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Wednesday, Twitter went crazy over producer Timbaland's newest artist, 19-year-old rapper Tink, who is now being compare to rapper/ singer Lauryn Hill after his The Breakfast Club interview where he premiered her newest track with Jay Z and Rick Ross called, "Movin' Bass." Read More »
Pharrell Williams has partnered up with 2K Sports for their best-selling basketball videogame franchise. As the music curator, the Grammy-winning "Happy" rapper has chosen 27 must-listen to tracks from the upcoming "NBA 2K15" soundtrack. Read More »
Lauryn Hill was left as the only artist who could possibly one up The Flaming Lips during Dave Letterman's week-long tribute to The Beatles. I'm happy to say the former Fugee rose to the occasion with her performance of the George Harrison classic (making it, via the transitive property and George being the best Beatle, among the most classic) "Something." Read More »
Since being released from prison, Lauryn Hill has been pretty quiet but the New Jersey songstress recently announced that she's ready to get back to the music. Hill has been out of prison for a little over a month. She served time for tax evasion. Read More »
Lauryn Hill was recently released from prison. And she's certainly been keeping busy. First, she released a new song called "Consumerism." Then, she petitioned a judge to postpone her three months of house arrest so that she could go on tour (and it looks like she will get it). Now, much in the same way that she did before going to prison, the ex-Fugee has penned an open letter thanking fans, friends and family for their support during her incarceration. Check it out up top. Read More »
Lauryn Hill has released a new 2013 song titled "Consumerism." Within 24 hours, Hill was released from federal prison and released a new single. Impressive. The former Fugees singer left federal prison on Friday, a few days earlier than expected, according to Forbes. The singer was sentenced to three months in prison for tax evasion, but apparently her good behavior got her out a few days early. Meanwhile, the Grammy winner has released her second single this year. Keep reading to listen to "Consumerism." Read More »
Former Fugees singer Lauryn Hill is a free woman. After serving almost three months in prison, Hill was released today (Oct. 4) from a facility in Danbury, Conn., according to TMZ. Hill had been serving time since July 8 in a minimum-security prison for tax evasion for money she earned between 2005 and 2007. To help celebrate leaving prison, Hill released a new single last night (Oct. 3), "Comsumerism," via her Tumblr. Read More »
Lauryn Hill may have had to abandon her six children and home in July to commenc serving her three month sentence at federal prison for tax ivasion, however the "Miseducation" singer remains optomistic in her open letter to fans. Read More »
Today, TMZ reported that R&B singer Lauryn Hill has checked in to a "minimum security type" federal corrections facility in Danbury, Connecticut. This is the first day of her 3-month sentence for tax evasion of around $1.8 million in earnings, which she initially said she did not pay due to situations involving danger to her family. Hill also singed a recording contract with Sony earlier this year to ease her financial troubles, but she has still been sent to jail. She will not be in isolation for the 3 months of her sentence but will be among the general population. Read More »
R&B star Lauryn Hill has had a while to ruminate on her three-month prison sentence stemming from her failure to pay taxes on $1.8 million in earnings to the IRS. Her realization in the month since her May sentencing: Historic racism is to blame. Read More »
Lauryn Hill had an up close and personal brush with the US Justice System earlier this year. The woman who was narrowly saved from a tax evasion fine (but still sentenced to jail time) decided to take this experience and, in true Hill fashion, twist it in order to drop some knowledge on us. The "Doo Wop" singer tore into institutionalized racism in an open letter on her tumblr. Read More »
Georgia's own Nikki "706Nix" McKnight talks being one of the first openly lesbian rappers, lyrical inspiration, new music, and more with Mstars News reporter Dominique Zonyee. Read More »
Lauryn Hill has been sentenced for tax evasion. While Sony swept in at the last minute to provide Hill with the money to pay her fines (and get some new music from Hill out of the deal), Hill will still serve three months for failing to pay taxes on $1.8M she received from 2005 to 2007. The lenient sentence is thanks, in part, to letters written to the judge. According to a note on Hill's Facebook, Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys wrote the judge in Hill's case, as well as 28 others. Read More »
