Queen Latifah Embodies Bessie Smith in HBO’s Empress of the Blues


Queen Latifah Embodies Bessie Smith in HBO’s Empress of the Blues

Queen Latifah Cover by James Hickey

Queen Latifah photograph by James Hickey

Tim Grierson interviews Queen Latifah for Backstage Magazine on her role in HBO’s Empress of the Blues, the story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and ’30s.