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*Hill recently came out of seclusion to record a verse for a song called "Music" on [[Joss Stone]]'s third album [[Introducing Joss Stone]].<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1548895/20061227/index.jhtml</ref> Joss was so insistent in her desire to work with Hill that she called Hill's mother every day until she could get Hill to work with her. Stone states about Hill: ''"And Lauryn, I've wanted to work with her since the first time I heard her voice. It's a dream come true for me — a goal I can mark off my list. I love her so much, and she's just so talented. She's just a poet. |
*Hill recently came out of seclusion to record a verse for a song called "Music" on [[Joss Stone]]'s third album [[Introducing Joss Stone]].<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1548895/20061227/index.jhtml</ref> Joss was so insistent in her desire to work with Hill that she called Hill's mother every day until she could get Hill to work with her. Stone states about Hill: ''"And Lauryn, I've wanted to work with her since the first time I heard her voice. It's a dream come true for me — a goal I can mark off my list. I love her so much, and she's just so talented. She's just a poet. |
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Given that the most positive thing Lauryn Hill's bandmates are saying about another potential Fugees reunion is "just keep praying," the chances seem slim that we'll see the trio of Wyclef Jean, Pras and Hill doing an album together again. With the 10-year anniversary of her solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, close to a year away, fans have questioned whether we would see her put out another album. But Sony Music, the label she is signed to, is still saying yes. |
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Hill has acquired new management, and earlier this month, she even put out a new song called "Lose Myself" that was inspired in part by a dude named Big Z. No, not some new rapper — Z is a penguin in the film "Surf's Up." And the song isn't the first single from her album; it's a featured track on the soundtrack to the film. |
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But, as her reps optimistically pointed out to MTV News, Hill has recently gone back into the studio with the goal of making a new LP. In all seriousness, they say. She theoretically has a library of unreleased material in the vault, since she has consistently recorded over the past decade (we just haven't heard anything yet). But the hip-hop star's camp says Hill has cooked up a batch of fresh new material and there will probably be some collaborations once the project is finally released. |
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Hill has also signed up for several dates, mostly at festivals, around the globe this summer. Stops in Dubai, Turkey, Israel and the Netherlands are all on her list, and in the U.S., she has four dates scheduled, including a free concert August 6 in Brooklyn, New York, as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series. |
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There's still no release date scheduled for the next Lauryn Hill project, tentatively titled "Khulami Phase". |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
Revision as of 18:00, 27 July 2007
Lauryn Hill |
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Lauryn Noel Hill-Marley (born May 25, 1975) is an eight-time Grammy award winning musician, record producer, and film actress. She initially established her reputation as the most visible and vocal member of The Fugees. On August 25, 1998 she launched her solo career by releasing the critically lauded album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, bringing the then-emerging neo-soul genre to a wider commercial platform. After a four year hiatus, she released the controversial MTV Unplugged No. 2.0; a live album of completely original material (except for So Much Things to Say and The Conquering Lion). She is the mother of four children with Rohan Marley; the seventh son of reggae legend Bob Marley.
Biography
Early life
Lauryn Hill was born in South Orange, New Jersey. She attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. Hill was an active student, cheerleader, and performer. Lauryn Hill began her acting career very early. In 1988, 13-year old Hill appeared as an Amateur Night contestant on It's Showtime at the Apollo. Hill sang her own version of William "Smokey" Robinson's song "Who's Lovin' You?". A nervous Hill sung far away from the mic, and was heckled at first, but Hill persisted and finished her song to a standing applause. She did not win, however.
Hill joined the cast of As The World Turns as Kira Johnson. In December 1993, Hill starred with Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act 2. In the film, she performed the songs "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (a duet with Tanya Blount) and "Joyful, Joyful" .
Her other acting work includes the play Club XII with MC Lyte; and the motion pictures King of the Hill (as Arletta the Elevator Operator); Hav Plenty (1997); and Restaurant (1998). She appeared as a singer on the soundtracks for Conspiracy Theory in 1996 ( on the track "Can't Take My Eyes Off You") and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood in 2002 (on the track "Selah", a song dedicated to her daughter Selah).
Musical career beginnings: The Fugees
The Refugee Camp ("Fugees") formed after Prakazrel "Pras" Michel approached Hill in high school about joining a music group he was creating. Soon after, she met Pras' cousin and fellow Haïtian immigrant, Wyclef Jean. At some point, Hill was given the nickname "L Boogie," as she began to convert her poetic writing into rap verses.
Hill's singing gained worldwide acclaim with the Fugees' remake of "Killing Me Softly with His Song", accompanied by a sample from A Tribe Called Quest's "Bonita Applebum".
