lauryn Hill being Miseducated in prison

[Blankthawtz]

Singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison Monday afternoon for not paying taxes on more than $2.3 million in earnings for five years beginning in 2005.

She must also serve up to an additional 3 months’ home confinement and pay various penalties and interest fees.

Hill made a lengthy statement in court immediately prior to her sentencing but declined to speak to reporters outside federal court in Newark.

Hill said that the burdens of fame complicated her efforts to earn money and that she had been thrust into a industry at a young age not fully understanding the consequences. Describing herself as “the child of former slaves,” Hill said she was forced to choose between her artistic integrity and the commercial demand to put out more hit music.

Lauryn Hill Sentenced To Prison For Failing To Pay Taxes - Newark, NJ Patch

 

[Chris Mauro]

in 1998 Lauryn and DMX were on top of the music world



2013 = both are

 

[vaudevillevillain]

I thought she cleared her name? Coulda swore I read that somewhere earlier

& that's an old mugshot

 

[YEAHitsHER]

I could have sworn they said she was able to pay back all the money before her court date

 

[Real]

Dat struggle thread title doe