persia white covers strange fruit.

In 2004, during an urban high school musical (I know), is when I first heard Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit". I know, pretty late in the game, right? Tell me about it. But nevertheless, I fell ridiculously in love with the song and became obsessed with finding covers. Sadly, my obsession turned into pure laziness and I stopped searching, until I randomnly came across Persia White's version in 2005.

Persia White, who played the role of 'Lynn Searcy' on the once hit TV series, Girlfriends, has been a Myspace "friend" of mine for forever and a day. While browsing through her page, I learned that she's a part of a rock/alternative band called XEO3, where she does the vocals.

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It was then that I saw their demo covering, "Strange Fruit". It is the most amazing cover of that song that I've ever heard, and I've played it out constantly throughout the years. Of course, at the time, Girlfriends was still on the air. For me, the shock of watching her play Lynn's character and listening to the track as herself, Persia White, only made it that much more intriguing.

There was even a 40 second clip of a video for that song on their page - honestly, what better!? But over the years that's all there was - a 40 second clip.

Finally today, with the help of my good friend YouTube, the FULL video appeared in my 'Recommended for You', haha. Being fresh obsessed as im is, I feel like it's my duty to give this video to the world.

Enjoy.

Click here for a live video of Billie Holiday singing the original version.

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