Marriage and children
Since 1996 Hill has been in a relationship with Rohan Marley, son of the late reggae music icon Bob Marley. Though she refers to Marley as her husband, it has not been confirmed publicly that they are legally married. According to a October 2003 Rolling Stone article by Touré, Marley never divorced his first wife, whom he married while a sophomore at the University of Miami. [1] However, in the summer of 2005, Trace magazine interviewed Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley; Marley said none of this was true and that many lies had been written about them.[2]
Together they have four children: son Zion David Hill-Marley (3 August 1997); daughter Selah Louise Marley (12 November 1998); son Joshua Omaru Marley (January 2002),[3][4] and son John Marley (summer 2003).[5]
She has written a song about her eldest son titled "To Zion", which can be found on her first solo effort, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The song "Selah", as featured on the soundtrack Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [6], is believed by many to about her daughter but according to the lyrics is about the forgiveness, grace, and mercy of God.
Musical career
Blunted On Reality (1994)
The Fugees' first album, Blunted on Reality, which featured the songs "Boof Baf", "Nappy Heads" and "Vocab". "Nappy Heads" peaked at #49 on the U.S Hot 100. The album sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
The Score (1996)
Blunted on Reality was followed by The Score, a multi-platinum, Grammy-winning album that established all three Fugees as international rap stars. Singles from The Score include "Ready or Not", "Fu-Gee-La", and "No Woman, No Cry". The album's best-known song, however, is a cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly with His Song".
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
In 1998, Hill released The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, a commercially successful album that was also one of the most critically acclaimed releases of the 1990s. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill sold over 423,000 copies in its first week and topped the Billboard R&B Album chart for 6 weeks. The first single off the album was "Lost Ones" followed by "Doo Wop (That Thing)", which debuted at number one in the United States in the summer of 1998, along with singles "Ex-factor" and "Everything Is Everything". In 1999's Grammy Awards, Hill was nominated ten times and won Album of the Year (beating Madonna's critically acclaimed album Ray of Light), Best New Artist, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, Best R&B Song, Best R&B Album, setting new records for women in the industry.
Soon after the album became a global success, Hill and her recording company were sued by Vada Nobles, Rasheem Pugh, Johari Newton and Tejumold Newton, known as New Ark Entertainment, who claimed to have been denied full credit and compensation for their assistance on the album. Initially, Hill fought back and denied what they claimed was production input. But the matter was settled, and they received an undisclosed amount of money and were given credit for drum programming and a small amount of production work.
MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002)
On July 21, 2001 Lauryn Hill unveiled her highly-anticipated new material to a small crowd for a taping of an MTV Unplugged special. The 2002 released MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 album exhibited a different side of Hill, as she focused more on the lyrics and the message she was spreading rather than the musical arrangements. "Fantasy is what people want, but reality is what they need", she said during the concert. "I’ve just retired from the fantasy part."
Most of the songs featured only an acoustic guitar and her voice, somewhat raspy from rehearsal on the day before the recording. Hill used the set as an opportunity to give information on why she had been absent from the public for a period of time and what she found while away. Critical reception was mixed, but the album received platinum status.
Despite Hill's intentional departure from the media and celebrity, she continued to create commercially and critically successful music. Her song "Mystery of Iniquity" was nominated for a Grammy without promotion or radio airplay and used as an interpolation by hip-hop mega-producer Kanye West for his single "All Falls Down" (eventually recorded by Syleena Johnson). John Legend, who played piano on Everything is Everything, collaborated with Hill on the Grammy-nominated remix of "So High". Talib Kweli dedicated a song entitled "Ms. Hill" to her, rapping reverently that "you give us hope, you give us faith, you're the one". Artists and former collaborators such as Common still include Hill in their album thank yous and dedications.
In the months and years after the release of her debut album, Hill became increasingly disaffected with the music industry. In the February 2006 issue of Essence magazine, Hill describes this time in her life:
For two or three years I was away from all social interaction. It was a very introspective time because I had to confront my fears and master every demonic thought about inferiority, about insecurity or the fear of being black, young and gifted in this western culture. It took a considerable amount of courage, faith and risk to gain the confidence to be myself. I had to deal with folks who weren’t happy about that. I was a young woman with an evolved mind who was not afraid of her beauty or her sexuality. For some people that’s uncomfortable. They didn’t understand how female and strong work together. Or young and wise. Or Black and divine.
During this time, Hill abandoned celebrity and stopped doing interviews. She stopped watching television and listening to music and explored alternate methods of expressing herself, including creating and writing a considerable amount of music, poetry, screenplays, clothing designs, etc.
