Lauryn Hill#Discography

Lauryn Noelle Hill was born on May 26, 1975, in East Orange, New Jersey. Her mother, Valerie Hill, was an English teacher and her father, Mal Hill, a computer and management consultant. She has one sibling, an older brother named Malaney Hill, a computer engineer, who was born in 1972 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania . Her Baptist family moved to New York for a short period before settling in South Orange.

Hill has said of her musically oriented family: "there were so many records, so much music constantly being played. My mother played the piano, my father sang, and we were always surrounded by music."{{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill Biography and Interview|website=achievement.org|publisher=American Academy of Achievement|url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/lauryn-hill/#interview|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220101935/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/lauryn-hill/#interview|url-status=live}} Her father sang in local nightclubs and at weddings. While growing up, Hill frequently listened to Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, and Gladys Knight; years later she recalled playing Marvin Gaye's What's Going On repeatedly until she fell asleep to it.

In middle school, Hill performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a basketball game. Due to its popularity, subsequent games featured a recording of her rendition. In 1988, Hill appeared as an Amateur Night contestant on It's Showtime at the Apollo. She sang her version of the Smokey Robinson track "Who's Lovin' You". Stumbling out of the gate to hit her notes, she initially garnered a mixed reaction from the crowd, but persevered through the performance, which ended in applause.

Hill attended Columbia High School, where she was a member of the track team, cheerleading squad and was a classmate of actor Zach Braff.{{cite news |last=Solomon |first=Michael |title=Stars Who Went to High School Together |url=http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/best/stars-who-went-to-high-school-together-654244-7#slide-7 |url-status=live |magazine=Elle |date=April 6, 2012 |access-date=July 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007091001/http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/best/stars-who-went-to-high-school-together-654244-7#slide-7 |archive-date=October 7, 2013}} She also took violin lessons, went to dance class, and founded the school's gospel choir.{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Andrew |title=Pop Superstar's Vote for Her Town: Lauryn Hill and 5 Grammys Are Firmly in South Orange |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/26/nyregion/pop-superstar-s-vote-for-her-town-lauryn-hill-5-grammys-are-firmly-south-orange.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 26, 1999 |access-date=July 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304171516/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/26/nyregion/pop-superstar-s-vote-for-her-town-lauryn-hill-5-grammys-are-firmly-south-orange.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archive-date=March 4, 2014}} Academically, she took advanced placement classes and received primarily 'A' grades. School officials recognized her as a leader among the student body. Later recalling her education, Hill commented, "I had a love for—I don't know if it was necessarily for academics, more than it just was for achieving, period. If it was academics, if it was sports, if it was music, if it was dance, whatever it was, I was always driven to do a lot in whatever field or whatever area I was focusing on at the moment."

While a freshman in high school, through mutual friends, Prakazrel "Pras" Michel approached Hill about a music group he was creating.{{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill In Pictures – The Story So Far|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/lauryn-hill-in-pictures---the-story-so-far/307177/3/1|website=NME|date=May 7, 2013|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202155912/http://www.nme.com/photos/lauryn-hill-in-pictures---the-story-so-far/307177/3/1|url-status=live}} Hill and Pras began under the name Translator Crew. They came up with this name because they wanted to rhyme in different languages. Another female vocalist was soon replaced by Michel's cousin, multi-instrumentalist Wyclef Jean. The group began performing in local showcases and high school talent shows. Hill was initially only a singer, but then learned to rap too; instead of modeling herself on female rappers like Salt-N-Pepa and MC Lyte, she preferred male rappers like Ice Cube and developed her flow from listening to them. Hill later said, "I remember doing my homework in the bathroom stalls of hip-hop clubs."

While growing up, Hill took acting lessons in Manhattan. She began her acting career in 1991 appearing with Jean in Club XII, MC Lyte's Off-Broadway hip-hop rendering of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. While the play was not a success, an agent noticed her. Later that year, Hill began appearing on the soap opera As the World Turns in a recurring role as troubled teenager Kira Johnson. She subsequently co-starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg in the 1993 release Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, playing Rita Louise Watson, an inner-city Catholic school teenager with a surly, rebellious attitude. In it, she performed the songs "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" (a duet with Tanya Blount) and "Joyful, Joyful".{{cite web|title=Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit – Original Soundtrack |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sister-act-2-back-in-the-habit-mw0000107580|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=August 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822095909/http://www.allmusic.com/album/sister-act-2-back-in-the-habit-mw0000107580|url-status=live}}

Director Bill Duke credited Hill with improvising a rap in a scene: "None of that was scripted. That was all Lauryn. She was amazing." Critic Roger Ebert called her "the girl with the big joyful voice", although he thought her talent was wasted,{{cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|author-link=Roger Ebert|title=Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sister-act-2-back-in-the-habit-1993|publisher=rogerebert.com|access-date=June 29, 2013|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203213913/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sister-act-2-back-in-the-habit-1993|url-status=live}} while Rolling Stone said she "performed marvelously against type ... in the otherwise perfunctory [film]". Hill also appeared in Steven Soderbergh's 1993 motion picture King of the Hill, in a minor but pivotal role as a 1930s gum-popping elevator operator. Soderbergh biographer Jason Wood described her as supplying one of the warmest scenes in the film.{{cite book|last=Wood|first=Jason|title=Steven Soderbergh|year=2002|publisher=Pocket Essentials|location=Harpenden, Hertfordshire|isbn=1-903047-82-X|page=35}} Hill graduated from Columbia High School in 1993.

Pras, Hill and Jean renamed their group Fugees, a derivative of the word "refugee", which was a derogatory term for Haitian Americans.{{cite news | last=Foege | first=Alec | author-link=Alec Foege | title=Fugees: Leaders of the New Cool [cover story] | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=September 5, 1996 | pages=40–47}} Hill began a romantic relationship with Jean. The Fugees, who signed a contract with Columbia/Ruffhouse Records in 1993, became known for their genre blending, particularly of reggae, rock and soul, which was first experimented on their debut album, Blunted on Reality, released in 1994. It reached No. 62 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart{{cite magazine|title=Fugees – Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart)|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=fugees|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}}|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 7, 2013}} but overall sold poorly and was met by poor critical reviews due to their management's insistence they adopt gangsta rap attitudes. Although the album made little impact, Hill's rapping on "Some Seek Stardom" was seen as a highlight.{{cite web|title=Fugees Biography|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/fugees/433278|publisher=Artistdirect|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221184423/http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/fugees/433278|url-status=live}} Within the group, she was frequently referred to by the nickname "L. Boogie". Hill's image and artistry, as well as her full, rich, raspy alto voice, placed her at the forefront of the band, with some fans urging her to begin a solo career.

The Fugees' second album, The Score (1996), peaked at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200{{cite magazine|title=Fugees – Chart History (Hot 200)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/fugees/chart-history/billboard-200|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121091218/https://www.billboard.com/artist/fugees/chart-history/billboard-200/|url-status=live}} and stayed in the top ten of that chart for over half a year. It sold about seven million copies in the United States{{cite web | url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database | title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database | publisher=Recording Industry Association of America | access-date=July 7, 2013 | archive-date=January 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103185214/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database | url-status=live}} and more than 20 million copies worldwide.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Hg7AQAAIAAJ|date=2003|title=Song|page=120|magazine=People|volume=60|access-date=April 15, 2022|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906151927/https://books.google.com/books?id=5Hg7AQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}} In the 1996 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, The Score came second in the list of best albums and three of its tracks placed within the top 20 best singles.{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=Pazz & Jop 1996 Critics Poll |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres96.php|work=The Village Voice|access-date=July 13, 2013|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622134913/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres96.php|url-status=live}} It won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album,{{cite web |title=The Score – Fugees: Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-score-mw0000646570/awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=August 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804212958/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-score-mw0000646570/awards|url-status=live}} and was later included on Rolling Stone{{'}}s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.{{cite magazine|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time – The Fugees, 'The Score'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-fugees-the-score-20120525|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 31, 2009|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=August 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805154914/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-fugees-the-score-20120525|url-status=live}} The Score garnered praise for being a strong alternative to the gangsta idiom, and Hill stated, "We're trying to do something positive with the music because it seems like only the negative is rising to the top these days. It only takes a drop of purity to clean a cesspool."

Singles from The Score included "Fu-Gee-La" and "Ready or Not", which highlighted Hill's singing and rapping abilities, and the Bob Marley cover "No Woman, No Cry". Her rendition of "Killing Me Softly" became the group's breakout hit.{{cite news|title=Killing Me Softly by the Fugees|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/killing-me-softly-fugees|access-date=June 18, 2013|newspaper=Rolling Stone|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407201743/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/killing-me-softly-fugees|url-status=live}} Buttressed by what Rolling Stone publications later called Hill's "evocative" vocal line and her "amazing pipes", the track became pervasive on pop, R&B, hip hop, and adult contemporary radio formats.{{cite book|editor1-last=George-Warren|editor1-first=Holly|editor2-last=Ramanowski|editor2-first=Patricia|title=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|year=2001|publisher=Fireside Books|location=New York|isbn=0-7432-0120-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl/page/358 358–359]|edition=3rd|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl/page/358}} [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/fugees/biography The Fugees entry online] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917193529/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/fugees/biography |date=September 17, 2017}} It won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.{{cite web|title=The Score – Fugees|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-score-mw0000646570|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=August 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806071251/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-score-mw0000646570|url-status=live}} On the album, Hill combined African-American music and Caribbean music influences with socially conscious lyrics. Newsweek mentioned Hill's "irresistibly cute looks" and proclaimed her "the most powerful new voice in rap".{{cite news |last=Samuels |first=Allison |title=Fugees Are the New Conscience of Rap |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-18177710/here-s-what-s-going-on-fugees-are-the-new-conscience |url-status=live |magazine=Newsweek |date=April 15, 1996 |access-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220054453/htsigmatp://www.questia.com/read/1G1-18177710/here-s-what-s-going-on-fugees-are-the-new-conscience |archive-date=February 20, 2014}}{{subscription required}}

When she was 21 years old, Hill was still living at home with her parents. She had been enrolled at Columbia University during this period, and considered majoring in history as she became a sophomore, but left after about a year of total studies once sales of The Score went into the millions.{{cite news|last=Farley|first=Christopher John|author-link=Christopher John Farley|title=Hip-Hop Nation: Lauryn Hill|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,990180,00.html|access-date=March 26, 2022|magazine=Time|date=February 8, 1999|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326220524/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,990180,00.html|url-status=live}} In 1996, she responded to a false rumor on The Howard Stern Show that she had made a racist comment on MTV, saying "How can I possibly be a racist? My music is universal. And I believe in God. If I believe in God, then I have to love all of God's creations. There can be no segregation."

In 1996, Hill founded the Refugee Project, a non-profit outreach organization that sought to transform the attitudes and behavior of at-risk urban youth.{{cite news |last=Muro |first=Matt |title=On the Cover, and Not Just for Looks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/nyregion/jersey-footlights-on-the-cover-and-not-just-for-looks.html |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 12, 1999 |access-date=July 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304171504/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/nyregion/jersey-footlights-on-the-cover-and-not-just-for-looks.html |archive-date=March 4, 2014}} Part of this was Camp Hill, which offered stays in the Catskill Mountains for such youngsters; another was production of an annual Halloween haunted house in East Orange. Hill also raised money for Haitian refugees, supported clean water well-building projects in Kenya and Uganda, and staged a rap concert in Harlem to promote voter registration. A 1997 benefit event for the Refugee Project introduced a board of trustees for the organization that included Sean Combs, Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes, Spike Lee, and others as members.{{cite news | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429253/fugees-lauryn-get-help-from-puffy-mariah-busta-on-project.jhtml | title=Fugees' Lauryn To Get Help From Puffy, Mariah, Busta On Project | publisher=MTV News | date=October 27, 1997 | access-date=July 5, 2013 | archive-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202220713/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429253/fugees-lauryn-get-help-from-puffy-mariah-busta-on-project.jhtml | url-status=dead }}

In 1997, the Fugees split to work on solo projects,{{cite news|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|title=Wyclef Jean Says Lauryn Hill Affair, Paternity Lie Broke Up Fugees|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/wyclef-jean-lauryn-hill-paternity-lie-fugees-breakup_n_1894364.html|newspaper=The Huffington Post|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=July 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708140659/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/wyclef-jean-lauryn-hill-paternity-lie-fugees-breakup_n_1894364.html|url-status=live}} which Jean later blamed on his tumultuous relationship with Hill and the fact he married his wife Claudinette while still involved with Hill.{{cite news|last=Connelly|first=Sheryl|title=Taking the rap: Wyclef Jean admits explosive affair with Lauryn Hill caused the Fugees to flame out|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/rap-wyclef-jean-admits-explosive-affair-lauryn-hill-caused-fugees-flame-article-1.1161635|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=June 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623053220/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/rap-wyclef-jean-admits-explosive-affair-lauryn-hill-caused-fugees-flame-article-1.1161635|url-status=live}} Meanwhile, in the summer of 1996 Hill had met Rohan Marley, a son of Bob Marley and a former University of Miami football player.{{cite magazine|last=Touré|author-link=Touré (journalist)|title=The Mystery of Lauryn Hill|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-mystery-of-lauryn-hill-20031030|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 7, 2013|date=October 30, 2003|archive-date=July 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720003957/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-mystery-of-lauryn-hill-20031030|url-status=live}} Hill subsequently began a relationship with him, while still also involved with Jean. Hill became pregnant in late 1996, and on August 3, 1997, Marley and Hill's first child, Zion David, was born.{{cite news |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |title=The Rolling Stone Music Awards: Lauryn Hill |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rolling-stone-music-awards-lauryn-hill-19990121 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 21, 1999 |access-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227054519/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rolling-stone-music-awards-lauryn-hill-19990121 |archive-date=December 27, 2013}} The couple lived in Hill's childhood house in South Orange after she bought her parents a new house down the street.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Ethan |title=Queen of the Hill |magazine=Teen People |date=May 1999 |pages=65–70}}

Hill had a cameo appearance in the 1997 film Hav Plenty. In 1998, Hill took up another small, but important role in the film Restaurant;{{cite news|last=Sisario|first=Ben|author-link=Ben Sisario|title=Jersey Footlights: Manhattan Dreams in Hoboken|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/23/nyregion/jersey-footlights-manhattan-dreams-in-hoboken.html|access-date=June 29, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 23, 2000|archive-date=March 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304171512/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/23/nyregion/jersey-footlights-manhattan-dreams-in-hoboken.html|url-status=live}} Entertainment Weekly praised her portrayal of the protagonist's pregnant former girlfriend as bringing vigor to the film.{{cite news|last=Fretts|first=Bruce|title=Restaurant Review|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275657,00.html|access-date=June 29, 2013|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly|date=January 28, 2000|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224506/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275657,00.html|url-status=dead}}

Hill recorded her solo record The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill from late 1997 through June 1998 at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica.{{cite book |last=Nickson |first=Chris |title=Lauryn Hill: She's Got That Thing |publisher=St Martin's Press |year=1999 |pages=13, 148 |isbn=0-312-97210-5}}{{cite book |last1=Furman |first1=Leah |last2=Furman |first2=Elina |title=Heart of Soul: The Lauryn Hill Story |publisher=Ballantine Books |year=1999 |isbn=0-345-43588-5}} The title was inspired by the book The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933) by Carter G. Woodson and The Education of Sonny Carson, a film and autobiographical novel.{{cite news |last=Checkoway |first=Laura |title=Inside 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-20080826?print=true |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 26, 2008 |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202130858/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-20080826?print=true |archive-date=February 2, 2013}} The album featured contributions from D'Angelo, Carlos Santana, Mary J. Blige and the then-unknown John Legend.{{cite web|title=The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (Credits)|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-mw0000034642/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=September 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911224946/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-mw0000034642/credits|url-status=live}} Wyclef Jean initially did not support Hill recording a solo album, but eventually offered his production help; Hill turned him down.

