Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915 in Philadelphia . As a child she had a tough life living with her parents. Billie’s parents had been married when she had turned 3 and a couple of years later her father walked out on them and divorced her mother. Not much money coming in for the family now she had just began bad habits to release stress from her body and mind. In 1925 Billie reported she has been raped at the age of 10 . Holiday’s mother discovered her neighbor, Wilbert Rich, in the act of raping her daughter.At the age of 13 Billie had gotten pregnant and she had been kicked out of her parents house in Baltimore. Going on with her life she started short, she began singing in night clubs for small tips. She was later arrested for being a prostitute. When led out she once again tried to turn her life around and become famous.Billie had fulfilled her dream, and began writing and performing her new released album. Later on in life she once again had been arrested for drug use. Lastly Billie Holiday died on July 17,1959.