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Short Lived Return of The Fugees (2004-2007)
In one of the most momentous reunions in hip-hop history, The Fugees performed on September 18, 2004 at Dave Chappelle's Block Party in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. They headlined a bill that included a star-studded cast of hip hop celebrities. The concert received many positive reviewscitation needed, most of which praised Hill's nearly a cappella rendition of "Killing Me Softly". The block party was recorded and directed by Michel Gondry and released on March 3, 2006, to movie theaters.
The Fugees also appeared at BET's 2005 Music Awards on June 28, 2005, where they opened the show with a 12-minute set.
On October 6, 2005, Lauryn Hill emceed and performed two songs at the Take Back TV concert/ launch of Al Gore's CurrentTV.
A new album is in the works. One track, "Take It Easy", was leaked online and therefore was released as a single on the Internet on September 27, 2005. It peaked at #40 on the Billboard R&B Chart. The song was not without its critics, however; The Village Voice said "Turns out that a Fugees reunion wasn't really what anyone was waiting for; we just wanted Lauryn to start rapping again." [9]
The Fugees embarked on a European tour from November 30, 2005, through December 20, 2005. The group played Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Italy, France, England, Ireland and Switzerland.
On February 6, 2006, the Fugees did a special "Reunion Concert" in Hollywood, that was offered as a live webcast on the Verizon Wireless website. The Fugees have been featured in numerous Verizon Wireless VCast advertisements in magazines and TV commercials. A new song titled "Foxy" was made available on VCast. Also recently, a third new song has been leaked, unofficially titled "Wannabe", which uses the same hook as the Michael Jackson song "I Wanna Be Where You Are".
During an interview with SOHH.com Pras confirmed that a Fugees re-union had stopped moving. He indicated this was due to Hill having "some things she needs to deal with".
Solo Tour 2007
Hill has announced a tour for the summer of this year which features shows in 14 countries including the UK, US, France, Israel, Brazil, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, and Italy.
Humanitarianism, activism, controversy
Humanitarianism and activism
Hill is noted as a humanitarian, and in 1996 she received an Essence Award for work which has included the 1996 founding of the Refugee Project, an outreach organization that supports a two-week overnight camp for at-risk youth, and for supporting well-building projects in Kenya and Uganda, as well as for staging a rap concert in Harlem to promote voter registration.
In 1999 Hill received three awards at the 30th Annual NAACP Image Awards. In 1999 Ebony magazine named her one of "100+ Most Influential Black Americans". She was named with Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. and others among the "10 For Tomorrow," in the EBONY 2000: Special Millennium Issue.
Christmas Benefit Controversy
On December 13, 2003, Hill shocked officials at a Christmas benefit concert at the Vatican by denouncing "corruption, exploitation, and abuses", in reference to the molestation of boys by Catholic officials in the United States of America and the cover-up of offenses by Catholic Church officials. Hill told the crowd of 7,000:
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Hill called on the church leaders to "repent" and encouraged the crowd to "not seek blessings from man but from God."
There was silence for several minutes from the audience as many could not speak English. There were cries of "Enough" and "Shame" from those who understood while others whistled and clapped before she picked up her guitar and performed two songs, entitled "Damnable Heresies" and "Social Drugs", both about social obligations. After her performance her comments were translated for Cardinal Camillo Ruini, head of the Italian Bishops Conference, who was sitting in the front row—and he walked out in protest. Among those in attendance were Edmund Cardinal Szoka, American-born President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City, and President of the Governorate of Vatican City. The segment was cut from the television broadcast by the Church, and a full transcript of Hill's statement has yet to be released.
