
Lauryn Hill (full name Lauryn Noel Hill) was born on May 25, 1975 in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. She is an American singer, rapper, musician, record producer and film actress.
Biography and Career :
She sings Hip hop, Alternative hip hop, Soul, neo-soul, R&B, Reggae and Folk and started her career along the boys in The Fugees. Then she started a solo career and today is one of the most famous singers. Besides being a singer she is also a producer, arranger and songwriter.
Her first solo album is called "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" and was released in 1998. Some of her singles are "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)", "All My Time", "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", "Everything Is Everything", "Ex-Factor" or "Doo Wop (That Thing)". She has a contract with Colu
mbia, Ruffhouse.
During the years her talent was rewarded with eight Grammy Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, American Music Award, WB Radio Music Award, Soul Train Lady of Soul, NAACP Image Awards and many others. She is a great lady and a terrific mother along Rohan Marley to four children. Millions of fans all over the world love her and can't wait to listen to her new singles.
Quotes :
- "When you're young and everything dramatic is exciting, you start to believe that hype that, in order to be an artist, you have to suffer. I've graduated from that school."
Discography :
- 1998 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
- 2002 MTV Unplugged No. 2.0
Trivia :
- Her musical influences include Bob Marley, The Doors, Nina Simone,
Carlos Santana, and Jose Feliciano among others.
- She collaborated with
John Legend.
- She performed two songs at the Take Back TV concert launching Al Gore's CurrentTV on October 6, 2005.
- She sang at concerts in countries like UK, the US, France,
Israel,
Brasil, Norway, Serbia,
Turkey, Italy and the
Czech Republic.
Lauryn Hill's Dates :
Kendu Isaacs (1994)
Wyclef Jean (1995)
Rohan Marley (1996 - now)
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