Louis Armstrong's mother was a whore. A 15-year old
whore, as a matter of fact.
His first wife was a whore, too, by the way.
Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans in 1900, and by the age of 6 was helping finance his mother, sister and grandmother. At the age of 12, he was arrested for shooting in the air, and put in an institution for juvenile delinquents. There he learned to play the trumpet, and when he was released, a year later, he started performing with it. (He had already performed in street vocal groups before).
At the age of 17, he married a 19-year old whore, who beat him up regularly. When she cut him with a razor blade, however, he left her (and did not associate with whores thereafter).
At the age of 28, he was arrested for the possession of drugs.
He remarried 3 more times. His final marriage was to a Cotton Club dancer, named Lucille in 1942.
He was haunted by the FBI, due to his public speaking against racial segregation.
Miles Davis said, "When you blow into an instrument, you know you will never get it to produce a sound Louis hadn't produced before."