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In Honor of Girls: 10 Notable Bands with Two Albums or Less

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After this week’s bombshell announcement of Christopher Owens leaving Girls (and likely ending the band), I’ve taken it upon myself to honor Girls’ exceptional, if brief, catalog by chronicling a list of ten notable bands that disbanded after a maximum of two full-length albums (excluding EPs, live albums and compilations). Owens and JR White made [...]

Singer Lauryn Hill Guilty of Tax Evasion

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R&B Singer Lauryn Hill pleaded guilty for tax evasion on Friday in a New Jersey courtroom. Hill failed to pay the appropriate amount of taxes on the $1.8 million she earned between 2005-2007. She could receive a one year jail sentence. The reason behind Hill’s decision not to pay taxes it a bit vague, but the singer [...]

Lauryn Hill Pleads Guilty, Faces Jail Sentence

Earlier this month, we reported that Lauryn Hill was charged with willfully neglecting to pay her taxes from 2005 to 2007. Now, the Associated Press reports that Hill pleaded guilty to tax evasion in a New Jersey courthouse on Friday. She faces a maximum one-year sentence for each of the three years that she did [...]

Lauryn Hill Fights “Media Protected Military Industrial Complex” and Faces I.R.S.

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On June 7, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey charged Lauryn Hill with three counts of misdemeanor to file taxes on behalf of the IRS. The eight-time Grammy Award winner and South Orange, N.J. resident is charged with willfully neglecting to pay taxes from the period of 2005 through 2007, a time in which [...]

Video: Lauryn Hill – Fearless Vampire Killer

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During her performance on February 29th in Washington D.C., Grammy Award-winning artist Lauryn Hill debuted a new track titled “Fearless Vampire Killer”. The triumphant sounding arrangement features spoken word-styled verses and a grandiose chorus. Emerging back into the scene with a less eccentric persona than what she previously displayed during the past couple of years [...]

Video: Lauryn Hill Returns to the Stage

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Most people are pretty excited to see Lauryn Hill performing again. Such was the case Tuesday night when the Fugees singer performed at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg. Watch the clip below. During the set Hill performed a number of Fugees tracks as well as song of her solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. [...]

Lauryn Hill Re-Born on the Billboard Charts

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Former Fugees superstar, Lauryn Hill explodes back on the Billboard Charts after a ten-year absence from the music scene.  Due to rumored bouts with severe depression  and disdain for the music industry in the 2000′s, this highly respected singer emerges with her new leaked song “Repercussions” entering the charts at #94 of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop [...]