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Fugees
Fugees
American hip hop group
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Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Haitian rapper
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Pras
Pras
American rapper
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Foxy Brown
Foxy Brown
American rapper, model, and actress
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Stephen Marley
Stephen Marley
Jamaican American musician
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Eve
Eve
American rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, and talk show hostess from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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MC Lyte
MC Lyte
American rapper, DJ, actress and entrepreneur
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Melanie Fiona
Melanie Fiona
Canadian R&B artist
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Lizzo
Lizzo
American singer, rapper, songwriter, and flutist
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SZA
SZA
American singer
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Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj
Trinidadian-American rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, and model
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Queen Latifah
Queen Latifah
American musician and actress
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Nas
Nas
American rapper, record executive, entrepreneur and investor from New York
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James Poyser
James Poyser
musician and songwriter
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Ari Lennox
Ari Lennox
American singer-songwriter from Washington, D.C.
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Cardi B
Cardi B
American rapper
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Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Virginia
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Nneka
Nneka
Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer and songwriter
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Jhené Aiko
Jhené Aiko
American singer
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Snow Tha Product
Snow Tha Product
American rapper
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Monie Love
Monie Love
British rapper
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Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim
American rapper, actress and model from New York
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Keri Hilson
Keri Hilson
American singer, songwriter and actress from Georgia
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Iggy Azalea
Iggy Azalea
Australian rapper
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Monica
Monica
American singer
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Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion
American rapper and songwriter
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill
American hip hop group
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Trina
Trina
American rapper, record producer, songwriter and model from Florida
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Young M.A
Young M.A
American recording artist and entrepreneur
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Lecrae
Lecrae
American Christian hip hop artist, record producer, music executive, and actor
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Ciara
Ciara
American singer
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Che Pope
Che Pope
musical artist
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DeJ Loaf
DeJ Loaf
American rapper and singer from Michigan
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Kehlani
Kehlani
American singer-songwriter
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Estelle
Estelle
British singer-songwriter
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Tiara Thomas
Tiara Thomas
American singer songwriter
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J Cole
J Cole
American Song Writer, Rapper and former Pro Basketball Player, From Fayetteville, North Carolina
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Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress from New York
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Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston
Jamaican-American singer
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Mario Winans
Mario Winans
American singer
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CL
CL
South Korean singer
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Machine Gun Kelly
Machine Gun Kelly
American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor
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Doja Cat
Doja Cat
American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer
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Lil Baby
Lil Baby
American rapper from Georgia
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Jazmine Sullivan
Jazmine Sullivan
American singer-songwriter
Intro
American singer
Record Labels
Awards Received
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Amadeus Austrian Music Awards
Nominated For
Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and actress. She is often regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time, as well as being one of the most influential singers of her generation. Hill is credited for breaking barriers for female rappers, popularizing melodic rapping and for bringing hip hop and neo soul to popular music. She is known for being a member of Fugees and her solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which became one of the best-selling albums of all-time. Hill has won many awards, including eight Grammy Awards, the most for a female rapper.

Raised mostly in South Orange, New Jersey, Hill began singing with her music-oriented family during her childhood. She appeared in the 1993 film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit alongside Whoopi Goldberg. In high school, Hill was approached by Pras Michel for a band he started, which his cousin Wyclef Jean soon joined. They renamed themselves the Fugees and released the albums Blunted on Reality (1994) and the Grammy Award-winning The Score (1996), which sold seven million copies in the U.S. Hill rose to prominence for her African-American and Caribbean music influences on her rapping and singing as well as her performance on the Fugees version of "Killing Me Softly". She began to focus on solo projects, writing and producing "A Rose Is Still a Rose" by Aretha Franklin, then featuring on the Grammy Award-nominated songs "If I Ruled the World (Imagine That)" by Nas and Guantanamera by Wyclef Jean. Her tumultuous romantic relationship with Jean led to the split of the band in 1997, after which she began work on her solo album.

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998) remains Hill's sole solo studio album. It received widespread critical acclaim for showcasing a representation of life and relationships and locating a contemporary voice within the neo soul genre. The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and has sold approximately ten million copies there, being certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America. This included the singles "Doo Wop (That Thing)", "Ex-Factor", and "Everything Is Everything". At the 41st Grammy Awards, the record earned her five awards, including Album of the Year and Best New Artist. During this time, she won several other awards and became a common sight on the cover of magazines.

Soon afterward, Hill dropped out of the public eye, dissatisfied with the music industry and suffering from the pressures of fame. Her last full-length recording, the new-material live album MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 (2002), sold approximately one million copies in the U.S. and sharply divided critics upon its release, but has received retrospective praise. Hill's subsequent activity, which includes the release of a few songs and occasional festival appearances, has been sporadic. Hill has six children, five of them with Rohan Marley. In 2012, she pleaded guilty to tax evasion and served a three-month prison sentence the following year.