The global response Hill received was varied. Monsignor Rino Fisichella, one of the organizers of the traditional concert, said: "It was in poor taste and very bad mannered. It showed a complete lack of respect for her invitation and for the place where she had been invited to perform", while the Catholic League responded by calling Hill "pathologically miserable".[11]
Hill's only response to the press about the controversy, while returning to New York, was: "What I said was the truth. Is telling the truth bad manners? What I asked was the church to repent for what has happened".[12]
Allegations of Racist Statements
In 1996 there was a rumor that was never verified but that quickly circulated popular culture. The rumored statements, however, were never cited or substantiated and have conclusively been rejected as virulent fabrications (similar to the spurious racist quotations attributed to Tommy Hilfiger). MTV has publicly discredited the quotation, and after a discussion of the quotation on The Howard Stern Show with an alleged witness, Hill herself called in to the show to refute it, and eventually it was all declared false. Hill has repeatedly asserted in interviews that the rumor was false, and that she is in no way racist .[13]
Award history
Grammys Career Statistics[14][15]
- Career wins: 11
- Career nominations: 19
Category | Genre | Song/Album | Year | Result |
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Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group | R&B | Killing Me Softly | 1996 | Won |
Best Rap Album | Rap | The Score | 1996 | Won |
Album of the Year | Top | The Score | 1996 | Nominated |
Best Female Pop Vocal | Pop | Can't Take My Eyes Off You | 1998 | Nominated |
Best Female Rap Solo Performance | Rap | Lost Ones | 1998 | Nominated |
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | R&B | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 1998 | Won |
Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group | R&B | Nothing Even Matters feat. D'Angelo | 1998 | Nominated |
Best R&B Song (award goes to songwriter) | R&B | A Rose Is Still A Rose - by Aretha Franklin | 1998 | Nominated |
Best R&B Song (award goes to songwriter) | R&B | Doo Wop (That Thing) | 1998 | Won |
Best R&B Album | R&B | The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill | 1998 | Won |
Best Female Rap Solo Performance | Rap | Lost Ones | 1998 | Nominated |
Best New Artist | Top | N/A | 1998 | Won |
Album of the Year | Top | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | 1998 | Won |
Album of the Year | Top | Supernatural | 2000 | Won[16] |
Best Music Video (Short Form) | General | Everything Is Everything | 2000 | Nominated |
Best R&B Song (award goes to songwriter) | R&B | All That I Can Say - Mary J. Blige | 2000 | Nominated |
Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals | Pop | Turn Your Lights Down Low, with Bob Marley from The Best Man soundtrack | 2001 | Nominated |
Best Female Rap Solo Performance | Rap | Mystery Of Iniquity | 2003 | Nominated |
Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group | R&B | So High, with John Legend | 2005 | Nominated |
Other awards nominated and won
As of 2006, Lauryn Hill has won over 30 awards, including eight Grammy Awards and three World best-selling Music Awards. She is first of only seven female artists awarded five Grammys in one year; the others being Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, and the members of Dixie Chicks.
1999 Award wins
- Favorite Soul/R&B New Artist
- Favorite New Artist - Female
- Video of the Year
- Best Female Video,
- Best R&B Video, and
- Best Art Direction (Gideon Ponte) - Doo Wop (That Thing)
- R&B/Soul Album of the Year
- Best R&B/Soul Single, Solo (Ex-Factor)
- Best R&B/Soul or Rap Music Video (Doo Wop (That Thing))
- Artist of the Year (Rhythm/Urban)
- Best Album
- Best New Artist
- Outstanding Female Artist
- President's Award for the Refugee Project
- Best Female R&B/Soul Album
- Best Music Video ("Doo Wop (That Thing)")
- Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album
- Sammy Davis, Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award
1999 award nominations
- Best Hip-Hop Video
- Best R&B/Soul Album
- Most Fashionable Artist (Female)
- Visionary Video Award
- Best Female Artist
- Best Album
- Best R&B Artist
- Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
2000 Award Wins
- Favorite Female Soul/R&B Artist
- Favorite R&B Album
- Best R&B/Soul Single, Female (Ex-Factor)
- World's Best-Selling Female R&B Artist
- World's Best-Selling Female Rap Artist
- World's Best-Selling New Artist
2000 Award nominations
Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards
- Best R&B/Soul Single - Solo (Everything Is Everything)
- Best Hip-Hop Video - Everything Is Everything
- Best Direction (Sanji) - Everything Is Everything
- Best Special Effects (Method) - Everything Is Everything[17]
Current projects
- Hill is reportedly working on a solo album. The Wailers are reported to be on the album. [citation needed]
- John Legend has worked twice with Hill. He played the piano on the song "Everything Is Everything" from Hill's first album. Hill then guested on the remix of his song So High which was nominated for a Grammy
- Hill has supposedly completed work on her second studio album. However, online-chat claimed that Columbia, her record label, is refusing to release it. A petition is currently being circulated online by fans, hoping to persuade Columbia to release the album, which Columbia deems not as "marketable" and fears would not be the same as the commercially successful "The Miseducation". Insiders who claim to have listened to the new album say it is "brilliant", "genius", and a "masterpiece".[citation needed]
- On August 13, 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported that Hill has been leasing space in a 1920s Los Angeles warehouse that has been turned into live-work lofts.[18] It has also been reported Hill has a home in a hotel suite in Florida along with a studio.
