LZ Granderson: Finding salvation from dark places through Ledisi and Nina Simone
Back in July, while performing at the Hollywood Bowl, the Grammy-winning artist Ledisi shared a story about the day in 2003 when Nina Simone saved her life. Ledisi was in her late 20s, depressed, newly divorced and struggling with money problems. One day, while sitting in a rocking chair on the porch of her Oakland home listening to the radio, she started "thinking how to leave the Earth." ...
by LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times
Dec 30, 2021
3 minutes
Back in July, while performing at the Hollywood Bowl, the Grammy-winning artist Ledisi shared a story about the day in 2003 when Nina Simone saved her life.
Ledisi was in her late 20s, depressed, newly divorced and struggling with money problems. One day, while sitting in a rocking chair on the porch of her Oakland home listening to the radio, she started "thinking how to leave the Earth."
"That's how dark it was," Ledisi told the crowd, and their
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