OMG...Lauryn Speaks!
 

NEW YORK - Lauryn Hill's long freeze-out of the public is beginning to thaw. Hill, whose 1998 solo debut "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" sold millions and won her a record five Grammys, has been largely MIA since. But in the new issue of Trace magazine — her first interview in years — Hill discusses her self-imposed exile, the Fugees and her future.


"If I make music now, it will only be to provide information to my own children," says Hill, who has four children, in the issue on newsstands July 14. "If other people benefit from it, then so be it."

Hill has continued making music — and her long-awaited follow-up to "Miseducation" is upcoming. Along with Wyclef Jean and Pras, Hill and her old Fugees mates have been reuniting recently for sporadic concerts, including a surprise performance at the BET Awards.

However, in the interview, Hill has few kind words about the group.

"The Fugees was a conspiracy to control, to manipulate and to encourage dependence," she says. "I took a lot of abuse that many people would not have taken in these circumstances."

The 30-year-old singer, who dated Jean when the group was together, says she saw a "spark" in him. Though she says she's now married to Rohan Marley, son of reggae legend Bob Marley and the father of her children, Hill emerged disillusioned with men.

"As a young woman, I saw the best in everyone, but I did not see the lust and insecurities of men," she says. "I discovered what a lie was, and how lies manifested themselves."

Hill's last recording was 2001's "MTV Unplugged" — a soul-searching breakdown of a performance where she confessed things such as, "I find it hard to say that everything is all right."

"In order to bare one's soul, one has to display their whole vulnerability, which most people will never do," Hill says. "These people who bare their souls end up being the source of ridicule."

Her reluctance to release new music since, she says, "is because a lot of the songs were transitional. The music was about how I was feeling at the time, even though I was documenting my distress as well as my bursts of joy."

No release date has yet been set for Hill's next album.

Re: Did anyone else hear this??
 

Yeah, I think this was posted (if not here, some other board that I visit). It was stated that this incident is the reason why Jay wasn't at the BET Awards with B.

This is so sad. :(

This could be very interesting and will definitely get ratings. However, I doubt that the best candidates will be chosen and I'm almost positive that there will be stereotypical behavior from both sides. The whites will be scared of some outspoken black person. Some black person will tell a tale of growing up in the hood and making it anyway. If the characters vary far from that, I'll be surprised.

If that's the case, that show will definately get ratings, but no one will really win... AA's will say that the Trumpster is racist if he picks a white person as the apprentice. If an AA wins, it will be said that he needed a token.

Personally, the whole idea is racist. So... what would be the basis for this type of grouping? I mean, the basis behind his last group was to see which would actually win - Street Smarts or Book Smarts, due to the perception that a Book Smarts are actually smarter. So.... what perception is he trying to prove or disprove???

Thank you! Trump is playing the "Stupid Card" in this one!

She looks terrible. Maybe this "alone" time is what she will need to get her self esteem back in order. That girl got some issues. She looks like Jacko.

Nicole Richie
 

Looking rather slimline these days. Apparently, Lionel said that she's feeling pressure and is not eating.

http://www.hollywoodrag.com/images/u...icole_soho.jpg

Missing Child
 

Missing Child
http://www.downtimeonline.net/dte/rainee.jpg
D.O.B: 7/23/90
Sex: FEMALE
Eyes: BROWN
Weight: 110lbs Age: 14
Race: AFRICAN AMERICAN
Hair: BLACK (Braids)
Height: 5'

Anyone having information, PLEASE contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children @ 1-800-THE-LOST or Natick Police Department @ (508) 647-9500 or Rainee's
mother @ 562.209.5045.

**Mods, I wasnt sure if I should start a new thread so I put it here. If you need to move this ok.

NP

Re: Nicole Richie
 

Yeah, they had a article about the skinny people in Hollywood in Us Weekly a while back. They said that she is currently 96 lbs. and is 5'2". Did you also know that her fiancee, DJ AM, used to be over 300 lbs. but had the gastric bypass surgery?

^^
I did know that DJ AM had gastric bypass surgery.
Nicole sort of looks scary-thin there, but I love the big sunglasses.

I agree. Her fashion sense has done a complete 180.

I love the shades also! She looks much better than the "Trailer Trash Nicole" from the Simple Life.

Yeah since she became a skeleton she does dress nicer.

those glasses are cute but she's so emaciated--she looks gross!! 96 lbs is waaay too small for a 5'2 GROWN woman.

I think she looks nasty. She reminds me of the twins from Full House. (In my best Rick James voice **clearing my throat**) I wish I had more hands so I could give it four thumbs down!! :D