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 ...

But, her legacy extends way beyond music with one song in particular — "Strange Fruit." The song paints an unflinching picture of racial violence, and it was an unexpected hit. But singing it ...

She formerly worked at website Fashion & Style as a reality TV reporter before joining the ... in Holiday's biggest hit, "Strange Fruit." The song serves as the basis of the legal drama depicted ...