Bessie Smith (Introduction)

Bessie Smith was a beautiful, well known, and respectful woman. Bessie Smith was an exquisite blues singer and her voice caught people’s ears. In 1912 during the Harlem Renaissance Bessie Smith broke into the singing world. A lot of people could relate to Bessie because of her hard life and struggles she had trying to become a Blues singer. From her being a black female in the music industry it was hard on her so she use alcohol and drugs to get away from her pain. Since she started to use drugs and alcohol her life became drugs and alcohol and singing, which were first in her, life slowly became nothing to her and she fell out the industry.