Wyclef’s New Book Gives Details About His Affair With Lauryn Hill
After years of speculation and rumors surrounding the breakup of The Fugees, Wyclef Jean lays it all out on the line in his new book, “Purpose”. In his book, Wyclef not only discusses the affair he had with Lauryn Hill, but also calls her a liar in reference to the paternity of her child Zion. Wyclef writes that allegedly Lauryn Hill told him her first son was his, but it was actually Rohan Marley’s.
Let me play devil’s advocate for a second.
So Lauryn Hill is being painted as the “bad guy” in this book, but Wyclef was actually the one married. Hi pot. Meet kettle. “In that moment something died between us. I was married and Lauryn and I were having an affair, but she led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn’t forgive that,” Jean writes in “Purpose”. He described this as the reason for the breakup of the group. This sounds like some old Maury Povich mess.
“She could no longer be my muse,” he wrote. “Our love spell was broken.” Apparently Wyclef failed to realize, that you don’t sleep with your muse when you’re a married man. Before the bad blood between the two, Wyclef recalls the first day he met Lauryn:
Pras called me one afternoon and said he needed me to come down to this studio to lay down some vocals. “I’m here with those two girls I told you about in this group we callin’ Tyme. We doin’ a track,” he said. “I need you to come sing some of that reggae stuff you’re so good at.” […] The two girls were named Marcy and Lauryn, and the minute I saw Lauryn Hill, I couldn’t believe my eyes. She was in the vocal booth, and when she came through the door to say hello I experienced that feeling when everything stops for a second. It’s a moment I’ll never forget.
He then goes into more details on how his affair affected the Fugees:
It’s going to be easy for people to read this and say, “Why did he do that to Lauryn? How could he not go with her? He broke up the Fugees!” I wish it were easy to explain away, but it’s not. Claudette was with me when I had nothing, and she stood by me and helped me to be the man that I have become—the man I wouldn’t have been without her […] It’s easy to listen to the music and hear the romance and love in there and think of what could have been. But the music is the best expression of my relationship with Lauryn. The rest of it wasn’t smooth at all. We were either deeply in love or fighting; there was no middle ground. It was a passionate roller coaster ride, every single day […] The real Lauryn is much more complicated than what comes through in her art. Same goes for me.
I can’t help but to wonder if Wyclef would have kept his married penis in his pants, if The Fugees would still be together? I guess we’ll never know.
Was Lauryn underaged when the affair started? That’s what many people say and if so Wyclef was completely wrong.
Yes Wyclef is wrong and so is Lauryn. She knew he was married. People don’t have respect for others relationships. Hoes will be hoes.
Yeah its completely for =__=* cause she’s a hoe. You know how “hoes” are no respect to a person who already vow to love someone else,til death do they part. And Lauryn that “hoe” being all young and vulnerable to an older man she just couldn’t resist her natural hoe instincts. That bastard she and she alone broke that family. Teh but you right, hoes will be hoes.
No one is overlooking Wyclef involvement he did make a vow and he’s a hoe too, notice the plural?
Anyway, Lauryn isn’t blameless either. I know countless women who throw themselves at married or involved men. They are not victims, but active participants. No one fooled her, she knew from jump. Get the f outta here with that. Stop trying to used that as a damn excuse.
That’s why Rohan Marley left her, what goes around comes back around.
@ Serene
Hoe? Seriously? SMDH because none of us were there and only know what is being written and that may not even be the whole truth.
They were both young and both are responsible for what transpire between them. However, to call Lauryn a hoe is just not right. She is only human so is he. If these two went on a promiscuity spree afterwards than your name calling is deserved. But from my recollection, they didn’t.
Lauren is really taking a whipping this year. When it rains it pours. I hope she can get over all the drama. It is a lot for anybody to bear especially all at once like this.
All parents make mistakes, but fortunantely for them their children don’t often have to know about it. It’s sad that her children have to be privy to all the sordid details of her life. I wish them well.
*Barfs* I lost respect for Lauryn when I learned of her dealings with Wyclef. Wyclef always strut me as insincere in some way. I guess he and Claudette have decided to capitalize off of his fuckery which is pretty wack. All three of them should just have a seat and shut the fuck up.
Interesting…They are equally wrong for carrying on this affair, and taking food out of Prazwell’s mouth with the breakup of the group. Shameful.
Even before this book people painted Lauryn as this angel, but it’s clear that she is far from one. I loved the Fugees and I was a big fan of L Boogie’s solo career until I started hearing about how crazy she acts at shows (verbally abusing the band, walking off stage never to return) then witnessing it first hand. I can not support someone who comes out with a song every time they get pregnant then drops off the face of the earth.