Several songs on the album concerned her frustration with the Fugees; "I Used to Love Him" dealt with the breakdown of the relationship between Hill and Wyclef Jean. Other songs such as "To Zion" spoke about her decision to have her first baby (Zion David Marley, the first of five she was to have with Rohan Marley), even though some at the time encouraged her to have an abortion so to not interfere with her blossoming career.{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Jessica |date=September 29, 2021 |title=Lauryn Hill's Kids: Meet Her 6 Children From Oldest To Youngest |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/lauryn-hill-kids-4526054/ |access-date=November 20, 2022 |website=Hollywood Life |language=en-US |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120164616/https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/lauryn-hill-kids-4526054/ |url-status=live }} Indeed, Hill's pregnancy revived her from a period of writer's block.

In terms of production, Hill collaborated with a group of musicians known as New Ark, consisting of Vada Nobles, Rasheem Pugh, Tejumold Newton, and Johari Newton. Hill later said that she wanted to "write songs that lyrically move me and have the integrity of reggae and the knock of hip-hop and the instrumentation of classic soul" and that the production on the album was intended to make the music sound raw and not computer-aided. Hill spoke of pressure from her label to emulate Prince, wherein all tracks would be credited as written and produced by the artist with little outside help. She also wanted to be appreciated as an auteur as much as Jean had within the Fugees. She also saw a feminist cause: "But step out and try and control things and there are doubts. This is a very sexist industry. They'll never throw the 'genius' title to a sister." While recording the album, when Hill was asked about providing contracts or documentation to the musicians, she replied, "We all love each other. This ain't about documents. This is blessed."

Released on August 25, 1998, the album received rave reviews from contemporary music critics,{{cite news |last=Strauss|first=Neil|author-link=Neil Strauss|date=February 25, 1999|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/25/us/5-grammys-to-lauryn-hill-3-to-madonna.html|title=5 Grammys to Lauryn Hill; 3 to Madonna|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 31, 2013|archive-date=June 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615230921/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/25/us/5-grammys-to-lauryn-hill-3-to-madonna.html|url-status=live}} and was the most acclaimed album of 1998.{{cite news|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|date=December 19, 1998 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-19-ca-55439-story.html|title=The Legal Tangle of 'Miseducation' |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=March 31, 2013|archive-date=February 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208195352/http://articles.latimes.com/1998/dec/19/entertainment/ca-55439|url-status=live}} Critics lauded the album's blending of the R&B, doo-wop, pop, hip-hop, and reggae genres and its honest representation of a woman's life and relationships. David Browne, writing in Entertainment Weekly, called it "an album of often-astonishing power, strength, and feeling", and praised Hill for "easily flowing from singing to rapping, evoking the past while forging a future of her own".{{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=David|title=Music Review: 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,284625,00.html|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 4, 1988|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=May 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523180908/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,284625,00.html|url-status=dead}} Robert Christgau quipped, "PC record of the year—songs soft, singing ordinary, rapping skilled, rhymes up and down, skits de trop, production subtle and terrific".{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau |title=Consumer Guide|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1098-98.php |url-status=live |publisher=robertchristgau.com|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924141040/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1098-98.php}} In 2017, NPR rated the album as the second-best album of all time created by a woman.{{cite news|title=The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538307314/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-15|website=NPR|date=July 24, 2017|access-date=May 6, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502093342/https://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538307314/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-15|url-status=live}}

It sold nearly 423,000 copies in its first week (boosted by advance radio play of two non-label-sanctioned singles, "Lost Ones" and "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"){{cite magazine |last=Samuels |first=Anita |title=Lauryn Hill to Do That Live 'Thing' |magazine=Billboard |date=April 10, 1999 |page=8}} and topped the Billboard 200 for four weeks and the Billboard R&B Albums chart for six weeks. It went on to sell about 10 million copies in the United States,{{cite news|date=June 29, 2018|title=20 Years Since Lauryn Hill's Debut, How Much Has Changed?|url=https://www.papermag.com/lauryn-hill-20-years-2579839113.html|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=Paper|archive-date=January 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110001830/https://www.papermag.com/lauryn-hill-20-years-2579839113.html|url-status=live}} and 20 million copies worldwide.{{cite web|title=Certified Classics in Collaboration With Spotify Celebrates 20 Years of the Iconic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Album With Dear Ms. Hill & Dissect Mini Series |url=https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/certified-classics-in-collaboration-with-spotify-celebrates-20-years-of-the-iconic-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-album-with-dear-ms-hill-dissect-mini-series|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=sonymusic.ca|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119145158/https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/certified-classics-in-collaboration-with-spotify-celebrates-20-years-of-the-iconic-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-album-with-dear-ms-hill-dissect-mini-series|url-status=live}} During 1998 and 1999, Hill earned $25 million from record sales and touring. Hill, along with Blige, Missy Elliott, Meshell Ndegeocello, Erykah Badu, and others, found a voice with the neo soul genre.{{cite book |last=Chang |first=Jeff |author-link=Jeff Chang (journalist) |title=Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |year=2005 |pages=445–446 |isbn=0-312-30143-X}}

The first single released from the album was "Doo Wop (That Thing)", which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.{{cite magazine|title=Lauryn Hill - Chart History (Hot 100)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauryn-hill/chart-history/|access-date=June 8, 2013|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121090924/https://www.billboard.com/artist/lauryn-hill/chart-history/|url-status=live}} It exemplified Hill's appeal, combining feelings of self-empowerment with self-defense. Other charted singles from the album were "Ex-Factor", which has been sampled by Drake and Cardi B,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/25/why-did-lauryn-hill-disappear|title=It could all be so simple … why did Lauryn Hill disappear?|last=Cashmore|first=Pete|date=May 25, 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=May 6, 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=May 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190506194520/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/may/25/why-did-lauryn-hill-disappear|url-status=live}} "Everything Is Everything" and "To Zion". In the 1998 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, Miseducation came second in the list of best albums and "Doo Wop (That Thing)" second in best singles.{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=Pazz & Jop 1998 Critics Poll|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres98.php|work=The Village Voice|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228150802/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres98.php|url-status=live}}

In November 1998, Marley and Hill's second child, Selah Louise, was born. Of being a young mother of two, Hill said, "It's not an easy situation at all. You have to really pray and be honest with yourself."

In the run-up to the 1999 Grammy Awards, Hill became the first woman to be nominated in ten categories in a single year. In addition to Miseducation works, the nominations included her rendition of "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" for the 1997 film Conspiracy Theory, which had appeared on Billboard charts,{{cite web |title=Lauryn Hill: Awards |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lauryn-hill-mn0000113753/awards |url-status=live |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804170644/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lauryn-hill-mn0000113753/awards |archive-date=August 4, 2013}} and Hill's writing and producing of "A Rose Is Still a Rose", which became a late-in-career hit for Aretha Franklin.{{cite news |last=Britton |first=Wesley |title=Music Review: Aretha Franklin – Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980–1998 |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Aretha-Franklin-Knew-You-Were-2835462.php |url-status=live |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=January 30, 2012 |access-date=July 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201185927/http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Music-Review-Aretha-Franklin-Knew-You-Were-2835462.php |archive-date=February 1, 2014}} She appeared on several magazine covers, including Time, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Teen People, and The New York Times Fashion Magazine.{{cite news | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Missed+Message+of+Lauryn+Hill.-a054246116 | title=The Missed Message of Lauryn Hill | first=Andrea | last=Lewis | magazine=The Progressive | date=April 1999 | access-date=July 6, 2013 | archive-date=February 1, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201194940/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Missed+Message+of+Lauryn+Hill.-a054246116 | url-status=live }} During the ceremony, Hill broke another record by becoming the first woman to win five times in one night, taking home the awards for Album of the Year, Best R&B Album, Best R&B Song, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best New Artist.{{cite web | url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22lauryn+hill%22&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All | title=Past Winners Search: 'Lauryn Hill' | publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | access-date=August 11, 2013 | archive-date=February 3, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203063947/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=%22lauryn+hill%22&field_nominee_work_value=&year=All&genre=All | url-status=live }} During an acceptance speech, she said, "This is crazy. This is hip-hop!" Hill had brought forth a new, mainstream acceptance of the genre.

In February 1999, Hill received four awards at the 30th Annual NAACP Image Awards.{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill Wins Four NAACP Awards|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/512202/lauryn-hill-wins-four-naacp-awards.jhtml|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 8, 2013|date=February 17, 1999|archive-date=February 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202220716/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/512202/lauryn-hill-wins-four-naacp-awards.jhtml|url-status=dead}} In May 1999, she became the youngest woman ever named to Ebony magazine's 100+ Most Influential Black Americans list;{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54527667.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025519/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54527667.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 11, 2014 | title=100+ Most Influential Black Americans | magazine=Ebony | date=May 1999 | access-date=July 9, 2013}} in November of that year, the same publication named her as one of "10 For Tomorrow" in the "Ebony 2000: Special Millennium Issue".{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57800072.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611025521/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-57800072.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 11, 2014 | title=Jesse Jackson Jr., Lauryn Hill, Serena, Puff Daddy Are Among The Super Leaders Of The Future | magazine=Jet | date=November 15, 1999 | access-date=July 9, 2013}} In May 1999, she made People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People list.{{cite news | url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128144,00.html | title=Most Beautiful: Lauryn Hill: Musician | magazine=People | date=May 10, 1999 | access-date=June 30, 2013 | archive-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202162932/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128144,00.html | url-status=live }} The publication, which has called her "model-gorgeous", praised the {{convert|5|ft|4|in|m|adj=on}} Hill for her idiosyncratic sense of personal style. In June 1999, she received an Essence Award, but her acceptance speech, where she said there was no contradiction in religious love and servitude and "[being] who you are, as fly and as hot and as whatever",{{cite news |title=Lauryn Hill Gets Emotional At "Essence" Awards |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429191/lauryn-hill-gets-emotional-at-essence-awards.jhtml |url-status=dead |publisher=MTV News |date=March 27, 1999 |access-date=June 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202220729/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429191/lauryn-hill-gets-emotional-at-essence-awards.jhtml |archive-date=February 2, 2014}} drew reaction from those in the public who thought she was not a good role model as a young, unwed mother of two.{{cite news |last=Dickerson |first=Debra |author-link=Debra Dickerson |title=Lauryn Hill: Hoochie or hero? |url=http://www.salon.com/1999/06/22/hill/ |url-status=live |magazine=Salon |date=June 22, 1999 |access-date=July 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115131136/http://www.salon.com/1999/06/22/hill/ |archive-date=November 15, 2013}} This was a repetition of criticism she had received after the birth of her first child, and she had said that she and Marley would soon be married. In early 2000, Hill was one of the producers to share the Grammy Award for Album of the Year awarded for Santana's 1999 multi-million-selling Supernatural, whereon she had written, produced, and rapped on the track "Do You Like the Way" (a rumination on the direction the world was headed, it also featured the singing of CeeLo Green and the signature guitar runs of Carlos Santana). She was also nominated for Best R&B Song for "All That I Can Say", which she had written and produced for Mary J. Blige. Also, her concocted duet with Bob Marley on "Turn Your Lights Down Low" for the 1999 remix tribute album Chant Down Babylon additionally appeared in the 1999 film The Best Man and later received a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals.

