Born to Valerie and Mal Hill, in South Orange, New Jersey, on May 26, 1975, multi-hyphenate entertainer (singer, songwriter, rapper, producer and actress)Lauyn Hill was singing at Harlem's Apollo Theater by the age of 13. Soon afterward, she and Prakazrel "Pras" Michel and his cousin, Wyclef Jean, formed a band that would become The Fugees. The band’s blend of hip-hop, soul and R&B broke through on The Score in 1996. Featuring the hit single remake of Roberta Flack’s "Killing Me Softly," the album sold 17 million copies and garnered two Grammy Awards (Best Rap Album and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group).
Hill's first solo effort, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998), was a spectacular success. The album sold more than 12 million copies and earned her five Grammys, three American Music Awards, a Billboard Award, a Soul Train Award and an MTV Music Award. Collaborations with Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana and dozens of magazine covers followed but Hill found it difficult to handle the subsequent super fame and became increasingly reclusive.
During her withdrawal from public view, Hill had five children (ages five to 17). She has continued to perform intermittently but developed a reputation for being unreliable and keeping audiences waiting.
However, last year, she produced and contributed six tracks to Nina Revisited, the tribute album released alongside the documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, which has received many accolades and on February 22, she joined The Weekend for a performance of his song "In The Night" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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