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(Reuters) - Reclusive Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill responded on Friday to charges of failing to file federal income tax returns, saying she had chosen to "defer" payments during a period of withdrawal from society to protect her family's safety. Hill, 37, who has not released an album since 2001 and has made only sporadic public appearances in the past six years, issued a lengthy statement on her tumblr website one day after being charged with failing to file taxes for three years. The U.S. ...
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Singer compared her situation to that of slave ancestors    
By David Jones NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A U.S. magistrate judge sentenced Grammy-winning hip hop artist Lauryn Hill to three months in prison, three months in home confinement and a $60,000 fine on Monday for federal tax evasion. Hill pleaded guilty last year to three counts of failing to file tax returns on more than $1.8 million of incom...
Lauryn Hill released a new song last night, “Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix).” It’s a fiercely urgent commentary on social and economic injustice, about the toxic speed of the world we live in. It’s only appropriate that her verses are extremely speedy as well; like the song she is singing is just anothe...
The ex-Fugee rushed released track due to an 'impending legal deadline'    
In the midst of court appearances and possible jail time, Lauryn Hill has found time (and the peace of mind) to pen a deal with Sony to release new music


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