Grammy award-winning singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced Monday to three months in federal prison for failing to pay taxes on more than $2 million in earnings during a five-year period. U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo in Newark, N.J. federal court also sentenced the famed rapper and actress to three months of home confinement with…
It’s a good time for music, Clutchettes. While Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu have us singing about being “Q.U.E.E.N.(s),” Lauryn Hill is back with her first new music in years. Her new track, “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)” was borne out of a deal with Sony Records to release a predetermined number of songs by a…
Lauryn Hill is one of the most fascinating artists of our time. Her brilliant first album mesmerized us just as much as her personal and financial troubles confused us. After a hiatus from music, rants that characterized her as unstable, six children and documented tax woes, it felt as if the brown beauty with the…
Unlike Wesley Snipes, Lauryn Hill managed to dodge a huge bullet yesterday. Hill was schedule to be sentenced on Monday for tax evasion, but her case was delayed for two weeks. Hill was able to put off sentencing because of a new record deal with Sony. According to TMZ, Hill’s attorney revealed that the singer recently…
Fame has ruined Lauryn Hill’s life. The spotlight’s glare has intensified her woes, including her pending tax evasion sentencing and eviction from her South Orange, New Jersey mansion. Hill’s demons are constantly broadcast through blogging sites, television screens and social media timelines, a direct consequence of the 24-hour news cycle. Many of Hill’s former disciples…
Lauryn Hill has pled guilty to stiffing the federal government for more than three years. The Grammy Award-winning crooner owes more than $1.5 million in back taxes because she didn’t file from 2005 through 2007. Hill is facing one year in jail and more than $100,000 in fines. The mother of five isn’t surrendering to…
There’s something to be said for people who don’t engage in mud-slinging in the press every time they find themselves in the middle of a scandal. Lauryn Hill did just that when news outlets rushed to pick up the story of her alleged affair with former bandmate, Wyclef Jean. Married rapper Wyclef claimed in his…
Wyclef Jean made headlines recently with his new memoir Purpose, after he purposefully disclosed details about his affair with Lauryn Hill and alleging that she lied about the paternity of her first-born. Wyclef stated that the lies led to the breakup of The Fugees and caused irreparable damage to their friendship. Although Lauryn Hill has…
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….
There seems to be an entire spectrum of public attitudes toward Lauryn Hill. The extremes are incontestable Lauryn-Can-Do-No-Wrong fandom and the Lauryn-As-We-Know-Her-Is-Never-Coming-Back-And-We’re-Cool-With-It camp. A number of people seem to fall somewhere in the middle, vacillating between the warm swell of nostalgic appreciation they feel when a track from Miseducation plays and the uneasy concessions they make when…
