Phyllis Hyman...

So I'm watching "UnSung" on TvOne and the 1st episode is on Phyllis Hyman...now I've heard of her before...but really couldn't place the name with anything. But after watching the documentary on her life, I must say...she was the shit. Phyllis' story was a classic one...pretty girl...hit the music biz and the music bi really didn't know what to do with her. She was the first woman signed on to Arista Records...too bad Clive Davis didn't really know what to do with her. she struggled to make a number one hit...but,she did find success...on Broadway. She starred in duke ellington's musical "Sophisticated Ladies" opposite Gregory Hines(another great) and Hinton Battle. She even got a Tony nomination...but as the tragic tale goes...she fell out with Clive...turned to drugs..attempted suicide...got her act together only to be replaced with no other than Whitney Houston...make a comback again...get diagnosed with bipolar disorder(that is illness is really affecting the black community...real spit)...started taking meds...was on her way back to the top...stopped taking the meds...lost her mother and her grandmother....went back to drugs and alcohol...and commited suicide in 1995 a week before her birthday.



Check her in "Sophisticated Ladies"...


I love her sass!






...Phyllis Hyman...another unsung great.