Lauryn Hill
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Lauryn Hill gained fame as a member of the early-1990s hip-hop group The Fugees. After that, her acclaimed 1998 solo debut The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill took that level of fame even higher. But then, she took the residuals (and her Grammy award) and essentially just disappeared.
In 2010, Hill resurfaced long enough to perform at the traveling music festival Rock the Bells. She gave a fairly reasonable explanation for her absence. She says that she “was a stay-at-home mom … I wanted a real life as well outside of public scrutiny,” she told FUSE after the show. “I wanted that freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.”
All might have seemed well and good, but scant new music from Hill has appeared since, and a no-show at the 2016 Grammy awards led to more speculation. A representative for Hill said that the singer never agreed to appear. Yet a spokesperson for the Grammys said that she was on board, and even appeared at the dress rehearsal.
Perhaps Hill’s “Miseducation” lies in the area of communication.
