Lauryn Hill Writes Letter Explaining Her Situation From Taxes To New Record Deal
LAURYN HILL WRITES LONG, OPEN LETTER ABOUT HER SITUATION!
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(AllHipHop News) Today (April 15) is tax day in the United States. As some citizens were getting prepared to file last-minute tax forms over the last several days, one Grammy winning performer was filing legal documents to prevent her conviction on three counts of tax evasion from sending her to jail. According to TMZ, former Fugees member Lauryn Hill is asking a judge for probation for her guilty plea to owing federal taxes on over $1.8 million in income from the years 2005, 2006, and 2007. Hill earned $818,000 in ’05, $222,000 in ’06, and $761,000 in ’07. [ALSO READ: Lauryn Hill Hit With New Delinquent Tax Bill] Reportedly, Hill’s documentation explained that the “Killing Me Softly” singer avoided paying taxes in those years because she had to protect her family. “She withdrew from society at large due to what she perceived as manipulation and very real threats to herself and her family,” TMZ quotes the papers to read. There were no specific mention of the type of threats Hill or her family members allegedly faced. Hill is also requesting that the court take into consideration that it would be much easier for her to pay back the taxes she owes if she is placed on probation and allowed to continue to work as oppose to being sent to jail. Hill was originally released on $150,000 bail in June of 2012 which allowed the rapper/singer to tour internationally. Lauryn joined Nas on their joint “Life Is Good/Black Rage” Tour late last year. [ALSO READ: Nas And Lauryn Hill Embark Upon “Life Is Good/Black Rage” Tour] The judge in the case is expected to rule on Hill’s sentence on April 22. Each count carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop royalty returns to daytime television. Sony Pictures Television announced the senior staffing of the reboot of the daytime talk series, The Queen Latifah Show. The staff resembles that of a talk show All-Star team. The show’s executive producer and showrunner Corin Nelson is a five-time Emmy award winner whose worked on The Chelsea Lately Show. The writers, co-executive producers and filmmakers have all worked for acclaimed shows such as The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Late, Late Show with Craig Kilborn. The “U.N.I.T.Y.” MC’s weekly talk show originally aired from September of 1999 to August of 2001 on syndication. Former guests included Puff Daddy, Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill and more of Hip-Hop luminaries. The show’s reboot has the enthusiastic support of the Executive Producer of Syndication and Reality Programming at Sony Pictures Television, who’s likened the staff a “dream team” in a press release: “This dream team, combined with the multi-talented Queen Latifah and powerhouse producing partners Flavor Unit and Overbrook Entertainment, position us for an incredibly strong launch and a long, healthy run.” The Latifah brand has experienced some expansion recently with her Flavor Unit Entertainment company also recently signing a multiyear deal with Netflix to stream their movies such as Beauty Shop. [ALSO READ: Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment Inks Multyear Deal With Netflix] The show will debut on CBS on September 16th at 11am according to its official website Check out a rare performance from Lauryn Hill and Mary J. Blige of their song “All That I Can Say” from Blige’s Mary album on The Queen Latifah Show back in 1999: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv4u8CnRyRM]
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Lauryn Hill addresses Wyclef without addressing Wyclef. Clef’s book revealed a lot, but Lauryn’s not falling for it. She’s responding without responding! When you are on the other side of liberation, just make sure you are not late. Be careful how you judge, there is a lot of deception out there. A lot of misunderstanding out there. A lot of miscommunication out there. A lot of false information out there. And notice, out of all the people who talk talk talk, who’s the silent one. There’s a lot of chat, but me…. And you know why? Let me tell you why I don’t chat back. Because I know that my brothers and my sisters are often times pawns in a bigger scheme so when they, under pressure, attack me, I love them still. It’s called the high road. Try taking it sometimes. I’m not going to play my hand like the suppressive system would have me play my hand. Because I know [about] the oppression that took place in Haiti, and Jamaica, and America, and Africa and Europe. So just be patient. The truth always rises to the top and especially, all you black folks out there who have had black mothers who carried you through thick and thin, when the system wanted to call them crazy, just remember that… You know I know I’m not crazy, that’s why I can use the word so freely. Crazy like a fox? Ahead of the curve. People don’t like people that’s ahead of the curve but unfortunately that’s not my problem. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQZgkGK0UZM?feature=player_embedded] Via: Necole Bitchie.com Hip-Hop Rumors: How Did Lauryn Hill Upset Philly Fans? SHYNE RESPONSE TO THE GAME! I kinda yawned, but Shyne responds to The Game. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qciq0II945E?feature=player_detailpage] GET INTERACTIVE WITH ALLHIPHOP.COM! Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook! Email illseed rumors: kingillseed@gmail.com
