Lauryn Hill

After being released from a three-month stint for tax evasion in October, Lauryn Hill announced her first post-prison shows today. Hill will be giving two Thanksgiving Eve concerts on November 27 at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Shortly after her release, Ms...

Since the days of Adidas tracksuits and gold chains as thick as gym rope, fashion has played an integral part in the culture of hip-hop. 40 years after the advent of the culture, hip-hop has produced its fair share of style icons that have blazed the trails into mainstream fashion quarters...

In celebration of United Nations Day, it's only right to spread some positivity. Gathering together a list of hip-hop's top inspiring rap songs XXL presents "10 Hip-Hop Songs That Influence Change." Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- "Same Love" Tupac- "Changes" Queen Latifah- "U.N.I...

On Friday, Lauryn Hill was released from prison after serving a three-month stint for tax evasion. L-Boogie took the time today to pen a hand-written letter to her fans for showing their support and writing letters to her during her incarceration...

After being sprung from her three-month detention on Friday (October 4), Lauryn Hill was scheduled to serve three months of home confinement as part of her sentence for tax evasion. That might soon change as Ms. Hill has reportedly asked and has been granted permission by a judge to go on tour starting in November ...

Kendrick Lamar had everybody talking again this week. It has been a little less than two months since Kendrick Lamar shocked the hip-hop world with his brash declarations of supremacy in his verse on Big Sean's "Control" and the effects of the song are still being felt in hip-hop ...

Lauryn Hill completed her three-month sentence at Danbury Federal Prison for tax evasion this morning, and dropped a new track to celebrate her release. Ms. Hill, who was convicted of failing to pay about $1 million in federal taxes between 2005-2007, entered prison on July 8...

Ask anybody who has asked a person of the opposite sex for a date... First impressions are important. In life, a limp first impression can permanently ruin your chances for success, hurt your career or inadvertently create enemies for life. It happe...

It has been a busy summer this year. As the summer commenced, hip-hop was blessed with two major releases from two of the biggest stars in all of music. Kanye West and Jay Z both released two anticipated solo albums after their group album, Watch The Throne, conquered the world two years ago...

Let's be honest. We all have baggage in our lives. An unfortunate boyfriend or girlfriend that we would rather not admit that we once dated in our younger and more foolish days. There is no shame in admitting that blind, illogical lust clouded our better judgment and lead our hormones down a path of unspeakable embarrassment. ...

A Track By Track Breakdown Of 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill'

Artist: Lauryn Hill Reviewer: Nas Rating: XXL Anniversary: 15-year Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the September 2013 issue of XXL Magazine. I kept hearing about the album; there was a hype there, and when “Doo Wop” dropped, it was more than I expected. There’s alway...