that article OTM
― jho'sh? "ice cr?m" jackson (The Reverend), Thursday, 19 May 2011 07:44 (thirteen years ago) link
it's really difficult for me to have any hard feelings against her because i listened to "ms hill" by talib so many times before i heard anything negative and i'd rather believe his take
tho watching her on fallon right now and, having no other performances to compare her too, she pretty out of it and spastic
― more fish for kunta (zachlyon), Friday, 20 May 2011 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
*she seems
― more fish for kunta (zachlyon), Friday, 20 May 2011 07:53 (thirteen years ago) link
What an entitled jerk she is:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/08/lauryn-hill-responds-nj-tax-evasion-charges_n_1582464.html
Lauryn Hill Responds To Tax Evasion Charges
06/08/12 08:05 PM ET AP
NEWARK, N.J. — Reclusive singer Lauryn Hill said in an Internet posting Friday that she hasn't paid taxes since she withdrew from society to guarantee the safety and well-being of herself and her family.
The eight-time Grammy Award winner and South Orange, N.J., resident was charged this week with willfully failing to file income tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. Federal prosecutors said she didn't pay taxes on more than $1.5 million earned in 2005, 2006 and 2007 from recording and film royalties.
Hill responded to the federal charges in a lengthy post on her Tumblr page Friday. She described how she has rejected pop culture's "climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism."
"Over-commercialization and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual," Hill wrote. "I did not deliberately abandon my fans, nor did I deliberately abandon any responsibilities, but I did however put my safety, health and freedom and the freedom, safety and health of my family first over all other material concerns! I also embraced my right to resist a system intentionally opposing my right to whole and integral survival."
She said in her online post that she explained herself to authorities when she was questioned by authorities about her failure to pay taxes.
"My intention has always been to get this situation rectified. When I was working consistently without being affected by the interferences mentioned above, I filed and paid my taxes," she wrote. "This only stopped when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family."
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey, which filed the tax charges, said in response to Hill's posting Friday that they could not speak to the specifics of the investigation.
The 37-year-old Hill got her start with the Haitian-American hip-hop band the Fugees. She began her solo career in 1998 with the critically acclaimed album "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
― thirdalternative, Monday, 11 June 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
Ugh.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:22 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
here's to another seven years of calling black women crazy!
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:18 (twelve years ago) link
Wonder if she's a Rangers fan
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
compare & contrast the erykah badu thread
well, no contrasting necessary i guess
― kanye kardashian (lex pretend), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
azealia banks gonna be a crrrazy bitch in 2019
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
Matt P described how he has rejected ILM's "climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism."
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
this is a stupid thing to fuck around with. would be sad if she ends up in jail.
― retro-shittified (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
she'll be straight, the IRS is usually pretty understanding if you say "I had my reasons"
― shipl.de.al (some dude), Monday, 11 June 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
Hill responded to the federal charges in a lengthy post on her Tumblr page
― J0rdan S., Monday, 11 June 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
I understand the desire to object to the existence of this thread but Lauryn Hill is actually crazy.
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
saddest/truest line comes from that NYT article upthread:
"a performer who, for more than a decade, has been chasing a muse that has led her in almost every direction but forward"
― ninguna informacion para la DEA (Eric H.), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:14 (twelve years ago) link
nypost commenters are strangely unforgiving of a black woman going galt
― goole, Monday, 11 June 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
equal opportunity galtism ftw
― Impetuous hybrid (Matt P), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for New Jersey, which filed the tax charges, said in response to Hill's posting Friday that they could not speak to the specifics of the investigation "that's all well and good, but girlfriend still needs to pay her taxes."
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 11 June 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
she is obviously crazy but it's hard to generate much sympathy for her since the particular form in which that craziness expresses itself is megalomania.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 11 June 2012 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
― it looks like something rupert the bear would wear (Algerian Goalkeeper), Monday, 11 June 2012 17:20 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol
― Smothered, Covered and Chunked!!! (a hoy hoy), Monday, 11 June 2012 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like she's facing jail.
― Austin, Saturday, 30 June 2012 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
Career jail.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 June 2012 12:47 (eleven years ago) link
I should distinguish, Badu is "crazy," but not crazy. She's eccentric, erratic, quirky, unpredictable, and a little conspiracy prone, but not crazy. Lauryn Hill, on the other hand, by all indications there could be something really wrong with her.
Also
LOL. yeah, Badu and Hill ... that pretty much covers it! Let me know when you find another one.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 30 June 2012 12:51 (eleven years ago) link
no uh... actual jail
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 June 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
she'll be straight, the IRS is usually pretty understanding if you say "I had my reasons"― shipl.de.al (some dude), Monday, June 11, 2012 5:39 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Tell that to Wesley Snipes!
― She Got the Shakes, Saturday, 30 June 2012 16:33 (eleven years ago) link
Quite a mugshot.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/lauryn-hill-mug-shot-563419
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
good look!
― goole, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:08 (eleven years ago) link
wow so "crazy"
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
she looks like a mean school guidance counselor who would criticize me for having bad handwriting
― bert yansh (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I feel very judged by her.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
and here i was, hoping i could judge her!
― turtwig greenturty (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
capn save-a-hill
― bert yansh (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
I MEAAAAN SHE LOOKS LIKE A CRAZY MEAN BITCH
― turtwig greenturty (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
partly cloudy, 30% chance of clusterfuck
― turtwig greenturty (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
T/S: making fun of celebrities vs. feeling protective of celebrities
― bert yansh (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
vs. saying a well-dressed woman in her mugshot is a superego extension of your prep school experience
― turtwig greenturty (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
isn't everything?
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
no
― turtwig greenturty (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
note to borads:
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
your posts are incoherent no matter the length.
― turtwig greenturty (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
fuck off, matt. there's no need for this kind of garbage.
― contenderizer, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
goddam asswart of a human being
Weird how her mugshot is the most "together" she's looked in years.
― REV LION (The Reverend), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
lol "prep school" -- you're way off the mark pal but OOH BURN
― bert yansh (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
what is a "prep school" anyway? just a private school? or do you have to live there for it to be a prep school? like brenden frasier in school ties?
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
you meant "perp school," which trains you to be a felon like Ms. Hill.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
you are about to witness the strength of street knowledge
brb
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBBxFKCAaCo
― deeznuggz (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 6 May 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
Production is a nightmare, was feeling the rhymes even if they're hella paranoid
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 6 May 2013 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
something tells me hip-hop is about to get its chinese democracy
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, 6 May 2013 15:18 (eleven years ago) link