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According to Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill led him to believe that her first child, Zion, was his baby all the way up until the baby was born. In a recent interview with the “Wendy Williams Show”, Wyclef revealed that the baby was too light-skinned to be his child. Check out what he said below: “I was there, I came to the hospital (and) I just knew. When I looked (at the child)… all babies don’t look alike, that was a yellow baby, that wasn’t my baby.” Below is a photo of Lauryn with her son Zion when he was about two years old: I wonder why Lauryn didn’t tell Clef sooner that the baby wasn’t his? There is a possibility that she just didn’t know whose baby it was. Dang, talk about “Lost Ones.” Do Wyclef’s recollections taint your image of Lauryn Hill? Email me your rumors at SydneyLaceAHH@gmail.com GET INTERACTIVE WITH ALLHIPHOP.COM! Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook! Email Sydney Lace rumors: SydneyLaceAHH@gmail.com
(AllHipHop News) Nas and Lauryn Hill will hit the road together for the “Life is Good/Black Rage” tour, which will kick off this October. The 18-date tour what kickoff October 6 in Columbia, Maryland and will wind down December 31 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The tour takes its name from Nas’ latest #1 album Life is Good, as well as Lauryn Hill’s upcoming single “Black Rage,” which is due out this Fall. “I use the performance platform as an opportunity to express the energy of that moment, and the intention behind it,” Lauryn Hill said in a press release. “I’ve been a long-standing rebel against the stale, over commoditization. As artists we have opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process may not be able to touch. So we keep it moving.” This is the first time Nas and Lauryn Hill have toured together as a package, since the release of their hit collaborative single “If I Ruled the World,” from Nas’ 1996 album It Was Written. “This is history,” Nas said. “Better late than never. Life is good!” Check out the tour dates below: October 6th Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion (NAS ONLY) October 20th Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fairgrounds (NAS ONLY) October 26th Asheville, NC MOOG Festival (NAS ONLY) October 27th Nashville, TN Riverfront Park (NAS ONLY) October 28th New Orleans, LA Voodoo Festival (NAS ONLY) October 29thDallas, TX Palladium Ballroom October 31stHouston, TX Bayou Music Center November 2ndAtlanta, GA Tabernacle November 3rd Norfolk, VA NorVa Theatre (NAS ONLY) November 4thWashington, DC DAR Constitution Hall November 7thPhiladelphia, PA Electric Factory November 9th Rochester, NY Main Street Armory(NAS ONLY) November 11thBoston, MA House of Blues November 14th Chicago, IL Congress Theatre November 16th Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium November 17th Magna, UT Salt Air November 19thOakland, CA Fox Oakland Theater December 31st New York, NY Radio City Music Hall (NAS ONLY)
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If you ever thought you would someday see the Fugees get back together, you can kiss that dream goodbye. In Wyclef’s new book, Purpose, which is in stores tomorrow (September 18), the talented artist and producer blows up Lauryn Hill’s spot, and reveals that she lied to him about the paternity of her child, Zion. In the new book, Wyclef claims that although he was married, he and Lauryn carried on an affair that led to her getting pregnant. Wyclef says that Lauryn told him that the baby was his up until the baby was born, and that’s when he found out it was actually Rohan Marley’s child and not his. Take a look at how he explains it in his book: “In that moment something died between us. I was married and Lauryn and I were having an affair, but she led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn’t forgive that,” Jean writes in “Purpose,” at which The Post got a first look yesterday. The Haitian-born Jean says the betrayal by Hill led to the band’s 1997 breakup. “She could not longer be my muse,” he wrote. “Our love spell was broken.” Wow!!!!!!!! Do you think Wyclef should have revealed that tidbit of information? OR, should he have gone to the grave with that one??? Source: NY Post Email me your rumors at SydneyLaceAHH@gmail.com GET INTERACTIVE WITH ALLHIPHOP.COM! Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook! Email Sydney Lace rumors: SydneyLaceAHH@gmail.com