- Hill recently came out of seclusion to record a verse for a song called "Music" on Joss Stone's third album Introducing Joss Stone.[19] Joss was so insistent in her desire to work with Hill that she called Hill's mother every day until she could get Hill to work with her. Stone states about Hill: "And Lauryn, I've wanted to work with her since the first time I heard her voice. It's a dream come true for me — a goal I can mark off my list. I love her so much, and she's just so talented. She's just a poet.
Trivia
This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. (June 2007) |
- Hill was childhood friends with actor Zach Braff, who graduated from Columbia High School in 1993, the same year as Hill. Braff mentions inviting Hill to his bar Mitzvah in 1988.[20]
- She worked with Aretha Franklin on the latter's LP, A Rose Is Still A Rose.
- She wrote, produced and sang background vocals for Mary J. Blige's hit "All That I Can Say".
- She wrote and produced the song "On That Day" for gospel artist CeCe Winans on her album Everlasting Love.
Discography
The Fugees
- Blunted on Reality (1994)
- The Score (1996)
- Refugee Camp - Bootleg Versions (1996)
- Fugees - Greatest Hits (2003)
Solo albums
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
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Solo singles
Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |||
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U.S. | U.S. R&B | U.S. Rap | UK | |||
1996 | "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" (w/ Nas) |
53 | 15 | 17 | 12 | It Was Written |
1997 | "The Sweetest Thing" | — | — | — | 18 | Love Jones SDTK |
"All My Time" (w/ Paid & Live) |
— | — | — | 57 | All My Time | |
1998 | "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" | — | — | — | — | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |
"Can't Take My Eyes off of You" | 351 | 45 | — | — | ||
"Doo Wop (That Thing)" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
1999 | "Lost Ones" | 271 | — | — | — | |
"Ex-Factor" | 21 | 7 | — | 4 | ||
"Everything Is Everything" | 35 | 14 | — | 19 | ||
"To Zion" | — | 77 | — | — | ||
"Nothing Even Matters" (featuring D'Angelo) |
105 | 25 | — | — | ||
"Turn Your Lights Down Low" (w/ Bob Marley) |
86 | 49 | — | 15 | Chant Down Babylon | |
2002 | "Mr. Intentional" | — | — | — | — | MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 |
2006 | "Say" (w/ Method Man) |
— | 66 | — | — | 4:21: The Day After |
2007 | "Lose Myself" | — | — | — | — | Surf's Up Original Soundtrack |
- 1 peak on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.
References
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5940100/the_mystery_of_lauryn_hill
- ^ http://webuser.fh-furtwangen.de/~krapf/fugees-online/special_interview_trace.htm
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/laurynhill
- ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_3_33/ai_87741110/pg_5
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/laurynhill
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279778/fullcredits
- ^ http://www.essence.com/essence/themix/entertainment/0,16109,1149478,00.html#
- ^ http://www.essence.com/essence/themix/entertainment/0,16109,1149478,00.html#
- ^ The Fugees: Reunited and Not Very Good Tom Breihan, Villagevoice.com, September 26,2005
- ^ http://www.snapnetwork.org/news/vatican/lauryn_hill_vatican.htm
- ^ http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=46&aid=57677
- ^ http://www.snapnetwork.org/news/vatican/lauryn_hill_vatican.htm
- ^ http://www.snopes.com/quotes/lauryn.htm
- ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1997/grammys.htm
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html
- ^ http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=lauryn%20hill&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1
- ^ http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-h/laurynhill_main.htm
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/news/local/valley/la-re-hotprop13aug13,1,3232238.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
- ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1548895/20061227/index.jhtml
- ^ "BRAFF: 'LAURYN HILL WAS MY COKE AND PEPSI PARTNER'". PR-inside.com. Retrieved September 6.
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External links
- Official site
- First Polish Lauryn Hill Fansite
- Jan 2006: Interview with Essence magazine 2005: They Call Me Ms. Hill
- July 2005: Lauryn Hill interview with Trace magazine
- June 10 2005:2005: Lauryn Hill Def Poetry Jam Performance
- Rolling Stone: Lauryn Hill
- Oct 30 2003: Rolling Stone magazine, "The Mystery of Lauryn Hill: She made one of the greatest albums of the Nineties—then what happened?" by Touré
- International The Fugees fansite with news on Lauryn Hill
- Articles with trivia sections from June 2007
- 1975 births
- Living people
- African American musicians
- African-American singer-songwriters
- American rhythm and blues guitarists
- American soul singers
- American rhythm and blues singers
- American actor-singers
- American female singers
- African American rappers
- Female rappers
- Hip hop singers
- Columbia University alumni
- Grammy Award winners
- Neo soul singers
- New Jersey musicians
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