Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion

Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion

SOURCE: BBC


Lauryn Hill has been out of the public eye while raising her six children


Singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced in the US state of New Jersey to three months in jail for tax evasion.
The Grammy-winning singer, 37, also faces three months of home confinement, after pleading guilty last year.
Hill failed to pay taxes on about $1.8m (£1.2m) of earnings between 2005-07.

In a statement to the judge, Hill said she intended to pay the taxes but could not after ending her music career. She will report to prison on 8 July, according to entertainment website TMZ.

Hill has six children, five of whom she had with Rohan Marley, the son of Bob Marley. She has largely withdrawn from public life while raising her children.

In a statement to the court, Hill compared her situation to slavery, TMZ reported.

"I was put into a system I didn't know the nature of... I'm a child of former slaves. I got into an economic paradigm and had that imposed on me," Hill said.
"I sold 50 million units," she added. "Now I'm up here paying a tax debt. If that's not likened to slavery, I don't know what is."

Hill started her career with Grammy-award winning hip-hop group Fugees alongside Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel.
She released her acclaimed solo debut album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, in 1998, which won five Grammy awards and sold more than 19 million copies worldwide.

What is she smoking?

Mimi huwa siwaelewi kabisa hawa ma stars.

You sold 50 million albums which means you made a whole lot of money.

You knew how to spend it but didn't know how to pay Uncle Sam and you were born here?

Who the fawk does that? I don't get it and I'll never get it.

...lack of proper finance management.

Nyani Ngabu said:

Mimi huwa siwaelewi kabisa hawa ma stars.

You sold 50 million albums which means you made a whole lot of money.

You knew how to spend it but didn't know how to pay Uncle Sam and you were born here?

Who the fawk does that?

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BAK said:

...lack of proper finance management.

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You're right!

Evander Holyfield made hundreds of millions of dollars but now he's broke as a joke.

Give Floyd 'Money' Mayweather 10 more years and he'll be floating in the same boat.

Carrying duffel bags full of Ben Franks and making it flood in the strip clubs ain't shit.

Smart people don't do that coz that's how you end up being broke before you even know it.

Nyani Ngabu said:

You're right!

Evander Holyfield made hundreds of millions of dollars but now he's broke as a joke.

Give Floyd 'Money' Mayweather 10 more years and he'll be floating in the same boat.

Carrying duffel bags full of Ben Franks and making it flood in the strip clubs ain't shit.

Smart people don't do that coz that's how you end up being broke before you even know it.

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Kwa Money nahisi kama atabadilika as sasa naona yeye na Baba wapo beneti na anamsikiliza sikiliza vile. Speech yake juzi ilioonyesha upande mzuri fulani utazani sio yeye.

mzurimie said:

Kwa Money nahisi kama atabadilika as sasa naona yeye na Baba wapo beneti na anamsikiliza sikiliza vile. Speech yake juzi ilioonyesha upande mzuri fulani utazani sio yeye.

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Baba mtu unamwona mzima kweli yule?

Sasa hivi Money ana act all nice kwa sababu ka sign contract mpya na Showtime na wanamlipa hela nyingi sana. Ni contract ya fights 6 so five more to go. Hii iliyopita kaondoka na 32 mill guaranteed, ingawa pia ana kiasi cha PPV atakachokipata.

Na nina uhakika huo mkataba unakuja na personal conduct clause pia. Hivyo kama anazitaka hizo dolari zao hana jinsi zaidi ya kuwa well behaved.

Kweli aliye juu msubiri chini, IPO siku atashuka tu.

read between lines guys!..u think she is stupid to say that word Slavery!?..,
L BOOGIE she is second to none when it come to hip hop soul if not the best!.she refused to be in that system of being a puppet km unavyowaona wasanii wengi km kna jay z rihana lady gaga drake kanye nik miraj wayne sasa alpokataa wakamframe ili awe bankrupt kabisa..she is unique n smart kaiskilze vizuri album yake miseducation of lauryn hill afu uniambie km unaweza kukonpare na hawa trash wasanii wa sku izi!..tambua kila jambo lina mfumo wake,na sad thing ni kwamba mifumo mingi inaendeshwa na washenz ambao ndo wana power na influence! When u go against em they frame!..

Lauryn Hill from grace to grass! Wenzetu hawana utani kabisa na kodi.