Lauryn Hill almost never gives interviews, so on Monday, the artist took another route to get a message out to fansāand at least one recently vocal critic, Robert Glasper, who accused Hill of stealing his friendsā music, mistreating her band, and asking her band not to look her in the eye, among other things. Hillā¦
Robert Glasper, the Grammy-winning producer and pianist, recently sat down for an interview with Houston radio station 97.9 The Box. In a video posted to YouTube on August 13, you can see the host of the Madd Hatta Morning Show egg on Glasper to talk about āthose egotistical, hard personalitiesā in the music industry.ā¦
In spite of and perhaps because of her greatness, Lauryn Hill left many of her fans conflicted. Released on August 25, 1998, her solo debut, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, gave depth and cathartic dimension to the subject of black women in love. She sang about pulling away from an ex and finding salvation inā¦
I donāt know yet, ask me later: Celine Dion āAshesā ā During one of our rare warm nights last month, someone drove by my Bushwick apartment blasting Celine Dionās āA New Day,ā and I thought, āHmmm, jam.ā I have loved it ever since, after shunning it for more than 15 years. My point is that sometimes Celine will sneakā¦
Director Karena Evans has hereby overthrown the rule of sweatpants boner men over music videos and replaced them with critical thinkers. Long may she reign.
Following her dream fan-out moment with Lauryn Hill backstage at the Tidal concert on Saturday, Nicki Minaj appeared on Power 105's The Breakfast Club today to talk about range of topics, including her love of Ms. Hill, the status of her sitcom and, also, ass eating.
On Saturday night, Nicki Minaj engaged in some extreme fangirling when she met someone who has long inspired her: singer Lauryn Hill. The introduction resulted in a communion of immeasurable might and beauty.Ā
Lauryn Hill is so infamous for showing up wild late to concerts (as in up to four hours late) that people avoid even attending her shows. After fans in Atlanta waited over two hours on Friday, Hill posted what sounds like a bullshit explanation on Facebook.
On a warm Saturday night in Brooklyn, New York, the legendary Grace Jones hit the AfroPunk festival stage with theatrics bold enough to make Lady Gaga take a step back. In one performance, the Jamaican icon brought the idea of alternative blackness full circle and encouraged weirdos to get even weirder. It wasā¦
What Happened, Miss Simone?, which premieres on Netflix this Friday, is a masterpiece. Directed by Oscar-nominated documentarian Liz Garbus, whose storytelling skills are uniquely sensitive to the complicated tales of women and men grappling with fame and internal demons, it presents Nina Simone unlike weāve ever seenā¦
Y: Lauryn Hill is largely unreliable when it comes to being on time, but this is pretty on time. Listen to the goodness that happens when her crackly voice takes on Nina Simoneās āFeeling Good,ā an optimistic view of the fresh feel of freedom in a fucked up world. When you feel like thereās no use trying to sootheā¦
Blah: Looks like thereās trouble in scheduling paradise for members of Lauryn Hillās team, who decided to cancel her concert in Israel, citing a āchallengeā in performing in the region.
Lauryn Hill performed at the Chicago House of Blues last week, reportedly going on stage 50 minutes late and proceeding to be "terrible." When a fan complained and gave her the finger, Hill delivered a "lecture" about being respectful.
Lauryn Hill spent her three months in prison for tax evasion and will be released today, which makes this the perfect time for her to present the world with a new single entitled "Consumerism" off an album that appears to be named Part 1: Letters from Exile.
ATTENTION, CITIZENS OF EARTH: The Palace has announced in an official statement that Kate Middleton is officially in labor. Wait. North Who?
During a charmingly goofy Twitter Q&A in which the world learned that Jay-Z had a childhood love affair with Captain Crunch with Crunch Berries, Hova was asked about some lyrics from his song "Somewhere In America" off Magna Carta Holy Grail: "Feds still lurking, They see I'm still putting work in/Cause somewhere inā¦
The appearance of moving men taking boxes out of the home where Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson share with their kids ā about two weeks after photos of Saatchi choking Lawson in a restaurant were printed in the Evening Standard ā may signify that the TV chef's ten-year marriage to 70-year-old Saatchi has come to anā¦
After pleading guilty to tax evasion, Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison and an additional three months of "home confinement" today. As you might recall, the singer said she deliberately didn't report more than $1.5 million in income, because she was "opposed to the system."
As Janet Jackson herself predicted in 2001: Maybe we'll meet at a bar / He'll drive a funky car / Maybe he'll be a Qatari-born retail billionaire / And I'll convert to Islam. Sure enough, rumor has it that Jackson has retired from show business for good and adopted the religion of her husband Wissam al-Mana, who sheā¦
Bet you did Nazi this coming! Publicists/the fates diced and soaked locally-sourced ingredients for a gazpacho of Internet greatness when Justin Bieber stopped by Amsterdam's Anne Frank House on his European tour. He wrote in the museum guestbook:
