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Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill, a native of South Orange, New Jersey, formed the hip-hop group Tranzlator Crew with high school friend Pras and his cousin Wyclef Jean in the late '80. Renaming themselves the Fugees, they released for their first album, Blunted on Reality, on Columbia subsidiary Ruffhouse in 1993. The group's second album, The Score (1996), hit No. 1 on the charts, fueled by their cover of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly." After touring behind the album, the Fugees splintered to work on solo projects. Hill released her solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, in 1998. The critically hailed album earned her five Grammy Awards, and the lead single "Doo Wop (That Thing)" was one of the biggest hits of the year. In 2002 Hill released an emotional MTV Unplugged album with all new songs.

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