In November 1998, New Ark filed a fifty-page lawsuit against Hill, her management, and record label, claiming that Hill "used their songs and production skills, but failed to properly credit them for the work" on Miseducation.{{cite news |last=McLeod |first=Rod |title=The reeducation of Lauryn Hill |url=http://www.salon.com/2000/05/10/pop_song/ |url-status=live |magazine=Salon |date=May 10, 2000 |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111185719/http://www.salon.com/2000/05/10/pop_song/ |archive-date=November 11, 2013}} The musicians claimed to be the primary songwriters on two tracks, and major contributors on several others, though Gordon Williams, a prominent recorder, engineer, and mixer on Miseducation, described the album as a "powerfully personal effort by Hill" and said, "It was definitely her vision." Hill responded that New Ark had been appropriately credited and now were seeking to take advantage of her success. New Ark requested partial writing credits on most of the tracks on the album as well as monetary reimbursement.{{cite news |last=Perry |first=Claudia |title=Lauryn Hill's Courtroom Saga Continues |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hills-courtroom-saga-continues-20001031 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 31, 2000 |access-date=June 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407203259/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hills-courtroom-saga-continues-20001031 |archive-date=April 7, 2014}} After many delays, depositions took place during the latter part of 2000. In part, the case illustrated the difficult boundaries between songwriting and all other aspects that went into contemporary arranging, sampling, and recording. The suit was eventually settled out of court in February 2001, with Hill paying New Ark a reported $5 million. A friend of Hill's later said of the suit, "That was the beginning of a chain effect that would turn everything a little crazy."

Hill began writing a screenplay about the life of Bob Marley, in the production of which she planned to play his wife Rita. She also began producing a romantic comedy about soul food with a working title of Sauce, and accepted a starring role in the film adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel Beloved; she later dropped out of both projects due to pregnancy. She also reportedly turned down acting roles in the remake for A Star Is Born (the movie was later released in 2018, with the part going to Lady Gaga),{{Cite web |last=Setoodeh |first=Ramin |date=November 13, 2018 |title=Lady Gaga Will Never Be the Same After 'A Star Is Born' |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/lady-gaga-a-star-is-born-bradley-cooper-oscars-1203026174/ |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116061813/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/lady-gaga-a-star-is-born-bradley-cooper-oscars-1203026174/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=S |last2=September 15 |first2=ra P. Angulo Updated |last3=EDT |first3=2000 at 04:00 AM |title=Jamie Foxx is planning to remake A Star Is Born |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/09/15/jamie-foxx-planning-remake-star-born/ |access-date=April 1, 2022 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401172710/https://ew.com/article/2000/09/15/jamie-foxx-planning-remake-star-born/ |url-status=live }} Dreamgirls (the role of Deena, later played by Beyoncé),{{Cite news |last=Ulmer |first=James |date=September 10, 2006 |title=After Conquering 'Chicago,' It's On to Motown |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/movies/moviesspecial/10ulme.html |access-date=April 6, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322045332/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/10/movies/moviesspecial/10ulme.html |url-status=live }} Charlie's Angels (the part that went to Lucy Liu), The Bourne Identity, The Mexican, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions.

In 2000, Hill dropped out of the public eye. The pressures of fame began to overwhelm her. She disliked not being able to go out of her house to do simple errands without having to worry about her physical appearance. She fired her management team and began attending Bible study classes five days a week; she also stopped doing interviews, watching television, and listening to music. She started associating with a "spiritual advisor" named Brother Anthony. Some familiar with Hill believe Anthony more resembled a cult leader than a spiritual advisor,{{cite news | publisher=MSNBC | url=http://www.today.com/id/3731101#.UgeMZG007xk | title=Was Hill influenced to attack Catholic Church? | first1=Jeannette | last1=Walls | author-link=Jeannette Walls | first2=Ashley | last2=Pearson | date=December 17, 2003 | access-date=August 11, 2013 | archive-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202164322/http://www.today.com/id/3731101#.UgeMZG007xk | url-status=live }} and thought his guidance probably inspired much of Hill's more controversial public behavior.

She later described this period of her life to Essence saying "People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at that time ... I had to step away when I realized that for the sake of the machine, I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable about having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or even know them well enough to like them."{{cite news|last=Morgan|first=Joan|title=They Call Me Ms. Hill|url=http://www.essence.com/2006/01/16/they-call-me-ms-hill/|magazine=Essence|access-date=June 8, 2013|date=December 16, 2009|archive-date=November 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105113658/http://www.essence.com/2006/01/16/they-call-me-ms-hill/|url-status=live}} She also spoke about her emotional crisis, saying, "For two or three years I was away from all social interaction. It was a very introspective time because I had to confront my fears and master every demonic thought about inferiority, about insecurity or the fear of being black, young and gifted in this western culture." She went on to say that she had to fight to retain her identity, and was forced "to deal with folks who weren't happy about that."

In July 2001, while pregnant with her third child, Hill unveiled her new material to a small crowd, for a taping of an MTV Unplugged special. A live album of the concert, titled MTV Unplugged No. 2.0, was released in May 2002 and featured only her singing and playing an acoustic guitar.{{cite news |last=Needham |first=Alex |title=Hill, Lauryn: MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/lauryn-hill/6324 |url-status=live |magazine=NME |date=April 21, 2002 |access-date=June 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524175500/http://www.nme.com/reviews/lauryn-hill/6324 |archive-date=May 24, 2013}} Unlike the near-unanimous praise of Miseducation, 2.0 sharply divided critics. AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, saying that the recording "is the unfinished, unflinching presentation of ideas and of a person. It may not be a proper follow-up to her first album, but it is fascinating."{{cite web|title=MTV Unplugged No. 2.0|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mtv-unplugged-no-20-mw0000221606|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=June 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604041022/http://www.allmusic.com/album/mtv-unplugged-no-20-mw0000221606|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone called the album "a public breakdown", and Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times said the album's title opened Hill up for jokes that she had become unhinged. NME wrote that "Unplugged 2.0 is a sparse and often gruelling listen, but there is enough genius shading these rough sketches to suggest that all might not yet be lost." With the mixed reviews and no significant radio airplay, 2.0 debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.{{cite news |title=Musiq, Lauryn Hill Storm The Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/75754/musiq-lauryn-hill-storm-the-charts |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |date=May 16, 2002 |access-date=July 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006041622/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/75754/musiq-lauryn-hill-storm-the-charts |archive-date=October 6, 2014}}{{cite news |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Hilburn |title=Hill Continues Her Lofty Course |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-15-et-hilburn15-story.html |url-status=live |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=July 15, 2002 |access-date=July 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222145240/http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jul/15/entertainment/et-hilburn15 |archive-date=February 22, 2014}} The album was later certified Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA.{{cite web |title=Lauryn Hill: MTV Unplugged 2.0 |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Lauryn+Hill+Unplugged#search_section |url-status=live |website=riaa.com |access-date=January 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803013129/https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Lauryn+Hill+Unplugged#search_section |archive-date=August 3, 2020}}

Her song "Mystery of Iniquity" from the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance,{{cite web |last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|title=The 45th Annual Grammy Awards: Winner Predictions|url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/the-45th-annual-grammy-awards-winner-predictions/160|work=Slant|access-date=June 10, 2013|date=January 21, 2003|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203134850/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/the-45th-annual-grammy-awards-winner-predictions/160|url-status=live}} and was used as an interpolation by Kanye West for his single "All Falls Down" featuring Syleena Johnson, leading to Hill being credited as a songwriter on the song.{{cite news |last=Hall |first=Rashaun |title= Kanye West Collaborating With Lauryn Hill On New LP |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496152/20050121/west_kanye.jhtml|publisher=MTV News|date=January 21, 2005|access-date=June 8, 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090114154501/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1496152/20050121/west_kanye.jhtml| archive-date= January 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}}

Around 2001, Marley and Hill's third child, Joshua Omaru, was born. He was followed a year later by their fourth, John Nesta.{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Sydney |title=They Grow Up So Fast! Here's What Lauryn Hill's Children Are Up To Now |url=https://www.essence.com/celebrity/what-we-know-lauryn-hill-kids-now/ |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=Essence.com |date=October 26, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128194714/https://www.essence.com/celebrity/what-we-know-lauryn-hill-kids-now/ |url-status=live }} While Hill sometimes had spoken of Marley as her husband, they never married, and along the way she was informed that Marley had been previously married at a young age. According to a 2003 Rolling Stone report, he had never secured a divorce. Marley later disputed this and made public to a blog a 1996 divorce document from Haiti.{{cite web | url=http://avahtaylor.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/a-conversation-with-rohan-marley-pt-1/ | title=Exclusive: Rohan Marley Sets the Record Straight | publisher=The Avah Taylor Company | date=June 9, 2011 | access-date=February 23, 2014 | archive-date=February 23, 2014 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140223121607/http://avahtaylor.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/a-conversation-with-rohan-marley-pt-1/ | url-status=bot: unknown }} The two had been living in a high-end Miami hotel, but around 2003 she moved out into her own place in that city. Hill later said that she and Marley "have had long periods of separation over the years". Hill slowly worked on a new album and it was reported that by 2003, Columbia Records had spent more than $2.5 million funding it, including installing a recording studio in the singer's Miami apartment and flying different musicians around the country.

By 2002, Hill had shut down her non-profit Refugee Project.{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/lauryn-hill-brainwashed/ | title=Lauryn Hill: Brainwashed? | first=Roger | last=Friedman | publisher=Fox News | date=June 11, 2002 | access-date=July 5, 2013 | archive-date=February 23, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223120107/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2002/06/11/lauryn-hill-brainwashed/ | url-status=live }} She said, "I had a nonprofit organization and I had to shut all that down. You know, smiling with big checks, obligatory things, not having things come from a place of passion. That's slavery. Everything we do should be a result of our gratitude for what God has done for us. It should be passionate."

In December 2003, Hill, during a performance in Vatican City, spoke of the "corruption, exploitation, and abuses" in reference to the molestation of boys by Catholic priests in the United States and the cover-up of offenses by Catholic Church officials.{{cite news|last=Reid|first=Shaheem|title=Lauryn Hill Attacks Catholic Church At Vatican Concert|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1481109/20031215/hill_lauryn.jhtml|publisher=MTV News|access-date=June 8, 2013|date=December 15, 2003|archive-date=January 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115133701/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1481109/20031215/hill_lauryn.jhtml|url-status=dead}} High-ranking church officials were in attendance, but Pope John Paul II was not present. The Catholic League called Hill "pathologically miserable" and claimed her career was "in decline".{{cite news |last=Shaw |first=Kathy |url=http://www.poynter.org/archived/abuse-tracker/19438/catholic-league-calls-lauryn-hill-pathologically-miserable/ |title=Catholic League Calls Lauryn Hill 'Pathologically Miserable' |publisher=Poynter Institute |date=December 16, 2003 |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106014859/http://www.poynter.org/archived/abuse-tracker/19438/catholic-league-calls-lauryn-hill-pathologically-miserable/ |archive-date=November 6, 2013 |url-status=dead }} The following day, several reporters suggested that Hill's comments at the Vatican may have been influenced by her spiritual advisor, Brother Anthony.

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In 2004, Hill contributed a new song, "The Passion", to The Passion of the Christ: Songs. A remix version with John Legend of his "So High" ended up receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Around this time, Hill began selling a pay-per-view music video of the song "Social Drugs" through her website.{{cite news |last=Patel |first=Joseph |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484249/20040109/hill_lauryn.jhtml?headlines=true |title=The Misvaluation of Lauryn Hill: $15 Music Video Posted Online |publisher=MTV News |date=January 9, 2004 |access-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115014847/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1484249/20040109/hill_lauryn.jhtml?headlines=true |url-status=dead }} Those who purchase the $15 video would only be able to view it three times before it expired. In addition to the video, Hill began selling autographed posters and Polaroids through her website, with some items listed at upwards of $500.

For the first time since 1997, the Fugees performed in September 2004 at Dave Chappelle's Block Party in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. The concert featured Hill's nearly a cappella rendition of "Killing Me Softly". The event was recorded by director Michel Gondry and was released on March 3, 2006, to universal acclaim.{{cite web|title=Block Party|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/block-party|website=Metacritic|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=January 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116213147/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/block-party|url-status=live}} The Fugees also appeared at BET Awards 2005 during June 2005, where they opened the show with a 12-minute set. One track, "Take It Easy", was leaked online and thereafter was released as an Internet single in late September. It peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard R&B Chart.{{cite magazine|title=Fugees – Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles)|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=fugees|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Songs}}|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 8, 2013}}

In 2005, she told USA Today, "If I make music now, it will only be to provide information to my own children. If other people benefit from it, then so be it."{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill returns to the limelight|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-07-12-lauryn-hill_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=August 11, 2013|date=July 12, 2005|agency=Associated Press|archive-date=December 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228011330/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-07-12-lauryn-hill_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA|url-status=live}} When asked how she now felt about the songs on 2.0, she stated "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."

The Fugees embarked on a European tour in late 2005.{{cite magazine|title=Reunited Fugees Plan Euro Tour|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61243/reunited-fugees-plan-euro-tour|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 11, 2013|archive-date=October 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001152111/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61243/reunited-fugees-plan-euro-tour|url-status=live}} Old tensions between Hill and the other members of the group soon resurfaced, and the reunion ended before an album could be recorded; Jean and Michel both blamed Hill for the split. Hill reportedly demanded to be addressed by everyone, including her bandmates, as "Ms. Hill"; she also considered changing her moniker to "Empress". Hill's tardiness was also cited as a contributing factor.

Hill began touring on her own, although to mixed reviews; often arriving late to concerts (sometimes by over two hours), performing unpopular reconfigurations of her songs and sporting an exaggerated appearance.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1566531/20070807/hill_lauryn.jhtml?rsspartner=unknown|title=Lauryn Hill Plays Bizarre Show in NYC|publisher=MTV News|date=August 7, 2007|access-date=November 13, 2011|archive-date=January 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114111605/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1566531/20070807/hill_lauryn.jhtml?rsspartner=unknown|url-status=dead}} On some occasions, fans booed her and left early.{{cite news|title=Label Source Says Lauryn Hill 'On Hiatus', Rohan Marley Says 'She's Always Working'|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2008/08/label-source-says-lauryn-hill-on-hiatus-rohan-marley-says-shes-always-working/|magazine=XXL Magazine|access-date=August 11, 2013|date=August 5, 2008|archive-date=June 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615125040/http://www.xxlmag.com/xxl-magazine/2008/08/label-source-says-lauryn-hill-on-hiatus-rohan-marley-says-shes-always-working/|url-status=live}} In June 2007, Sony Records said Hill had been recording through the past decade, had accumulated considerable unreleased material and had re-entered the studio with the goal of making a new album.{{cite news |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1563151/20070621/hill_lauryn.jhtml?rsspartner=rssFeedBurner |title=Lauryn Hill Suits Up For Second LP After Breaking The Ice With Penguin Song |publisher=MTV News |date=June 22, 2007 |access-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-date=January 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115064410/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1563151/20070621/hill_lauryn.jhtml?rsspartner=rssFeedBurner |url-status=dead }} Later that same year, an album titled Ms. Hill, which featured cuts from Miseducation, various soundtrack contributions and other "unreleased" songs, was released. It features guest appearances from D'Angelo, Rah Digga and John Forté.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014FC29C |title=Ms. Hill: Lauryn Hill: Music |website=Amazon |access-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-date=October 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003195325/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0014FC29C |url-status=live }} Also in June 2007, Hill released a new song, "Lose Myself", on the soundtrack to the film Surf's Up.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/surfs-up-mw0000578388|title=Surf's Up – Original Soundtrack|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-date=June 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613103533/http://www.allmusic.com/album/surfs-up-mw0000578388|url-status=live}}

In early 2008, Marley and Hill's fifth child, Sara, was born. The couple were not living together, although Marley considered them "spiritually together" even while listing himself as single on social media. Hill later said that she and Marley "have [had] a long and complex history about which many inaccuracies have been reported since the beginning" and that they both valued their privacy. By August 2008, Hill was living with her mother and children in her hometown of South Orange, New Jersey.{{cite news|last=McGee|first=Tiffany|title=Whatever Happened to ... Lauryn Hill?|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20221692,00.html|work=People|access-date=June 12, 2013|date=August 18, 2008|archive-date=April 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419151359/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20221692,00.html|url-status=live}}

Reports in mid-2008 claimed that Columbia Records then believed Hill to be on hiatus. Marley disputed these claims, telling an interviewer that Hill has enough material for several albums: "She writes music in the bathroom, on toilet paper, on the wall. She writes it in the mirror if the mirror smokes up. She writes constantly. This woman does not sleep". One of the few public appearances Hill made in 2008 was at a Martha Stewart book signing in New Jersey, perplexing some in the press.{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill to Return to the Stage at Montreux Jazz Festival|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-to-return-to-the-stage-at-montreux-jazz-festival-20090403|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 8, 2013|date=April 3, 2009|archive-date=February 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202194310/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-to-return-to-the-stage-at-montreux-jazz-festival-20090403|url-status=live}}

In April 2009, it was reported that Hill would engage in a 10-day tour of European summer festivals during mid-July of that year. She performed two shows for the tour and passed out on stage during the start of her second performance and left the stage. She refused to provide refunds for angry consumers.{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Kreps |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-cancels-european-tour-cites-health-reasons-20090610 |title=Lauryn Hill Cancels European Tour, Cites Health Reasons |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 10, 2009 |access-date=August 11, 2013 |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203080827/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-cancels-european-tour-cites-health-reasons-20090610 |url-status=live }} On June 10, Hill's management informed the promoters of the Stockholm Jazz Festival, which she was scheduled to headline, that she would not be performing due to unspecified "health reasons". Shortly afterward, the rest of the tour was canceled as well.

In January 2010, Hill returned to the live stage and performed in stops across New Zealand and Australia on the Raggamuffin Music Festival.{{cite magazine|last=McKnight|first=Connor|title=Lauryn Hill Surfaces At Raggamuffin Music Festival In New Zealand|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959617/lauryn-hill-surfaces-at-raggamuffin-music-festival-in-new-zealand|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801174613/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959617/lauryn-hill-surfaces-at-raggamuffin-music-festival-in-new-zealand|url-status=live}} Many of the songs that Hill had performed and recorded over the past six years were included on an April 2010 unofficial compilation album titled Khulami Phase.{{cite web|title=Khulami Phase|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/khulami-phase-mw0002074322|website=AllMusic|access-date=May 25, 2013|archive-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605192646/http://www.allmusic.com/album/khulami-phase-mw0002074322|url-status=live}} The album also features a range of other material found on the Ms. Hill compilation. Hill appeared at the Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa, California, in June 2010, her first live American performance in several years.{{cite web|last=Minaya|first=Marcell|title=Lauryn Hill performs at Harmony Festival|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a230495/lauryn-hill-performs-at-harmony-festival.html|website=Digital Spy|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=June 20, 2010|archive-date=July 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709203230/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a230495/lauryn-hill-performs-at-harmony-festival.html|url-status=live}} An unreleased song called "Repercussions" was leaked via the Internet in late July 2010, debuting at No. 94 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (and peaked at No. 83 the following week), making it her first Billboard chart appearance as a lead artist since 1999.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956799/lauryn-hill-debuts-on-charts-after-over-10-years|title=Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=November 13, 2011|archive-date=May 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529092020/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956799/lauryn-hill-debuts-on-charts-after-over-10-years|url-status=live}}

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Hill joined the Rock the Bells hip-hop festival series in the U.S. during August 2010, and as part of that year's theme of rendering classic albums, she performed The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in its entirety for the first time.{{cite news|last=Ratliff|first=Ben|title=Chunks of Memory, Reassembled Onstage|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/arts/music/erykah-badu-and-lauryn-hill-at-rock-the-bells-review.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=September 4, 2011|archive-date=May 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519020219/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/arts/music/erykah-badu-and-lauryn-hill-at-rock-the-bells-review.html?_r=0|url-status=live}} She increased the tempo and urgency from the original recording, but at times had difficulty in communicating with her band. Hill continued touring, including a set at the 6th Annual Jazz in the Gardens, in Miami Gardens, Florida in December.{{cite news|title=Jazz in the Gardens at Sun Life Stadium|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/slideshow/jazz-in-the-gardens-at-sun-life-stadium-32838089/|newspaper=Miami New Times|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=March 20, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201171644/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/slideshow/jazz-in-the-gardens-at-sun-life-stadium-32838089/|url-status=live}} In Spring 2011, Hill performed at the Coachella Valley Music Festival,{{cite news|last=Wappler|first=Margaret|title=Coachella 2011: Ready or not, Lauryn Hill commands the stage|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/coachella-2011-.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=April 15, 2011|archive-date=May 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506070033/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/coachella-2011-.html|url-status=live}} New Orleans Jazz Fest,{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Chevel|title=Lauryn Hill Debuts At New Orleans' Jazz Festival|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/09/lauryn-hill-debuts-at-new_n_859227.html|newspaper=The Huffington Post|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=May 7, 2011|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203064008/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/09/lauryn-hill-debuts-at-new_n_859227.html|url-status=live}} and at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.{{cite news|title=The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Announces that Lauryn Hill will perform at the Boulevard Pool|url=http://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/footer/media-and-press/cosmopolitan-announces-ms-lauryn-hill.aspx|publisher=The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=April 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401080855/http://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/footer/media-and-press/cosmopolitan-announces-ms-lauryn-hill.aspx|archive-date=April 1, 2013|url-status=dead}} In July 2011, Hill gave birth to her sixth child, Micah, her first not with Rohan Marley; the father remains publicly unknown.{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill: Rohan Marley Is Not the Father of My Sixth Child|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-rohan-marley-is-not-the-father-of-my-sixth-child-20110728|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 11, 2013|agency=Us Weekly|date=July 28, 2011|archive-date=August 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819025610/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-rohan-marley-is-not-the-father-of-my-sixth-child-20110728|url-status=live}}

In February 2012, Hill performed a new song titled "Fearless Vampire Killer", during a sold-out performance at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C.{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill "Fearless Vampire Killer" New Song [Video]|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/lauryn-hill-fearless-vampire-killer-new-song-video/|magazine=XXL Magazine|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=March 1, 2012|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201062954/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2012/03/lauryn-hill-fearless-vampire-killer-new-song-video/|url-status=live}} In late 2012, Hill toured with rapper Nas; her portion of the tour, titled Black Rage, is named after her song, released October 30.{{cite magazine|title=Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill Announce Tour|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/475017/nas-and-ms-lauryn-hill-announce-tour|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=September 19, 2012|archive-date=May 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528013916/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/475017/nas-and-ms-lauryn-hill-announce-tour|url-status=live}} Hill has described the song as being "about the derivative effects of racial inequity and abuse" and "a juxtaposition to the statement 'life is good,' which she believes can only be so when these long standing issues are addressed and resolved."{{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill Debuts New Song 'Black Rage'|url=http://www.lauryn-hill.com/2012/10/lauryn-hill-debuts-new-song-black-rage/|publisher=lauryn-hill.com|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-date=March 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307024048/http://www.lauryn-hill.com/2012/10/lauryn-hill-debuts-new-song-black-rage/|url-status=live}}

In June 2012, Hill was charged with three counts of tax fraud or failing to file taxes (Title 26 USC § 7202 Willful failure to collect or pay over tax) not tax evasion on $1.8 million of income earned between 2005 and 2007.{{cite news |last=Porter |first=David |date=June 29, 2012 |title=Lauryn Hill Tax Charges: Singer Pleads Guilty In NJ, Faces Jail Time |work=The Huffington Post |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/lauryn-hill-tax-charges-pleads-guilty_n_1638204.html |url-status=dead |access-date=June 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613200459/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/lauryn-hill-tax-charges-pleads-guilty_n_1638204.html |archive-date=June 13, 2013}} During this time she had toured as a musical artist, earned royalties from both her records and from films she had appeared in, and had owned and been in charge of multiple corporations.{{cite news| author=James C. McKinley Jr. |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/lauryn-hill-charged-with-tax-evasion/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910145330/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/lauryn-hill-charged-with-tax-evasion/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2015|newspaper=New York Times Blog|title=Lauryn Hill Charged With Tax Evasion|date=June 7, 2012}} In a long post to her Tumblr, Hill said that she had gone "underground" and had rejected pop culture's "climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism, and ageism." She added, "When I was working consistently without being affected by the interferences mentioned above, I filed and paid my taxes. 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."{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/lauryn-hill-faces-sentencing-in-nj-for-tax-evasion_n_3132379.html | title=Lauryn Hill Responds to Tax-Evasion Charges, Says She'll Rectify Situation | first=Natalie | last=Finn | publisher=E! News | date=June 8, 2012 | access-date=June 28, 2013 | archive-date=June 13, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613033059/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/lauryn-hill-faces-sentencing-in-nj-for-tax-evasion_n_3132379.html | url-status=live}}{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/lauryn-hill-faces-sentencing-in-nj-for-tax-evasion_n_3132379.html | title=Lauryn Hill Faces Sentencing In NJ For Tax Evasion | first=David | last=Porter | agency=Associated Press | work=The Huffington Post | date=April 22, 2013 | access-date=June 28, 2013 | archive-date=June 13, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613033059/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/lauryn-hill-faces-sentencing-in-nj-for-tax-evasion_n_3132379.html | url-status=live }}

In June 2012, Hill appeared in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark and pleaded guilty to the charges. Her attorney said she would make restitution for the back taxes she owed. By April 2013, Hill had paid back only $50,000 of the $554,000 she owed immediately. U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo criticized Hill, saying "This is not someone who stands before the court penniless. This is a criminal matter. Actions speak louder than words, and there has been no effort here to pay these taxes." Hill faced possible eviction from her rented home in South Orange as well as a civil lawsuit from the town for running a business out of a home without a zoning permit.{{cite news | url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2013/04/lauryn_hill_eviction.html | title=Lauryn Hill reportedly faces eviction; tax evasion sentencing Monday | first=Vicki | last=Hyman | newspaper=The Star-Ledger | location=Newark | date=April 19, 2013 | access-date=June 30, 2003 | archive-date=April 20, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420111140/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2013/04/lauryn_hill_eviction.html | url-status=live }}

On May 4, 2013, Hill released her first official single in over a decade, "Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)". She later published a message on her Tumblr describing how she was "required to release [it] immediately, by virtue of the impending legal deadline".{{cite news|title='Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix),' Lauryn Hill's New Track, Released By Singer|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/05/neurotic-society-compulsory-mix-lauryn-hill-track_n_3219013.html|newspaper=The Huffington Post|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=May 5, 2013|first=Madeline|last=Boardman|archive-date=May 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527234231/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/05/neurotic-society-compulsory-mix-lauryn-hill-track_n_3219013.html|url-status=live}} The release received some criticism for lyrics that appeared to tie societal decay to certain LGBT social movements.{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Monica|title=Commentary: It's Time to Be Honest With Lauryn Hill|url=https://www.bet.com/article/mj4yxg/commentary-it-s-time-to-be-honest-with-lauryn-hill|publisher=Black Entertainment Television|access-date=June 12, 2013|date=May 21, 2013|archive-date=June 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607141745/http://www.bet.com/news/national/2013/05/21/commentary-it-s-time-to-be-honest-with-lauryn-hill.html|url-status=live}} Hill responded that the song was not targeted at any particular group but was instead focused on anyone hiding behind neurotic behavior.{{cite news |url=http://mslaurynhill.tumblr.com/post/51812480181/neurotic-society-is-a-song-about-people-not-being |title=Neurotic Society is a song about people not being |newspaper=Tumblr |publisher=MsLaurynHill.com |date=May 31, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2014 |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806150857/http://mslaurynhill.tumblr.com/post/51812480181/neurotic-society-is-a-song-about-people-not-being |url-status=live }} Following a deal with Sony Music, which involves Hill creating a new record label within the company, Hill was said to be scheduled to release her first album in fifteen years during 2013.

