Lauryn Hill Was Sentenced To Three Months In Jail

Former Fugees singer and critically-acclaimed rap artist Lauryn Hill recently announced that after 15 years she’d finally be recording a follow-up to her critically-acclaimed solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. But despite her claims, it wasn’t because she wanted to answer her fans’ prayers and reward them with another masterpiece, as much as it was because Sony would foot the bill for the $970,000 she owed the U.S. government.

Even with that money paid up, Lauryn was sentenced to three months in jail on Monday, and she wasn’t shy about putting the whole system on trial.

“I was put into a system I didn’t know the nature of,” the 37-year-old hip-hop diva said. “I’m a child of former slaves. I got into an economic paradigm and had that imposed on me.”

“I sold 50 million units now I’m up here paying a tax debt,” the Grammy winner and mother of six said. “If that’s not likened to slavery, I don’t know what is.” (NY Daily News)

I don’t know what is likened to slavery, either, but I’m pretty sure that it’s not being given the chance to make millions of dollars as a music icon. I understand Lauryn’s anger, but she should have just compared herself to Lindsay Lohan like the rest of us.

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