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| Birth Name(s) : Lauryn Hill |
Date of Birth: June 25, 1975 |
| Status:
Married
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Partner:
Rohan Marley |
| Profession:
Actor/Musician |
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Full Lauryn Hill Biography
Lauryn Hill is a talented singer/songwriter and got her start with the rap group The Fugees. Their sophmore album, "The Score", remains the top-selling rap album of all time with over 17 million units sold. She earned two Grammys in 1996 and in 1999 she broke Carole King's previous record of four grammy awards in one night. "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" was her self-written and self-produced solo album and topped Billboard's chart immediately upon release.
Lauryn has also appeared in "As the World Turns" (1991), done voice work for "King of the Hill" (1993), as Arletta, and appeared in the feature films "Hav Plenty" (1997) and "Restaurant" (1998). |
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Additional Lauryn Hill Biography
Lauryn Noel Hill (born May 25, 1975) is an American singer, rapper, musician, record producer and film actress. She initially established her reputation as the vocal member and lone female of The Fugees. On August 25, 1998 she launched her solo career by releasing the critically lauded album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, bringing the then-emerging neo-soul genre to a wider commercial platform. After a four year hiatus, she released the controversial MTV Unplugged No. 2.0; a live album of completely original material (except for So Much Things to Say and The Conquering Lion). She has won eight Grammy Awards and is the mother of four children with Rohan Marley, the fourth son of reggae legend Bob Marley.
Lauryn Hill was born in South Orange, New Jersey. Hill was the second of two children born to high school English teacher Valerie Hill and computer programer Mal Hill. Her family's home was crammed with Motown 45's and Sixties Soul, which Lauryn incessantly played as a child. Music was a central part of the Hill home. Mal Hill sang at weddings, Valerie played the piano and Lauryn's older brother Melaney, played the saxophone, guitar and drums .
Since 1996 Hill has been in a relationship with Rohan Marley, son of the late reggae music icon Bob Marley. Though she refers to Marley as her husband, it has not been confirmed publicly that they are legally married. According to a October 2003 Rolling Stone article by Touré, Marley never divorced his first wife Geraldine Khawly , whom he married in 1993 while a sophomore at the University of Miami; and with whom he has daughter Eden Marley and son Nicolas Marley . However, in the summer of 2005, Trace magazine interviewed Lauryn Hill and Rohan Marley; Marley said none of this was true and that many lies had been written about them.
Hill is noted as a humanitarian, and in 1996 she received an Essence Award for work which has included the 1996 founding of the Refugee Project, an outreach organization that supports a two-week overnight camp for at-risk youth, and for supporting well-building projects in Kenya and Uganda, as well as for staging a rap concert in Harlem to promote voter registration. In 1999 Hill received three awards at the 30th Annual NAACP Image Awards. In 1999 Ebony magazine named her one of "100+ Most Influential Black Americans". She was named with Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. and others among the "10 For Tomorrow," in the EBONY 2000: Special Millennium Issue.
The Fugees' first album, Blunted on Reality, which featured the songs "Boof Baf", "Nappy Heads" and "Vocab". "Nappy Heads" peaked at #49 on the U.S Hot 100. The album sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
Despite Hill's intentional departure from the media and celebrity, she continued to create commercially and critically successful music. Her song "Mystery of Iniquity" was nominated for a Grammy without promotion or radio airplay and used as an interpolation by hip-hop mega-producer Kanye West for his single "All Falls Down" (eventually recorded by Syleena Johnson). John Legend, who played piano on Everything is Everything, collaborated with Hill on the Grammy-nominated remix of "So High". Talib Kweli dedicated a song entitled "Ms. Hill" to her, rapping reverently that "you give us hope, you give us faith, you're the one". Artists and former collaborators such as Common still include Hill in their album thank yous and dedications.
—I had to fight for an identity that doesn’t fit in one of their boxes. I’m a whole woman. And when I can’t be whole, I have a problem. By the end I was like, I’ve got to get out of here.
The Fugees also appeared at BET's 2005 Music Awards on June 28, 2005, where they opened the show with a 12-minute set.
Hill has been on tour for the summer of this year which featured shows in 14 countries including the UK, the US, France, Israel, Brazil, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, Italy and the Czech Republic.
While returning to New York, Hill's only response to the press about the controversy was: "What I said was the truth. Is telling the truth bad manners? What I asked was the church to repent for what has happened."
As of 2006, Lauryn Hill has won over 30 awards, including eight Grammy Awards and three World best-selling Music Awards. In 1999 Lauryn was first female artist awarded five Grammys in one year. Following her lead Alicia Keys(2002),Norah Jones(2003), Beyonce (2004), and the members of Dixie Chicks(2007) also won 5 in one year.
Soul Train Music Awards
- Best Female R&B/Soul Album
- Best Music Video ("Doo Wop (That Thing)")
- Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album
- Sammy Davis, Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award
World Music Awards
- World's Best-Selling Female R&B Artist
- World's Best-Selling Female Rap Artist
- World's Best-Selling New Artist
MTV Video Music Awards
- Best Hip-Hop Video - Everything Is Everything
- Best Direction (Sanji) - Everything Is Everything
- Best Special Effects (Method) - Everything Is Everything
Lauryn has appeared on very few songs besides her one album. The following is an attempt at listing all her non-album appearances:
- It Wasn't You (from the Nas mixtape The N... The Resurrection Of Hip Hop)
- Rebel (Solo)
- Stay Gold (from the 1996 Young Zee album Musical Meltdown)
- Retrospective For Life (from Common's One Day It'll All Make Sense 1997) |
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