On May 6, 2013, Hill was sentenced by Judge Arleo to serve three months in prison for failing to file taxes/tax fraud and three months' house arrest afterwards as part of a year of supervised probation.{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22429181|work=BBC News|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=May 6, 2013|archive-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605063941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22429181|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Duke|first=Alan|title=The tax education of Lauryn Hill: Prison|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/06/showbiz/lauryn-hill-prison|publisher=CNN|access-date=June 30, 2013|date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=July 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703194918/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/06/showbiz/lauryn-hill-prison|url-status=live}} She had faced a possible sentence of as long as 36 months, and the sentence given took into account her lack of a prior criminal record and her six minor-aged children. By this point Hill had fully paid back $970,000 in back taxes and penalties she owed, which also took into account an additional $500,000 that Hill had in unreported income for 2008 and 2009.{{cite news | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/05/07/is-lauryn-hill-being-singled-out-among-tax-evaders.html | title=Is Lauryn Hill Being Singled Out Among Tax Evaders? | first=Robert | last=Frank | publisher=CNBC | date=May 7, 2013 | access-date=June 30, 2013 | archive-date=July 20, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720222924/http://www.cnbc.com/id/100715823 | url-status=live}} In the courtroom, Hill said that she had lived "very modestly" considering how much money she had made for others, and that "I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had an economic system imposed on me." Hill reported to the minimum-security Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury on July 8, 2013, to begin serving her sentence.{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/07/08/lauryn-hill-starts-prison-sentence/2499315/ | title=Lauryn Hill starts prison sentence | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=USA Today | date=July 8, 2013 | access-date=July 8, 2013 | archive-date=July 9, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709171902/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/07/08/lauryn-hill-starts-prison-sentence/2499315/ | url-status=live }}

Hill was released from prison on October 4, 2013, a few days early for good behavior, and began her home confinement and probationary periods.{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/04/singer-lauryn-hill-released-from-us-prison/2924563/ | title=Lauryn Hill is released from federal prison | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=USA Today | date=October 4, 2013 | access-date=October 4, 2013 | archive-date=October 6, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006103337/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/04/singer-lauryn-hill-released-from-us-prison/2924563/ | url-status=live }} She put out a single called "Consumerism" that she had finished, via verbal and e-mailed instructions, while incarcerated.{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/04/lauryn-hill-celebrates-prison-release-with-new-song-consumerism/2922073/ | title=Lauryn Hill celebrates prison release with new song | first=Korina | last=Lopez | newspaper=USA Today | date=October 4, 2013 | access-date=October 5, 2013 | archive-date=October 6, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006091756/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/04/lauryn-hill-celebrates-prison-release-with-new-song-consumerism/2922073/ | url-status=live }} Judge Arleo allowed her to postpone part of her confinement in order to tour in late 2013 under strict conditions.{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/09/judge-allows-lauryn-hill-to-go-on-tour/2951615/ | title=Judge allows Lauryn Hill to go on tour | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=USA Today | date=October 9, 2013 | access-date=October 12, 2013 | archive-date=October 13, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013220427/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/09/judge-allows-lauryn-hill-to-go-on-tour/2951615/ | url-status=live }}

During 2014, Hill was heard as the narrator of Concerning Violence, an award-winning Swedish documentary on the African liberation struggles of the 1960s and 1970s.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/nov/04/concerning-violence-documentary-colonialisation-lauryn-hill-video | title=Concerning Violence: watch a clip from the documentary about colonialisation, narrated by Lauryn Hill | newspaper=The Guardian | location=London | date=November 4, 2014 | access-date=December 12, 2016 | archive-date=October 8, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008095259/https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/nov/04/concerning-violence-documentary-colonialisation-lauryn-hill-video | url-status=live }} She also continued to draw media attention for her erratic behavior, appearing late twice in the same day for sets at Voodoo Fest in November 2014.{{cite news | url=http://www.nola.com/voodoofest/index.ssf/2014/11/ms_lauryn_hill_performs_45_min.html | title=Ms. Lauryn Hill performs 45 minutes late at Voodoo Fest a second time – but made her minutes onstage count | first=Alison | last=Fensterstock | newspaper=The Times-Picayune | location=New Orleans | date=November 2, 2014 | access-date=November 6, 2014 | archive-date=November 6, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106134438/http://www.nola.com/voodoofest/index.ssf/2014/11/ms_lauryn_hill_performs_45_min.html | url-status=live }}

In May 2015, Hill canceled her scheduled concert outside Tel Aviv in Israel following a social media campaign from activists promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. She said she had wanted to also perform a show in Ramallah in the West Bank but logistical problems had proved too great. Hill stated: "It is very important to me that my presence or message not be misconstrued, or a source of alienation to either my Israeli or my Palestinian fans."{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/lauryn-hill-cancels-israel-show-after-cultural-boycott-pressure | title=Lauryn Hill cancels Israel show after cultural boycott pressure | agency=Agence France-Press | newspaper=The Guardian | location=London | date=May 4, 2015 | access-date=December 12, 2016 | archive-date=December 19, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219142012/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/lauryn-hill-cancels-israel-show-after-cultural-boycott-pressure | url-status=live }}

Hill contributed her voice to the soundtrack for What Happened, Miss Simone?, a 2015 documentary about the life of Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist. Hill was originally supposed to record only two songs for the record, but ended up recording six. She also served as a producer on the compilation alongside Robert Glasper. Hill said of her connection to Simone: "Because I fed on this music ... I believed I always had a right to have a voice. Her example is clearly a form of sustenance to a generation needing to find theirs. What a gift."{{cite news|title=Hear Lauryn Hill's Sultry Nina Simone Cover 'Feeling Good'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-lauryn-hills-sultry-nina-simone-cover-feeling-good-20150617#ixzz3fz7aKL9Y|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=September 2, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731114230/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-lauryn-hills-sultry-nina-simone-cover-feeling-good-20150617#ixzz3fz7aKL9Y|url-status=live}} NPR critically praised Hill's performance on the soundtrack, stating: "This album mainly showcases Lauryn Hill's breadth and dexterity. Not formally marketed as Hill's comeback album, her six tracks here make this her most comprehensive set of studio recordings since The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill in 1998."{{cite news|last=Tillett|first=Salamishan|title=Review: Nina Revisited... A Tribute To Nina Simone|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/07/06/419252433/first-listen-nina-revisited-a-tribute-to-nina-simone|publisher=NPR|date=July 6, 2015|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825064024/http://www.npr.org/2015/07/06/419252433/first-listen-nina-revisited-a-tribute-to-nina-simone|url-status=live}}

In April 2016, Hill hosted and headlined what was billed as the inaugural Diaspora Calling! festival at the Kings Theatre in Brooklyn.{{cite news | url=http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/04/lauryn_hill_headlines_diaspora_calling_and_she_s_still_got_it.html | title=Lauryn Hill Headlines Diaspora Calling! and She's Still Got It | first=Felice | last=León | magazine=The Root | date=April 16, 2016 | access-date=May 1, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423215809/http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/04/lauryn_hill_headlines_diaspora_calling_and_she_s_still_got_it.html | archive-date=April 23, 2016 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }} The festival's purpose was to showcase the efforts of musicians and artists from around the African diaspora like Brooklyn Haitian Rara band Brother High Full Tempo.{{cite news | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-to-host-headline-inaugural-diaspora-calling-festival-20160413 | title=Lauryn Hill to Host, Headline Inaugural Diaspora Calling Festival | first=Jon | last=Blistein | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=April 13, 2016 | access-date=September 2, 2017 | archive-date=August 20, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074620/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-to-host-headline-inaugural-diaspora-calling-festival-20160413 | url-status=live }} The following month, Hill was approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes late for her show at the Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta,{{cite web|last1=Wicker|first1=Jewel|title=Concert Review: Lauryn Hill shows up more than 2 hours late to Atlanta show. Lauryn Hill does not care about her fans. Lauryn has lost herself throughout the years.|url=http://music.blog.ajc.com/2016/05/07/lauryn-hill-shows-up-more-than-2-hours-late-performs-short-show/|website=AJC.com|publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004843/http://music.blog.ajc.com/2016/05/07/lauryn-hill-shows-up-more-than-2-hours-late-performs-short-show/|url-status=live}} though members of Hill's team claimed it was only an hour after their scheduled start time.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Cronicles/status/728997870712573953|title=Don't believe the exaggeration people we were scheduled to hit the stage at 9:30 p.m. and we started at 10:30 #LaurynHill #mslaurynhill|last=Salim|first=TracKHousE|date=May 7, 2016|website=@Cronicles|access-date=February 7, 2018|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003195335/https://twitter.com/Cronicles/status/728997870712573953|url-status=live}} Moments after the less-than-40-minute show ended due to the venue's strict 11:00 p.m. closing time, Hill said her driver had gotten lost and she could not help that. Less than 48 hours later, after a large backlash from her fans on Twitter, she took to her Facebook page and stated she was late for the concert because of certain needs, including her need to "align her energy with the time".{{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill two hours late for concert because of need to 'align her energies'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/09/lauryn-hill-two-hours-late-for-concert-because-of-need-to-align-her-energies|website=The Guardian|date=May 9, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004914/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/09/lauryn-hill-two-hours-late-for-concert-because-of-need-to-align-her-energies|url-status=live}}

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Hill recorded a studio version of her song, "Guarding the Gates", for the movie Queen & Slim, which was released on November 27, 2019. This song appears on the album, Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack.{{Cite web |last=Giacomazzo |first=Bernadette |date=November 27, 2019 |title=Review: The 'Queen & Slim' Soundtrack Is Inconsistent But Brutally Beautiful |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3578/title.review-the-queen-slim-soundtrack-is-inconsistent-but-brutally-beautiful |access-date=March 9, 2020 |website=HipHopDX |archive-date=April 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403010602/https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3578/title.review-the-queen-slim-soundtrack-is-inconsistent-but-brutally-beautiful |url-status=live }}

On April 14, 2024, Lauryn Hill made her return to the stage at Coachella. Hill's son, YG Marley, was performing when Hill surprised the crowd by making an appearance. Hill performed several solo songs from her career, but was also reunited with former Fugees bandmate, Wyclef Jean, to perform numerous beloved hit songs.{{Cite web |last=Horowitz |first=Steven J. |date=2024-04-15 |title=Lauryn Hill Stages Mini-Fugees Reunion With Wyclef Jean During Her Son YG Marley's Coachella 2024 Set |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lauryn-hill-fugees-reunion-wyclef-jean-yg-marley-coachella-1235971098/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=April 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419194952/https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lauryn-hill-fugees-reunion-wyclef-jean-yg-marley-coachella-1235971098/ |url-status=live }}

The Fugees were scheduled to start a reunion tour in August 2024 but the U.S. dates were quietly canceled three days before the first show, with no reason given to customers receiving refunds,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lauryn-hill-fugees-cancel-tour-2024-concerts-1236098008/|title=Lauryn Hill and the Fugees' 2024 Tour Is Quietly Canceled, Three Days Before First Date|last=Willman|first=Chris|publisher=Variety|date=6 August 2024|access-date=7 August 2024|language=en}} but Hill cited "clickbait headlines" and low-ticket sales as an explanation.{{Cite web |last=Beaumont-Thomas |first=Ben |title=Lauryn Hill blames 'clickbait headlines' for low ticket sales and cancelled US tour |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/aug/08/lauryn-hill-blames-clickbait-headlines-for-low-ticket-sales-and-cancelled-us-tour |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=The Guardian|date=8 August 2024 }} The cancellations received media scrutiny, to which Hill responded "I can assure you that no one is more disappointed about not being able to perform than I am."{{Cite web |last=Arnold |first=Chuck |date=2024-08-08 |title=Lauryn Hill shuts down haters after canceling tour with Fugees |url=https://nypost.com/2024/08/07/entertainment/lauryn-hill-shuts-down-haters-after-canceling-tour-with-fugees/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |language=en-US}} Pras released a diss track titled "Bar Mitzfa" which criticized Hill that same month.{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Jessica |date=2024-08-15 |title=Fugees Rapper Pras Drops Lauryn Hill Diss Track After Cancelled Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/fugees-rapper-pras-releases-lauryn-hill-diss-track-1235753532/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |magazine=Billboard}} In October 2024, Pras sued Hill for breach of contract and fraud, accusing her of mismanaging the budgeting of their tour in "a veiled and devious attempt to make a big score for herself".{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=2024-10-01 |title=Lauryn Hill Sued for Fraud, Breach of Contract by Fugees Co-Founder Pras Michel (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/news/lauryn-hill-sued-fugees-pras-michel-1236161444/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Hill responded to each of the claims made in the lawsuit on Instagram, and said it "is full of false claims and unwarranted attacks. It notably omits that he was advanced overpayment for the last tour and has failed to repay substantial loans extended by myself as an act of good will."{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=October 1, 2024 |title=Pras Sues Lauryn Hill Over Canceled Fugees Tour, Alleging Fraud |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/arts/music/pras-lauryn-hill-fugees-lawsuit.html?smid=url-share |access-date=October 1, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}

In 2024, Hill appeared on Warriors, a concept album by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis based on the 1979 film of the same name.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-18 |title=Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis on their 'Warriors' musical concept album with Lauryn Hill |url=https://apnews.com/article/linmanuel-miranda-eisa-davis-warriors-lauryn-hill-album-942ba5ca1e424f82ca55a91c938c6322 |access-date=2024-09-27 |website=AP News |language=en}}

