Lauryn Hill To Reunite With The Fugees

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Lauryn Hill

In celebration of what many critics call one of the greatest hip-hop albums ever, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, released 25 years ago, Hill will tour internationally performing the album in its entirety. The East Orange rapper will also join forces with her former band, The Fugees, in selected cities. The album won five Grammy Awards (the first woman to achieve that feat). The Fugees, with Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel, surprised fans when they recently jammed in Philly together.

Hill has had her share of problems. She did a 90-day prison stretch for tax fraud in 2012. She’s shown up late for concerts. The respected Los Angeles Times Critic Robert Hilburn called her 2001 Unplugged set on MTV, “unhinged.” She angered a 2003 audience in Vatican City by mentioning the Catholic Church’s pedophilia scandal. Similar to what Sinead O’Connor did on Saturday Night Live by tearing up a picture of The Pope, she was right but was Vatican City the proper venue? The Catholic League covered the event with the headline “Lauryn Hill Flips Her Lid.”

The tour stops in Newark October 17 at The Prudential Center.     

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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