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Thursday May 16 | KSOC-FM Dallas

Pras Throws Lauryn Hill Under The Bus Over Her Tax Situation [Video]

Oh Pras! You know how someone can say something touching, and you become moved by what they've said, only for them to follow it up wit a back handed pimp slap of a comment? Yeah, sort of erases the touching part of what they started out with! For a very good example of this, check out what Pras of The Fugees had to say about his group mate Lauryn ... (more)

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Related Topix: Pras, Wyclef Jean, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop

Tue May 14, 2013

TMZ.com

Pras -- Lauryn Hill Will Dodge Prison Time ... Just Like Lindsay Lohan

Lauryn Hill is NOT going to federal prison for tax evasion -- or at least that's what her old Fugees bandmate Pras thinks ... and when you hear his explanation it's hard to argue with the logic.

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Related Topix: Pras, Federal Prisons, Prison, Hip-Hop

Mon May 13, 2013

The Jersey Journal

Lauryn Hill to play in Brooklyn

The South Orange resident and former Fugee, who must turn herself in to the prison system on or before July 8 , will sing and rap at the Music Hall of Williamsburg .

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Related Topix: Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, R-N-B, South Orange, NJ, Hip-Hop, Music, Entertainment

Sun May 12, 2013

Patch.com

Report: Lauryn Hill Takes To Tumblr, Thanks Public

Singer, songwriter Lauryn Hill has been keeping a low profile since she was sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on $2.3 million in income over the span of five year on Monday, May 6, a published report Sunday said.

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Related Topix: South Orange, NJ, Hip-Hop

Sat May 11, 2013

Greasyguide.com

Kev Up & Up

Rising from New York's underground hip-hop scene, Kev is an artist who is a part of the music collective Royal Kulture.

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Related Topix: Queens, NY, New York, NY, De la Soul, Hip-Hop, Wyclef Jean, Black Entertainment, Q-Tip, A Tribe Called Quest

Fri May 10, 2013

TheStreet.com

The Miscalculation of Lauryn Hill

The upshot of former Fugees star Lauryn Hill's legal troubles is that we may see a new studio album from her, the first in 15 years, on her own label, through a deal arranged with Sony Here's a brief rundown of the available facts, simple and strange as they may be.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Tax, Willie Nelson, Country

Vibe

RapGenius & VIBE Decode 5 Confusing Lines From Lauryn Hill's...

Ms. Lauryn Hill's newest release represents a dramatic shift, placing the legendary MC somewhere between the fury of the Fugees and the social awareness of the same era that made her a household name.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Black Enterprise

Who Pays the Higher Cost for Tax Evasion, Black or White Celebrities?

After several court appearances involving Lauryn Hill begging the judge for mercy regarding her past inability to pay more than $1 million in taxes, the former Fugees singer was recently sentenced to three months in jail after for tax evasion.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Thu May 09, 2013

AllHipHop.com

Jadakiss Endorses Jersey City Mayoral Candidate

With the election of President Barack Obama in last November's elections, Hip-Hop's endorsement of Obama cannot be understated.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Mitt Romney, Wyclef Jean, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop

HipHopDx

[News] Lauryn Hill Thanks Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder & Ruffhouse Records For Support

Lauryn Hill thanks some musical peers and the record label that first signed her in one of her final messages before serving time.

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Related Topix: Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, R-N-B, Wyclef Jean, Pras, Hip-Hop, Tumblr, Edison, NJ

Wed May 08, 2013

Daily Star

Rudimental target working with US stars Rihanna and Lauryn Hill

The quartet's debut album Home sits at the top of the charts this week and they have already begun the follow-up. Amir Amor, 27, told me: 'We've started writing the next album.

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Related Topix: Wyclef Jean, Black Entertainment, Pras, Hip-Hop

WTNZ-TV Knoxville

Lauryn Hill Gets 3 Months For Failing To Pay Taxes For Failing To Pay About $1M In Taxes

Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill stood in federal court Monday and compared her experience in the music business to the slavery her ancestors endured before a judge sentenced her to three months in prison for failing to pay about $1 million in taxes over the past decade.

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Related Topix: Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, R-N-B, Hip-Hop

Vibe

Wyclef Jean Names 5 Hip-Hop Collaborations That Would Rock The World

Wyclef Jean has big plans for 2013. Fresh off the release of his new mixtape, 'April Showers,' the hit-maker isn't done yet.

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Related Topix: Wyclef Jean, Hip-Hop, Black Entertainment

RTE.ie

Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion

Grammy-winner Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison, an additional three months in home confinement and a $60,000 fine for tax evasion.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Newark, NJ

Tue May 07, 2013

WNYC-AM New York

Reclusive Lauryn Hill Gets Jail Time for Tax Evasion

Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison followed by three months home confinement for failing to pay taxes on $1.8 million in earnings - the trial was the first time in nearly a decade that fans got a glimpse of the former Fugees star, who also released a new single this week entitled, "Neurotic Society." The song critiques the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop

Stories

Right Now: Jailtime for Lauryn Hill, Musexpo, RIP Bob Welch, Stones...

She desperately re-inked a deal with Sony Music to battle the expenses, and reportedly paid down nearly $970,000 in back taxes.

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Related Topix: R-N-B, Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, Wyclef Jean, Pras, Hip-Hop, Fleetwood Mac, Pop/Rock

Mon May 06, 2013

The Beaumont Enterprise

10 Things to Know for Tuesday

In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, smoke and fire fill the the skyline over Damascus, Syria, early Sunday, May 5, 2013 after an Israeli airstrike.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Fire, Virginia, Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, R-N-B, Hip-Hop

ContactMusic.com

Lauryn Hill Handed Three-month Prison Sentence

The former Fugees frontwoman will spend a further three months under house arrest and nine months on supervised release once she is freed from federal prison.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, Federal Prisons, Prison, Newark, NJ

The Atlantic

Lauryn Hill Might Go to Jail

Reclusive singer Lauryn Hill will receive her sentence today for the tax evasion charges she pleaded guilty to last year.

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Related Topix: R-N-B, Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, Wyclef Jean, Pras, Hip-Hop, Entertainment

WTOL-TV Toledo

Lauryn Hill tax evasion sentencing delayed

A federal judge postponed Lauryn Hill's tax evasion sentencing on Monday but not before scolding the eight-time Grammy-winning singer for reneging on a promise to make restitution by now.

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Related Topix: Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, R-N-B, Hip-Hop