Well known for styling her hair in locs, braids, bantu knots and afros,{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Crystal G. |date=October 27, 2020 |title=Lauryn Hill's Natural Hair Evolution |url=https://www.essence.com/hair/lauryn-hills-natural-hair-evolution/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811213248/https://www.essence.com/hair/lauryn-hills-natural-hair-evolution/ |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |publisher=Essence}} Hill is often associated with the revival of the natural hair movement.{{Cite web |date=16 October 2018 |title=Female Rappers Have Been Influencing Fashion for Decades |url=https://fashionista.com/.amp/2017/08/female-rappers-fashion-beauty-influencers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630135600/https://fashionista.com/.amp/2017/08/female-rappers-fashion-beauty-influencers |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=fashionista.com}} * {{Cite web |title=Black Music Month: A Look Back At Some Of The Most Iconic Hairstyles! |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/ypz7mw/black-music-month-a-look-back-at-some-of-the-most-iconic-hairstyles/yvi2xr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709235549/https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/ypz7mw/black-music-month-a-look-back-at-some-of-the-most-iconic-hairstyles/yvi2xr |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |publisher=BET}} She has been credited as one of the people who have helped normalize locs, and introduced them to pop culture.{{Cite web |last=Bryant |first=Taylor |date=March 2017 |title=Exploring The Twisted Politics Of Dreadlocks |url=https://www.nylon.com/articles/dreadlocks-history-appropriation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204045701/https://www.nylon.com/articles/dreadlocks-history-appropriation |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Nylon}} * {{Cite web |date=June 18, 2019 |title=Rhythm Wigs Provides Options for Women with Locs |url=https://rhythmwigs.com/rhythm-wigs-provides-options-for-women-with-locs/,%20https://rhythmwigs.com/rhythm-wigs-provides-options-for-women-with-locs/ |access-date=July 13, 2022}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} * {{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Shammara |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Best Locs Moments Throughout History |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/best-locs-moments-in-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007063717/https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/best-locs-moments-in-history |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Teen Vogue}} * {{Cite web |title=A Look At The History Of Locs |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/04/86174/history-of-dreadlocks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713125948/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2015/04/86174/history-of-dreadlocks |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Refinery29}} * {{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Shammara |date=September 16, 2016 |title=Best Locs Moments Throughout History |url=https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/best-locs-moments-in-history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007063717/https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/best-locs-moments-in-history |archive-date=October 7, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Teen Vogue}} Author Joan Morgan noted that "for a young person who was growing up in the '90s and liked that natural look but didn't want to identify as Rasta, there was really no example until Lauryn Hill."{{Cite book |last=Morgan |first=Joan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qTpwEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22dreadlocks%22&pg=PA41 |title=She Begat This: 20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill |date=June 14, 2022 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5011-9526-6 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630135603/https://books.google.com/books?id=qTpwEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22dreadlocks%22&pg=PA41 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |url-status=live}} Hill is also frequently listed among the people who have defined modern bantu knots{{Cite web |date=May 28, 2015 |title=These Are Bantu Knots, Not 'Mini Buns.' There's A Difference. |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bantu-knots-mini-buns-difference_n_7452532 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701173014/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bantu-knots-mini-buns-difference_n_7452532 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=HuffPost}} * {{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=August 31, 2020 |title=Are Adele's Bantu knots cultural appropriation or appreciation? |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/50295/1/adele-bantu-knots-cultural-appropriation-appreciation-notting-hill-carnival |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630141101/https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/50295/1/adele-bantu-knots-cultural-appropriation-appreciation-notting-hill-carnival |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Dazed}} * {{Cite web |date=August 31, 2020 |title=What are Bantu knots and why is Adele being criticised? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/adele-bantu-knots-history-black-african-hairstyles-cultural-appropriation-a9697046.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710163341/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/adele-bantu-knots-history-black-african-hairstyles-cultural-appropriation-a9697046.html |archive-date=July 10, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=The Independent}} and afros.{{Cite web |date=September 15, 2021 |title=World Afro Day: 9 of the most iconic Afros |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/angela-davis-afro-viola-davis-tracee-ellis-ross-erykah-badu-b1920374.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008083426/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/angela-davis-afro-viola-davis-tracee-ellis-ross-erykah-badu-b1920374.html |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=The Independent}} * {{Cite web |title=Black Is Beautiful: A Celebration of Afros |url=https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/tvgghj/black-is-beautiful-a-celebration-of-afros/y6dyq2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630141104/https://www.bet.com/photo-gallery/tvgghj/black-is-beautiful-a-celebration-of-afros/y6dyq2 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |publisher=BET}} * {{Cite web |last=Lifton |first=Jacinta HowardJacinta HowardContributing Authors: Dave |date=September 14, 2018 |title=Music's Greatest Afros |url=https://theboombox.com/music-afros/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713173833/https://theboombox.com/music-afros/ |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=The Boombox}} * {{Cite web |last=Jessica Andrews |date=July 9, 2015 |title=Not a Trend: Regarding the Afro as Art |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a29255/regarding-the-afro-as-art/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628205548/http://www.elle.com/culture/art-design/a29255/regarding-the-afro-as-art/ |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=ELLE}} Ebony noted that she "helped to usher in a new standard of beauty for Black women -one grounded in the richness and authenticity of their African heritage."{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2019 |title=25 Black Music Style Icons [PHOTOS] • EBONY |url=https://www.ebony.com/style/fashion/25-black-music-style-icons-photos-403/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204101256/https://www.ebony.com/style/fashion/25-black-music-style-icons-photos-403/ |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=EBONY}}

PopSugar placed her on their list of the "18 Moments in Hair History That Changed the World", and wrote, "When searching for the originator in the recent natural hair revival, you must look to Lauryn Hill. She emerged as the feminine lead in The Fugees and broke Grammy records as a soloist, all while popularizing dreadlocks in the mainstream."{{Cite web |last=Cruel |first=Jessica |date=April 30, 2013 |title=18 Moments in Hair History That Changed the World |url=http://www.bellasugar.com/History-Hairstyles-Hairstylists-24477183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017060634/http://www.bellasugar.com/History-Hairstyles-Hairstylists-24477183 |archive-date=October 17, 2012 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=POPSUGAR Beauty}} Stylist mentioned Hill gracing the cover of Time in locs, and being named one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1999, as one of the most definitive moments in the history of black hair.{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Sagal |date=September 15, 2021 |title=The history of Black hair |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/hair/black-hair-history-definitive-historic-moments/437183 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123131335/https://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/hair/black-hair-history-definitive-historic-moments/437183 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=Stylist}}

In an interview with Vogue, R&B singer SZA, stated "The only girl that I could look to for natural hair inspiration growing up was Lauryn Hill."{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2014 |title=Why SZA's Huge Natural Hair is Our New Obsession |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/why-sza-huge-natural-hair-is-our-new-obsession |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709220024/https://www.vogue.com/article/why-sza-huge-natural-hair-is-our-new-obsession |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Vogue}} According to celebrity hairstylist Yusef Williams, who styled Rihanna's hair on the set of Ocean's 8, the singer "channeled her inner Lauryn Hill" while wearing locs for her role in the movie.{{Cite web |last=Underwood |first=Khalea |date=October 3, 2016 |title=The Deeper Meaning Behind Rihanna's Locs In Ocean's 8 |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/06/200723/rihanna-oceans-8-locs-hairstyle-meaning |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709020520/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/06/200723/rihanna-oceans-8-locs-hairstyle-meaning |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Refinery29.com}} Halle Bailey named Hill as one of her beauty icons, while mentioning "I love Lauryn Hill's hair".{{Cite magazine |date=April 29, 2016 |title=Beyonce Proteges Chloe x Halle on What to Wear to the White House, Natural Beauty and Being in 'Lemonade' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-proteges-chloe-x-halle-on-what-to-wear-to-the-white-house-natural-7350151/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215020019/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/beyonce-proteges-chloe-x-halle-on-what-to-wear-to-the-white-house-natural-7350151/ |archive-date=February 15, 2022 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}

In 1999, Hill partnered with Levi Strauss & Co. to create custom outfits for her Miseducation Tour. Journalist Thembisa Mshaka of Okayplayer wrote: "when Levi Strauss put its name next to Lauryn Hill, a new course was charted. The Fortune 500 brand partnerships with black musicians that are ubiquitous today were seeded by the success of Lauryn's solo debut".{{cite web |date=September 12, 2018 |title=The Selling of 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/music/the-making-of-lauryn-hill-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509220049/https://www.okayplayer.com/music/the-making-of-lauryn-hill-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill.html |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |website=Okayplayer}} A custom ensemble made for Hill by Levi's was put on display during the Levi Strauss: A History of American Style exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum.{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2020 |title=Levi's Exhibit Debuts at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco |url=https://www.sunset.com/lifestyle/levis-exhibit-debuts-at-the-contemporary-jewish-museum-san-francisco |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412024925/https://www.sunset.com/lifestyle/levis-exhibit-debuts-at-the-contemporary-jewish-museum-san-francisco |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=April 12, 2021 |website=Sunset Magazine}} Hill also partnered with Armani during the late 1990s; the brand designed multiple custom looks for Hill and helped sponsored her Miseducation of Lauryn Hill tour.{{Cite book |last=Farley |first=Christopher John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwlBoSSahkYC&dq=lauryn+hill+armani&pg=PA89 |title=Aaliyah: More Than a Woman |date=January 26, 2002 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-0-7434-5566-4 |language=en |access-date=May 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526043028/https://books.google.com/books?id=rwlBoSSahkYC&pg=PA89&dq=lauryn+hill+armani&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ov2=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfzL63kJL_AhVFFFkFHYhqD8oQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |url-status=live}} A design created by Armani for the tour was on put display for the 1999 "Rock Style" themed Met Gala.{{Cite web |title=Rock Style Is Theme for Metropolitan Museum's December Costume Exhibition |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/1999/birock-styleib-is-theme-for-metropolitan-museums-december-costume-institute-exhibition |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526043029/https://www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/1999/birock-styleib-is-theme-for-metropolitan-museums-december-costume-institute-exhibition |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=Metmuseum.org|date=2 December 1999 }}{{Cite news |last1=Menkes |first1=Suzy |last2=Tribune |first2=International Herald |date=December 7, 1999 |title=The Met Celebrates Rock-Star Fashion |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/07/style/IHT-the-met-celebrates-rockstar-fashion.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526043028/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/07/style/IHT-the-met-celebrates-rockstar-fashion.html |archive-date=May 26, 2023 |access-date=May 26, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In 2015, Vogue mentioned her as one of the female hip hop entertainers of 1990s, whose style they considered to be influential to 2010s fashion, with Emily Barasch of Vogue, writing "Lauryn Hill's sense of style endures today, as nineties nostalgia continues to pervade the runways."{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2015 |title=From Lil' Kim to Missy Elliott, the '90s Hip-Hop Stars Whose Style Still Inspires |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/tbt-female-hip-hop-stars-90s-fashion |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709220020/https://www.vogue.com/article/tbt-female-hip-hop-stars-90s-fashion |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Vogue}} She was hailed as a "fashion and music icon" by CR Fashion Book{{Cite web |date=May 20, 2020 |title=Lauryn Hill's '90s Style – CR Fashionbook |url=https://crfashionbook.com/celebrity-g32604999-lauryn-hill-90s-fashion-singer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520102823/https://crfashionbook.com/celebrity-g32604999-lauryn-hill-90s-fashion-singer/ |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=CR Fashionbook – CR Fashion Site}} and was also included on the list of the most stylish rappers of all time by Complex.{{Cite web |title=The 50 Most Stylish Rappers of All Time |url=https://www.complex.com/style/2020/08/the-50-most-stylish-rappers-of-all-time |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715230654/https://www.complex.com/style/2020/08/the-50-most-stylish-rappers-of-all-time |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=Complex}}

She is often named as a leading contributor in the modern popularization of the hoop earring,Multiple sources:

• {{Cite web |last=Team |first=BRICKS |date=June 29, 2020 |title=A Brief History of Trends That Originated From Black Communities – BRICKS Magazine |url=https://bricksmagazine.co.uk/2020/06/29/black-culture-in-fashion-a-brief-history-of-trends-that-originated-from-black-communities/,%20https://bricksmagazine.co.uk/2020/06/29/black-culture-in-fashion-a-brief-history-of-trends-that-originated-from-black-communities/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630141103/https://bricksmagazine.co.uk/2020/06/29/black-culture-in-fashion-a-brief-history-of-trends-that-originated-from-black-communities/ |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=bricksmagazine.co.uk}}
• {{Cite web |last=Gachii |first=Evaline |date=March 10, 2022 |title=Fashion Trends From the Black Community |url=https://www.mefeater.com/fashion-trends-you-have-black-people-to-thank-for/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714054504/https://www.mefeater.com/fashion-trends-you-have-black-people-to-thank-for/ |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=MEFeater}}
• {{Cite web |title=BBC – 1Xtra – RnB Sensations – Female Style Gallery |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/events/rnbsensations/gallery/rnb_style/9.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714054456/https://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/events/rnbsensations/gallery/rnb_style/9.shtml |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Bbc.co.uk}}
• {{Cite news |last=Garcia |first=Sandra E. |date=January 11, 2018 |title=Why I Can't Quit You, Hoops |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/style/hoop-earrings-identity.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714054504/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/style/hoop-earrings-identity.html |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}
• {{Cite web |date=December 23, 2016 |title=From Lauryn Hill to Catherine Deneuve—7 Women Who Wore Hoop Earrings Like No One Else |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/fashion-runway-jewelry-hoop-earrings |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623000551/https://www.vogue.com/article/fashion-runway-jewelry-hoop-earrings |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Vogue}}
• {{Cite web |last=McKenzie |first=Janae |date=January 18, 2022 |title=Bella Hadid Just Revived the Early-2000s Skintight Party Dress |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/bella-hadid-just-revived-the-00s-skintight-party-dress |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714054504/https://www.glamour.com/story/bella-hadid-just-revived-the-00s-skintight-party-dress |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Glamour}} which first grew in popularity among black women in the 1970s, before reaching a wider audience after female hip hop artists like Hill wore them in the 1980s and 1990s.{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2020 |title=The History of Hoops |url=https://scadmanor.com/the-history-of-hoops/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714054505/https://scadmanor.com/the-history-of-hoops/ |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=The Manor}} * {{Cite web |last=1stdibs |date=April 12, 2019 |title=Jewelry Designers Are Giving Hoop Earrings an Edgy Update |url=https://www.1stdibs.com/blogs/the-study/hoop-earrings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714060007/https://www.1stdibs.com/blogs/the-study/hoop-earrings/ |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=The Study}} * {{Cite web |title=The return of hoop earrings |url=https://www.farfetch.com/au/style-guide/how-to/the-return-of-hoop-earrings/ |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Farfetch.com}} Considered as an inspiration for Kanye West's fashion,{{Cite web |last=Okwodu |first=Janelle |date=September 7, 2016 |title=The 5 Hip-Hop Legends Who Influenced Kanye West's Style |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/kanye-west-fashionable-rapper-shoutouts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714054504/https://www.vogue.com/article/kanye-west-fashionable-rapper-shoutouts |archive-date=July 14, 2022 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Vogue}} singer Solange Knowles also cited Hill among her style influences in an interview for Fashionista.{{cite news |last=Bobila |first=Maria |date=April 28, 2017 |title=Solange on Fashion vs. Style, Her Pre-Teen Goth Phase and How Confusing 'Festival Style' Is |url=https://fashionista.com/2017/04/solange-style-fashion-performance-wardrobe |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630141117/https://fashionista.com/2017/04/solange-style-fashion-performance-wardrobe |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=January 7, 2021 |website=Fashionista}}