The 50 Cent stuff is down the page…but first…. ROHAN SPEAKS! Rohan Marley was the bad man for having five kids with Lauryn Hill, then breaking out like the chicken pox. But, it would seem that there is more to the story. He conducted a recent interview and he ran it down. “As a man, there are certain things I don’t accept, and it just so happened that I didn’t accept certain things [in the relationship]. [Our relationship] is good as in… in terms of being a mother and father to our children, it’s good. It’s not as perfect as one might want it to be. It’s just the way the road went.” And, you know, she had a kid from another man after Rohan. Perhaps it was during? I don’t know, because its still vague to me. SOURCE: The Voice OJ SIMPSON IS BACK! OJ is a loon. Back in the day, I thought he was a Black man that repped for us brovas! But now he’s pretty cray. He’s now included Khloe Kardashian in his will because he thinks she is is daughter. Meanwhile, he’s taken his real daughter out of his will. What he got now anyway? A glove? Anyway, OJ tapped Kris Jenner on the affair tip. And she talking about Kim. And he cut his real daughter out of the will. Arnelle reportedly spent all of OJ’s NFL pension. CHELSEA LATELY DROPS DIMES ON 50 CENT! You remember 50 Cent dated Chelsea Handler…? Right? In a recent interview, she goes and reveals quite a lot. She has a new book and spills the beans. Peep: On how 50 got the draws: This is how it started, he was on my show. He was cute, and you know I flirt with all the cute guys on my show. And I thought he was just adorable. Then, he started sending me flowers but ridiculous amounts of like 50 white roses, and it was like laughable. I was like, “Get these out of my office! This is so embarrassing.” Then he started to call my office, and my assistant was like, “50 Cent is calling and I swear I think it is him.” And I’m like, “Oh, my God.” So I got on the phone, and he’s not like a grammatical genius and it’s kind of like silly. You should’ve seen some of the texts he used to send me. I’m like, “This is so stupid.” He said some silly line, but it was very cute and I was like, “He’s sweet. He’s not carrying a gun right now.” I was going to Nashville I think to do a show; I was on tour for my last book. I said, “I’m going to Nashville.” He said, “I was in L.A, and I was trying to get a hold of you, but I’m in New York now.” I told him, “I’m going to Nashville this weekend,” and he said “Can I meet you there?” I was like, “Yeah, why not?” So he came to Nashville to my show. Then, we had sex. Then, he moved to L.A because he was tape recording so we kind of saw each other for a few of months. We went out. We dated. We had sex. My friends all loved him. My friends fell in love with him. They we’re like, “This huge gangster guy is like the sweetest.” So we dated for a couple months. And this is the best part, he was going to come with my family, because I was going to Anguilla, to go to Christmas vacation, and I go someplace every year with some of my family. He had met my family in Newark–he would come to see a lot of shows, and he would come and meet me a lot of places. On How and Why They Broke Up – And How She Dissed 50 Cent…. It was so dumb. it’s almost embarrassing. I really can’t remember the exact the details, but I’ll tell you what I can remember. I think one of his ex-girlfriends was coming on my show and she’s one of those singers -I can’t remember her name. She’s really hot. He was dating her I guess previous to me. Right before Anguilla, Ciara–that’s her name!–was coming on the show, and he called me to tell me something about her like she still calls him all the time, and she still tells him that she loves him or something. And I’m at my job, and I go “Curtis, honestly this is like eighth grade sh*t. Why are you telling me this? This girl is coming on the show tomorrow, and now I have to look at her and think you guys have some weird thing going on or had going on.” It was so juvenile. I’m at my work and I work my ass off all the time, and I have million different things and even though it’s not like important work, I am working hard. I’m doing sh*t. He said, “I want you to hear this conversation” and he was like calling someone like a 3-way phone call. I go, “So you’re telling me this girl wants to get back together with you, but she’s upset that you’re dating me, is that what you’re saying?” He’s like, “Yeah, so I just want you to know when she comes.” I think I called him the worst thing you could say to a black person short of calling him the N-word. I said something like you’re like a street person basically. Something along the lines of being a gangster, and it was really, really offensive and I hung up and I’ve never spoken to him again. Email me your rumors at kingillseed@gmail.com GET INTERACTIVE WITH ALLHIPHOP.COM! Follow us on Twitter! Like us on Facebook! Email illseed rumors: kingillseed@gmail.com
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