. Many people know that the man who wrote the song was inspired by a photograph of a ...

Billie Holiday's 'Strange Fruit' lyrics were controversial to some and powerful to others. The song was Holiday's way of protesting the lynching of Black people during the Jim Crow era, and it angered ...

Notable for bringing a gay slant to Southern racist, lynching investigation-mode thrillers, indie writer-director Kyle Schickner's third feature, "Strange Fruit," fumbles an intriguing concept with ...

Billie Holiday recorded her iconic version of Strange Fruit on 20 April 1939. Eighty years on – in the first of our Songs that Made History series – Aida Amoako explores how a poem about lynching ...

Dan Oko, a Houston-based freelance writer, specializes in outdoor recreation, environmental affairs and active travel. I often write consumer-friendly stuff, and I'd been expecting the package. Until ...

Rebecca Ferguson said she has been asked to perform at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, and she has agreed under one condition: that she can sing the anti-racism anthem "Strange Fruit." By ...