British fashion designer John Galliano chose Hill as his muse for the 2000 Spring/Summer Dior collection, he designed;{{cite web |date=February 7, 2017 |title=The Influence of Lauryn Hill on Christian Dior S/S00 |url=https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/9510/the-influence-of-lauryn-hill-on-christian-dior-ss00 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803065805/https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/9510/the-influence-of-lauryn-hill-on-christian-dior-ss00 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |website=AnOther}}{{cite news |last=Craik |first=Laura |date=October 6, 1999 |title=Dior follows suit with logo mania |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/06/lauracraik |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803043020/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/06/lauracraik |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}} The Hill-inspired collection featured models wearing dreadlocks and hoop earrings,{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=Kerry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9-zDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22hoop+earrings%22&pg=PT375 |title=Galliano: Spectacular Fashion |date=October 31, 2019 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4742-7785-3 |access-date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630141102/https://books.google.com/books?id=v9-zDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22hoop+earrings%22&pg=PT375 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |url-status=live}} and introduced the Dior 'Saddle Bag',{{cite web |date=December 22, 2017 |title=The return of the saddle bag by John Galliano for Christian Dior |url=https://www.vogue.it/en/fashion/trends/2017/12/22/the-return-of-the-christian-dior-saddle-bag-by-john-galliano/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817134517/https://www.vogue.it/en/fashion/trends/2017/12/22/the-return-of-the-christian-dior-saddle-bag-by-john-galliano/ |archive-date=August 17, 2018 |access-date=May 28, 2021 |website=Vogue.it}}{{cite web |last=Weinstock |first=Tish |date=March 1, 2018 |title=the dior saddle bag is back (again) |url=https://i-d.co/article/the-dior-saddle-bag-is-back-again/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517154439/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/9kzv97/the-dior-saddle-bag-is-back-again |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |access-date=May 28, 2021 |website=i-D}} which was made famous by the character Carrie Bradshaw in the television series Sex and the City; and according to Who What Wear, it is one of the ten most popular designer handbags ever.{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Eva |date=January 31, 2019 |title=The 10 Most Popular Designer Bags Ever |url=https://www.whowhatwear.com/most-popular-designer-handbags |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226152218/https://www.whowhatwear.com/most-popular-designer-handbags |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |access-date=May 28, 2021 |website=Who What Wear}}{{cite news |last=Kelham-Hohler |first=Jess |date=January 12, 2021 |title=New Sex And The City And Carrie's Most Iconic Fashion Looks |url=https://theglossarymagazine.com/fashion/sex-and-the-city-iconic-fashion/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421135307/https://theglossarymagazine.com/fashion/sex-and-the-city-iconic-fashion/ |archive-date=April 21, 2021 |access-date=May 28, 2021 |newspaper=The Glossary}} In 2017, the hip hop-based collection designed by Alexander Wang,{{cite web |last=Blavity |title=Blavity News & Politics |url=https://blavity.com/alexander-wang-luxury-hip-hop-collection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803082307/https://blavity.com/alexander-wang-luxury-hip-hop-collection |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |website=Blavity News & Politics}}{{cite web |date=September 5, 2017 |title=Alexander Wang To Drop Expensive Hip-Hop T-Shirt Collection |url=https://www.vibe.com/2017/09/alexander-wang-hip-hop-t-shirt-collection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803072115/https://www.vibe.com/2017/09/alexander-wang-hip-hop-t-shirt-collection |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |website=Vibe}} as well as Tory Burch's resort collection,{{cite web |date=June 5, 2016 |title=Tory Burch Resort 2017 |url=https://snobette.com/2016/06/tory-burch-resort-lauryn-hill/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924080022/https://snobette.com/2016/06/tory-burch-resort-lauryn-hill/ |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |access-date=February 23, 2021 |website=SNOBETTE}} were both inspired by Hill.

The Men's Spring/Summer 2021 Louis Vuitton collection designed by Virgil Abloh, drew influence from Hill, with Abloh mentioning Hill as his "forever muse".{{cite web |date=August 24, 2020 |title=Lauryn Hill Shines As A Muse for the Louis Vuitton Men's SS21 Shanghai Show |url=https://stupiddope.com/2020/08/24/lauryn-hill-louis-vuitton-mens-ss21-shanghai-show/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117063049/https://stupiddope.com/2020/08/24/lauryn-hill-louis-vuitton-mens-ss21-shanghai-show/ |archive-date=January 17, 2021 |access-date=January 6, 2021 |website=stupidDOPE.com}}{{cite web |date=August 23, 2020 |title=Watch Lauryn Hill Perform in New Video for Louis Vuitton |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-lauryn-hill-perform-in-new-video-for-louis-vuitton/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212233302/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-lauryn-hill-perform-in-new-video-for-louis-vuitton/amp/ |archive-date=December 12, 2020 |access-date=January 6, 2021 |website=pitchfork.com}} Hill later performed at Abloh's memorial service after he died from a rare form of cancer in December 2021.{{Cite web |last=Yasharoff |first=Hannah |title=Virgil Abloh memorial draws A-list stars including Ye, Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, Drake |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/12/07/virgil-abloh-memorial-service-mca-chicago-celebrities/6414957001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218043136/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/12/07/virgil-abloh-memorial-service-mca-chicago-celebrities/6414957001/ |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |access-date=December 18, 2021 |website=USA TODAY}} She was also named among Daniel Roseberry's influences for the Spring/Summer 2022 Schiaparelli collection.{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2021 |title=5 things to know about Schiaparelli's surrealist SS22 collection |url=https://www.vogue.fr/fashion/galerie/things-to-know-schiaparelli-surrealist-ss22-collection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004231542/https://www.vogue.fr/fashion/galerie/things-to-know-schiaparelli-surrealist-ss22-collection |archive-date=October 4, 2021 |access-date=October 4, 2021 |website=Vogue Paris |language=fr-FR}} Designers Esteban Cortazar,{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2016 |title=Esteban Cortazar Spring 2017 Ready-to-Wear Collection |url=https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2017-ready-to-wear/esteban-cortazar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709220025/https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2017-ready-to-wear/esteban-cortazar |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Vogue}} Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss,{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2019 |title=Pyer Moss's Kerby Jean-Raymond on His Grandest Choir Yet |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/pyer-moss-kerby-jean-raymond-gospel-choir-spring-summer-2020-new-york-fashion-week |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709220024/https://www.vogue.com/article/pyer-moss-kerby-jean-raymond-gospel-choir-spring-summer-2020-new-york-fashion-week |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Vogue}} and Humberto Leon of Kenzo,{{Cite magazine |date=October 26, 2016 |title=Kenzo's Humberto Leon on Music's Influence and Working With Chance the Rapper: Exclusive |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kenzo-working-with-chance-the-rapper-interview-7556770/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709220024/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kenzo-working-with-chance-the-rapper-interview-7556770/ |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |access-date=July 9, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}} and Demna Gvasalia of Balenciaga,{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2020 |title=Balenciaga makes Apple Music playlists — with T-shirts to match |url=https://prestigeonline.btt.works/sg/style/fashion/balenciaga-makes-apple-music-playlists-with-t-shirts-to-match/ |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Prestige Online – Singapore}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} have also noted her as an inspiration.

In the late 1990s, Hill presided over the Refugee Project, a nonprofit organization that served youth in New Jersey.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a0IEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22humanitarian%22&pg=PA47 |title=The Crisis |date=2007 |publisher=The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. |language=en |access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929084832/https://books.google.com/books?id=a0IEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22humanitarian%22&pg=PA47 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |url-status=live}} The organization offered New Jersey youth scholarships, mentoring, after-school programs, a reading club and a summer camp program. The Refugee Project's board of directors included Mariah Carey, Spike Lee, actor Malcolm Jamal Warner, and rappers Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, and Nas.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22humanitarian+award%22&pg=PA56 |title=Billboard |date=April 1, 2000 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |language=en |access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929084829/https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22humanitarian+award%22&pg=PA56 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |url-status=live}}

In 1999, she collaborated with the Federal government of the United States for an anti-drug campaign.{{Cite book |last=Appropriations |first=United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yx98eUSakfsC&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22united+states+congress%22+%22media+campaign%22&pg=PA113 |title=Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2000: Office of National Drug Control Policy, Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign |date=1999 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-060048-7 |language=en |access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929084828/https://books.google.com/books?id=yx98eUSakfsC&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22united+states+congress%22+%22media+campaign%22&pg=PA113 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |url-status=live}} On July 11, 2000, a hearing evaluating the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign was held at Congress. During the hearing, it was announced that Hill's ad from the campaign was the most popular amongst a group of polled youth, with nearly 95 percent stating that they were affected by the ad.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iQXondncmO8C&dq=United+States.+Congress.+House.+Committee+on+Government+Reform.+Subcommittee+on+Criminal+Justice,+Drug+Policy,+and+Human+Resources+lauryn+hill&pg=PA10 |title=Effectiveness of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, July 11, 2000 |date=2001 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |isbn=978-0-16-065843-3 |language=en |access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929084831/https://books.google.com/books?id=iQXondncmO8C&dq=United+States.+Congress.+House.+Committee+on+Government+Reform.+Subcommittee+on+Criminal+Justice,+Drug+Policy,+and+Human+Resources+lauryn+hill&pg=PA10 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |url-status=live}} That same year, Hill participated in UNCF's 'Evening of Stars' telethon fundraiser, which raised $13.5 million.{{Cite web |title=Michael Jackson's Humanitarian work |url=https://www.michaeljacksonslegacy.org/michael/michael-jacksons-humanitarian-work/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119015816/https://www.michaeljacksonslegacy.org/michael/michael-jacksons-humanitarian-work/ |archive-date=January 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Michael Jackson’s legacy}}

In 2003, Hill was scheduled to perform at a Christmas benefit concert at the Vatican, located in a 7,500-seat concert hall customarily used by the Pope for his weekly general audiences. During the concert, Hill spoke out against sexual abuse of children by priests, stating "God has been a witness to the corruption of his leadership, to the exploitation and abuses. It is the least one can say about the clergy." Hill added "I realize some of you may be offended by what I'm saying, but what do you say to the families who were betrayed by the people in whom they believed?". The Pope was not in attendance; however, concert attendees included Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the pope's vicar for Rome and the head of Italian bishops conference, his deputy, Monsignor Rino Fisichella, and Edmund Szoka. The comments sparked controversy at the time, and were edited out of the broadcast, which was set to air on Mediaset's flagship Canale 5 station.{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=December 14, 2003 |title=Hill hits sour note on Vatican stage |url=https://variety.com/2003/music/markets-festivals/hill-hits-sour-note-on-vatican-stage-1117897142/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013859/https://variety.com/2003/music/markets-festivals/hill-hits-sour-note-on-vatican-stage-1117897142/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Variety}}{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=December 15, 2003 |title=Hill Speaks Out On Child Abuse |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hill-speaks-out-on-child-abuse-67754/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013902/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hill-speaks-out-on-child-abuse-67754/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} In retrospect, many critics have applauded Hill for speaking out.{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Stereo |date=April 22, 2018 |title=How a Racist Smear Campaign Derailed Lauryn Hill's Career |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-racist-smear-campaign-destroyed-lauryn-hills-career |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207223035/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-racist-smear-campaign-destroyed-lauryn-hills-career |archive-date=December 7, 2018 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |work=The Daily Beast |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bassil |first=Ryan |date=May 8, 2013 |title=Lauryn Hill VS The World |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/lauryn-hill-vs-the-world/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013859/https://www.vice.com/en/article/rbx4nd/lauryn-hill-vs-the-world |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Vice |language=en}}

Hill later performed during the 2005 Live 8 benefit concert, to help raise awareness on global poverty.{{Cite book |last=Warner |first=Jay |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dcvM0rFOR_cC&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22live+8%22&pg=PA425 |title=Notable Moments of Women in Music |date=2008 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-1-4234-2951-7 |language=en |access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929084829/https://books.google.com/books?id=dcvM0rFOR_cC&dq=%22lauryn+hill%22+%22live+8%22&pg=PA425 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |url-status=live}}

She published the song "Black Rage" to SoundCloud in protest of the 2014 killing of Michael Brown.{{Cite magazine |last=Gruger |first=William |date=August 28, 2014 |title=Ferguson Protest Songs Impact Real-Time Charts |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ferguson-protest-songs-twitter-charts-the-game/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013901/https://www.billboard.com/pro/ferguson-protest-songs-twitter-charts-the-game/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} That same year, she performed at the Amnesty International 'Bringing Human Rights Home' benefit concert in New York, in support of Pussy Riot; where she gave a rendition of her protest song "Black Rage".{{Cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |date=February 6, 2014 |title=Words Spoken and Sung in Service of Freedom (Published 2014) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/arts/music/bringing-human-rights-home-at-barclays-center.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013900/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/arts/music/bringing-human-rights-home-at-barclays-center.html |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |work=The New York Times |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |date=January 30, 2014 |title=Madonna To Join Pussy Riot Onstage At Amnesty International Concert |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-to-join-pussy-riot-onstage-at-amnesty-international-5885920/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013901/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/madonna-to-join-pussy-riot-onstage-at-amnesty-international-5885920/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |via=Associated Press}}

