Harlem’s biggest advocate schools us on the neighborhood’s historic greatness.
While most who know her would describe Bevy Smith as a woman about town, the radio host and TV personality admits that she rarely leaves Harlem. Born and raised in the northern Manhattan neighborhood, Smith credits growing up uptown with everything from her career courage to her love of a stiletto heel and wrap dress. When she left a thriving career—and big paycheck—doing fashion ad sales for magazines to become an entertainer, Smith knew she could do it. And this was from day one, before she landed countless media appearances, a three-season Bravo series (Fashion Queens) and her brand-new show, Bevelations, on Sirius Radio. What gave her all that confidence? Harlem, of course. Here, Smith talks about the neighborhood’s gravitational pull.
