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LAURYN HILL

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Lauryn Noel Hill is a Grammy Award-winning United States|American singer, rapper, musician, songwriter, record producer|producer, and film actress. Early in her career, she established her reputation in the hip-hop world as the lone female member of The Fugees. On August 25, 1998 she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'', an album which helped to spur the neo-soul genre to a wider commercial platform. After a four year hiatus, she released ''MTV Unplugged No. 2.0''; a live recording taped on July 21, 2001 at MTV Studios in Times Square. She has won eight Grammy Awards and is the mother of five children with Rohan Marley, the fourth son of reggae legend Bob Marley.

Biography
Early life
Lauryn Hill was born in South Orange, New Jersey. Hill was the second of two children born to high school English teacher Valerie Hill and computer programmer Mal Hill. As a child, Hill incessantly listened to her parents' Motown 1960s soul records. Music was a central part of the Hill home. Mal Hill sang at weddings, Valerie played the piano, and Lauryn's older brother Melaney played the saxophone, guitar, drums, harmonica, violin, and piano.

Hill began her singing career at a young age. In 1988 13-year old Hill appeared as an Amateur Night contestant on ''It's Showtime at the ... read all