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“This one hurts my brother”: Fugees and Wyclef Jean collaborator John Forté has died

Rapper and producer appeared on The Score

MusicRadar

Truth Behind John Forte's Career Downfall as Fugees Rapper Mysteriously Died in His Home

Before John Forte died in his home, his career and personal life saw drastic turns that led to a career downfall. Here's what happened.

International Business Times UK

From Fugee to felon: how Pras ‘betrayed his country’

Ex-member of the hip-hop group was convicted of money laundering and campaign finance violations after funneling money from a rich Malaysian

The Guardian - US

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Chilling him softly: Wyclef Jean's travel guide to Nepal

From temple time to hanging out with elephants and tigers, the Fugees founder finds his calm in the Himalayan kingdom. And then there’s the Metallica…

Evening Standard

The Oasis Effect: Which bands should reunite next?

Call it a comeback. If Oasis can heed their own advice and not look back in anger, then anything’s possible... Here are the musical acts we’d love to see reunited. And the odds we'll see them together again.

Euronews

There’s Music in the Kitchen, No 36

This week on The Sound Kitchen, a special treat: RFI English listener’s musical requests. Just click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!

Radio France Internationale

Mark Cuban and Wyclef Jean to headline Global Citizen's first Detroit summit on the future of cities

Global Citizen is unveiling the lineup for its summer conference on urban revitalization in Detroit

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Ready or not, here she comes: Lauryn Hill’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Ahead of her 50th birthday this month, we rate the best tracks of the multi-hyphenate talent who, with Fugees and as a solo artist, blended soul, hip-hop and reggae with raw emotion and charisma

The Guardian - UK

“I turned to my assistant and said 'Man, this sounds like it's going to be big’”: Shakira and Wyclef Jean reunite for a 20th anniversary performance of Hips Don’t Lie, a song that began life in the Dirty Dancing movie that you’ve never seen

“Shakira had a big influence on where she wanted the record to go,” recalled recording engineer Serge Tsai in 2007

MusicRadar

Lauryn Hill and Fugees review – embattled reunion tour turns out to be utterly thrilling

Beef with Pras means he’s not present at the co-headlining blowout, but the remaining duo are enjoyably ragged – and solo, Hill has an almost mythic power

The Guardian - UK

Lauryn Hill sued by Fugees bandmate for fraud over tour. She says the lawsuit is 'baseless'

Fugees rapper Pras is suing his bandmate Lauryn Hill for fraud over the group’s shortened 2023 reunion tour

The Independent UK

Lauryn Hill responds to ‘baseless’ lawsuit from Fugees co-founder over failed 2023 tour

Hill argues the lawsuit against her ‘is full of false claims and unwarranted attacks’

The Independent UK

Lauryn Hill blames ‘clickbait headlines’ for low ticket sales and cancelled US tour

Tour featuring Hill and her reunited group Fugees was due to begin this week, but Hill blames media sensationalism for impacting sales

The Guardian - UK

Lauryn Hill and Fugees fans fear for UK Miseducation Anniversary Tour after US dates mysteriously cancelled

It’s not the first time that the iconic hip hop trio have cancelled on fans

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Janet Jackson adds second London date to Together Again Tour celebrating 50-year career

The Nasty hit-maker will now take to the stage at the London O2 Arena on September 28 and 29, with special guest Wyclef Jean

MusicRadar

"God bless Mr Rupert Neve - there wouldn't be a Miseducation without him!": The making of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Apple Music's best album of all time

We revisit our 2023 feature on the making of Lauryn Hill's hip-hop classic, featuring conversations with producers Che Pope and Gordon "The Commissioner" Williams

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Lauryn Hill And Fugees Reunite For Epic Coachella Performance

Experience an electrifying Coachella set by YG Marley featuring Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean, and Busta Rhymes, paying homage to Bob Marley with iconic perform...

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“We made somebody 8 million dollars”: Wyclef Jean reflects on The Fugees’ version of Killing Me Softly earning big money for someone else, and how he ended up on “the other side of the game” when DJ Khaled revived a 1999 song he wrote for Santana

“It could be a billion streams of Khaled and Rihanna, but the composition itself is the real estate”

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The Independent UK

Backstage with the Fugees: Pras on his hip-hop legacy as he awaits sentencing in conspiracy case

Backstage at the second Los Angeles show of Lauryn Hill and the Fugees' anniversary tour, Pras Michel was optimistic

The Independent UK

Concert Review: Lauryn Hill's 25th 'Miseducation' celebration passes with a grade curve

Lauryn Hill kicked off her “Miseducation'' tour to a hometown crowd

The Guardian - US

Central Park warned a festival would ruin its lawn. New York went ahead with it

The Great Lawn will be closed for months after a Global Citizen concert. Park stewards tell the Guardian their concerns went unheeded

MusicRadar

The making of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: "God bless Mr. Rupert Neve - there wouldn't be a Miseducation without him"

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, we spoke to producers Gordon 'The Commissioner' Williams and Che Pope about the making of Lauryn Hill's hip-hop classic

Louder

"I was considered an enemy": In the face of misogyny, sexism, corporate bullying, betrayal and abuse, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the joyous, defiant, fierce and fearless sound of an artist refusing to shut up and sing

A salute to the power and majesty of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill as its 25th anniversary approaches

InsideEVs

Attucks Apex AP0 Revealed In The USA As The “Lightest Electric Supercar” By Wyclef Jean

The Apex Motors AP-0 electric supercar was revealed in the US as the Attucks Apex AP0, with a little help from former Fugees member Wyclef Jean.

Miami Herald

Haitian singer Michael 'Mikaben' Benjamin dies at 41

He was one of the most talented musicians of his generation whose ode to his country — “Ayti Se” (Haiti is) — two years after its most devastating tragedy, the 2010 earthquake, touched Haitian hearts around the world.

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