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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 income between 2005 and 2007 and faced up to three years in prison. Hill has attributed her failure to pay taxes to years of pressure she experienced as a recording star while raising six children, forcing her to go underground and stay out of the public ...
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These late-night surprise song releases from Drake are quickly becoming some of the most exciting things that regularly happen in rap. Last night, Drake hit us with another one: “Draft Day,” which samples Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Thing)” and features Drake in laid-back tough-talk form. The wh...
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Blank: Stream Neneh Cherry Blank Project
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On her 1989 debut Raw Like Sushi, Neneh Cherry, the Swedish-born and London-based daughter of jazz great Don, sang and rapped with dangerous levels of style and helped create a snarling-cool blueprint that people like Lauryn Hill and M.I.A. would, to some extent, follow. After 1996′s Man, she largely retired from music to raise kids. [...
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Kanye West: compares himself to Prince, Lauryn Hill, Tupac and the Notorious BIG
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The rapper aligned himself with a host of other 'Gemini creators' during live show in New Jersey
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Lauryn Hill: Watch Lauryn Hill Cover The Beatles On Letterman
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Last week The Late Show featured a diverse group of artists covering the Beatles in honor of the 50th anniversary of their performance on the Ed Sullivan Show. We got the Flaming Lips and Sean Lennon playing “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,” Sting and Ivy Levan doing “Drive My Car,” Lenny Kravitz singing &a...
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Lauryn Hill: released from prison 'a few days early' for good behaviour
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