In 2015, she canceled a show in Israel after she was faced with a social media campaign by activists who urged her to boycott Israel over its occupation of Palestinian land.{{Cite web |date=5 May 2015 |title=Lauryn Hill cancels Israel show after cultural boycott pressure |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/lauryn-hill-cancels-israel-show-after-cultural-boycott-pressure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013900/https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/lauryn-hill-cancels-israel-show-after-cultural-boycott-pressure |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=amp.theguardian.com}} She later clarified that she does not take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but "believes in dignity for all sides", according to professor Noura Erakat.{{Cite web |title=Lauryn Hill joins black, Palestinian activists in solidarity video |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/14/lauryn-hill-joins-black-palestinian-activists-in-solidarity-video.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121084237/http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/14/lauryn-hill-joins-black-palestinian-activists-in-solidarity-video.html |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=america.aljazeera.com}}

Hill released an updated version of her 2002 track "I Find It Hard to Say (Rebel)" from her MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 album entitled "Rebel" in 2016.{{Cite web |last=Reiff |first=Corbin |title=Hear a Newly Updated Version of Lauryn Hill's "Rebel/I Find It Hard To Say" |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/corbin-reiff/new-song-rebel-i-find-it-hard-to-say |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819140958/https://www.complex.com/music/a/corbin-reiff/new-song-rebel-i-find-it-hard-to-say |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Complex |language=en-us}} The 2002 song was originally written about the Killing of Amadou Diallo, and was updated due to the influx of Police brutality in the United States at the time.{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2020 |title=Lauryn Hill Addresses The War On Black Lives With Re-Release Of Her Song 'Rebel' |url=http://www.essence.com/celebrity/lauryn-hill-black-lives-rebel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819141019/https://www.essence.com/celebrity/lauryn-hill-black-lives-rebel/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Essence |language=en-US}} The updated song was released exclusively on Tidal, and was performed at the Tidal X 1015 charity concert hosted by Jay-Z.{{Cite web |last=Welsh |first=April Clare |date=October 17, 2016 |title=Lauryn Hill shares new version of 'I Find It Hard To Say (Rebel)' |url=https://www.factmag.com/2016/10/17/lauryn-hill-shares-new-version-of-protest-song-i-find-it-hard-to-say-rebel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819140958/https://www.factmag.com/2016/10/17/lauryn-hill-shares-new-version-of-protest-song-i-find-it-hard-to-say-rebel/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Fact Magazine |language=en-US}}

Variety reported that Hill declined an offer by the National Football League to join pop rock band Maroon 5 during their Super Bowl LIII halftime show, in solidarity with American football player Colin Kaepernick, after he received backlash for taking the knee.{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2018 |title=Black Artists Are Rejecting Offers to Perform for Super Bowl Halftime Show |url=https://www.theroot.com/black-artists-are-rejecting-offers-to-perform-for-super-1831211314 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013859/https://www.theroot.com/black-artists-are-rejecting-offers-to-perform-for-super-1831211314 |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=The Root |language=en}}

According to Billboard, Hill provided 10 scholarships for the 2019–2020 academic year to students at Alpha Institute in Kingston, Jamaica, through her MLH Fund.{{Cite magazine |last=Meschino |first=Patricia |date=October 2, 2019 |title=Lauryn Hill, Bob Marley Foundation Contribute Scholarships to Jamaica's Alpha Institute: Exclusive |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/alpha-institute-donors-scholarships-music-industry-jamaica/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819013900/https://www.billboard.com/pro/alpha-institute-donors-scholarships-music-industry-jamaica/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023 |access-date=August 19, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

{{see also|Fugees#Legacy}}

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Hill is widely considered to be one of the greatest rappers of all time and has often been called the greatest female rapper.* {{cite web|title=Greatest Rappers Ever – Voted For By You |url=https://www.nme.com/photos/greatest-rappers-ever-voted-for-by-you-1430325|date=August 8, 2013|website=NME|language=en-GB|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606000705/https://www.nme.com/photos/greatest-rappers-ever-voted-for-by-you-1430325|url-status=live}} * {{cite news|title=The Many Voices Of Lauryn Hill|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/06/28/128149135/the-many-voices-of-lauryn-hill|last=Hill|first=Lauryn|newspaper=NPR.org|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530055313/https://www.npr.org/2010/06/28/128149135/the-many-voices-of-lauryn-hill|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|last=Lafontant|first=Kworweinski|date=February 18, 2021|title=Review: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill|url=https://blogs.hope.edu/concerts/music-suggestions/review-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill/|access-date=March 13, 2021|website=Hope College Concert Series|language=en-US|archive-date=November 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101103912/https://blogs.hope.edu/concerts/music-suggestions/review-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill/|url-status=dead}} * {{cite web|title=The 50 greatest rappers of all time – ranked|url=https://www.gigwise.com/photos/103136/the-50-greatest-rappers-of-all-time-ranked|access-date=March 13, 2021|website=gigwise.com|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924164650/https://www.gigwise.com/photos/103136/the-50-greatest-rappers-of-all-time-ranked|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=December 8, 2020|title=Nicki Minaj and more of Hollywood's most famous rapper moms|url=https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/music/hollywoods-most-famous-rapper-moms-404669.gallery?photoId=404675|access-date=March 13, 2021|website=Wonderwall.com|language=en-US|archive-date=June 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630135558/https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/music/hollywoods-most-famous-rapper-moms-404669.gallery?photoId=404675|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=J. PERIOD Rereleases 'Best of Lauryn Hill (Vol. 1: Fire)' With Apple Music|url=https://www.vibe.com/2020/02/j-period-best-of-lauryn-hill|date=February 14, 2020|website=Vibe |access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803072909/https://www.vibe.com/2020/02/j-period-best-of-lauryn-hill|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill Sentenced To Three Months In Prison|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1342521/lauryn-hill-sentenced-to-three-months-in-prison/news/|date=May 7, 2013|website=Stereogum|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803043020/https://www.stereogum.com/1342521/lauryn-hill-sentenced-to-three-months-in-prison/news/|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|title=Wired 25: The Best Female Rappers Of All Time…As Of March 2015 [Photos]|url=https://hiphopwired.com/453614/wired-25-the-best-female-rappers-of-all-time-as-of-march-2015-photos/|date=March 25, 2015|website=The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media |access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422021953/https://hiphopwired.com/453614/wired-25-the-best-female-rappers-of-all-time-as-of-march-2015-photos/|url-status=live}} * {{cite web|title=Top Ten Female Rappers, From Trina to Lauryn Hill|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/top-ten-female-rappers-from-trina-to-lauryn-hill-6389111|last=Bein|first=Kat|date=September 13, 2012|website=Miami New Times|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803072115/https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/top-ten-female-rappers-from-trina-to-lauryn-hill-6389111|url-status=live}} The New York Times once referred to Hill as "the most popular woman in hip-hop".{{cite news|last=Decaro|first=Frank|date=April 4, 1999|title=No Longer the Punch-Line State; Lauryn Hill, the Sopranos and others are unapologetic New Jerseyans. (Published 1999)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/style/no-longer-punch-line-state-lauryn-hill-sopranos-others-are-unapologetic-new.html|access-date=February 23, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083349/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/04/style/no-longer-punch-line-state-lauryn-hill-sopranos-others-are-unapologetic-new.html|url-status=live}} Rapper Kool Moe Dee gave Hill the highest score of any rapper on his rap 'Report Cards' list from the book, Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists.{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Kool Moe Dee Writes Book |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1820/title.kool-moe-dee-writes-book |access-date=May 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505060459/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.1820/title.kool-moe-dee-writes-book |archive-date=May 5, 2022 }} Furthermore, Beyoncé once stated that she is "one of the best hip-hop rappers ever".{{cite news|title=Beyoncé picks her favourite songs, from Lauryn Hill to Sade|work=BBC Radio 2|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3fTtPFm3byHC3PC4Nh5Hm0Q/beyonce-picks-her-favourite-songs-from-lauryn-hill-to-sade|access-date=November 23, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624062857/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3fTtPFm3byHC3PC4Nh5Hm0Q/beyonce-picks-her-favourite-songs-from-lauryn-hill-to-sade|url-status=live}} Donna Summer named her as a favorite in a 1999 interview.{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/08/06/what-im-listening-donna-summer/|title=What I'm listening to: Donna Summer|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=August 6, 1999}} In 1998, Time declared her as the "Queen of Hip Hop";{{Cite magazine|last=Farley|first=Christopher John|date=September 7, 1998|title=Music: Songs In The Key Of Lauryn Hill|language=en-US|magazine=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989041,00.html|access-date=October 20, 2021|issn=0040-781X|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020015436/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,989041,00.html|url-status=live}} while Academy of Achievement,{{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill|url=https://achievement.org/achiever/lauryn-hill/|website=Academy of Achievement|access-date=January 30, 2022|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220101935/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/lauryn-hill/|url-status=live}} The Boston Globe,{{cite web|title=Year in Review – Entertainment|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/packages/yir/entertainment/rodriguez_top10cds.htm|website=The Boston Globe|access-date=February 17, 2022|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924193504/http://archive.boston.com/news/packages/yir/entertainment/rodriguez_top10cds.htm|url-status=live}} and Billboard,{{cite magazine|title=Why 1998 Was the Greatest Year of My Hip-Hop Lifetime|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/1998-greatest-year-hip-hop-essay-datwon-thomas-8458855/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 17, 2022|archive-date=February 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217033321/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/1998-greatest-year-hip-hop-essay-datwon-thomas-8458855/|url-status=live}} among others,{{cite web |title=Lauryn Hill |url=https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Lauryn-Hill |website=Premiere |date=May 26, 1975 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216072718/https://www.premiere.fr/Star/Lauryn-Hill |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |title=Hear Lauryn Hill's first new song in 5 years |url=https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/programs/mornings/lauryn-hill-guarding-the-gates/11705918 |website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=November 20, 2019 |access-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217063348/https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/programs/mornings/lauryn-hill-guarding-the-gates/11705918 |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |title=Lauryn Hill, un retour inattendu |url=https://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Musique/Lauryn-Hill-reussit-un-retour-remarque-et-remplit-un-Olympia-502726-3289892 |website=Le Journal du Dimanche |access-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217033318/https://www.lejdd.fr/Culture/Musique/Lauryn-Hill-reussit-un-retour-remarque-et-remplit-un-Olympia-502726-3289892 |url-status=live }} have also crowned her with the same title. In 2015, Billboard ranked Hill as the seventh greatest rapper of all time on their "10 Best Rappers of All Time" list, with her being the only woman on the list.{{cite magazine |date=November 12, 2015 |title=Best Rappers List {{!}} Greatest of All Time |url=http://www.billboard.com/photos/6723017/the-10-best-rappers-of-all-time |url-status=dead |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609154924/https://www.billboard.com/photos/6723017/the-10-best-rappers-of-all-time |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |access-date=May 26, 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Golding |first=Shenequa |date=November 17, 2015 |title=Do You Agree With Billboard's 10 Greatest Rappers Of All Time? |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/billboard-ten-greatest-rappers-of-all-time-387298/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128090926/https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/billboard-ten-greatest-rappers-of-all-time-387298/ |archive-date=January 28, 2023 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |website=VIBE.com |language=en-US}}

Music critic Brandon Tensley argued that "few artists have marked culture as profoundly as Hill did with her solo debut".{{Cite web |date=January 8, 2019 |title=How Lauryn Hill Educated the Music Industry 20 Years Ago |url=https://time.com/5377938/miseducation-lauryn-hill-anniversary/ |access-date=May 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108080459/https://time.com/5377938/miseducation-lauryn-hill-anniversary/ |archive-date=January 8, 2019 }} In 2012, VH1 ranked Hill as one of the Greatest Woman in Music.{{cite web|date=February 13, 2012|title=The 100 Greatest Women In Music|url=http://www.vh1.com/news/1238/the-100-greatest-women-in-music/|access-date=November 23, 2020|website=VH1 News|archive-date=July 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704152832/http://www.vh1.com/news/1238/the-100-greatest-women-in-music/|url-status=dead}} In 2014, she was named the most influential woman in hip hop history by AllHipHop.{{Cite web |last=Stephens |first=Toni |date=February 28, 2014 |title=The 10 Most Influential Folks in Hip-Hop History |url=https://allhiphop.com/features/the-10-most-influential-folks-in-hip-hop-history/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=AllHipHop |language=en-US |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101203529/https://allhiphop.com/features/the-10-most-influential-folks-in-hip-hop-history/ |url-status=live }} Hill was also included on the NPR list of the '50 Great Voices';{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Lauryn|title=The Many Voices Of Lauryn Hill|newspaper=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/06/28/128149135/the-many-voices-of-lauryn-hill|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530055313/https://www.npr.org/2010/06/28/128149135/the-many-voices-of-lauryn-hill|url-status=live}} and on the Consequence of Sound list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.{{cite news|date=October 11, 2016|title=The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time|url=https://consequence.net/2016/10/the-100-greatest-singers-of-all-time/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527114526/https://consequence.net/2016/10/the-100-greatest-singers-of-all-time/|archive-date=May 27, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020|newspaper=Consequence|language=en-US}} In 2019, Hill ranked No. 1 on the Ranker poll of the greatest singer/rappers.{{cite web |title=The Greatest Singer/rappers |url=https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-singer-and-rappers/makumim |access-date=February 23, 2021 |website=Ranker |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121094549/https://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-singer-and-rappers/makumim |url-status=live }} In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked Hill at number 136 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.{{Cite magazine |date=January 1, 2023 |title=The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/lauryn-hill-19-1234642966/ |access-date=April 20, 2023 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=April 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420205639/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/lauryn-hill-19-1234642966/ |url-status=live }} American Journalist Touré stated that "She was—she is—the greatest female MC of all time".{{Cite web |last=Touré |date=June 11, 2022 |title=I miss Lauryn Hill |url=https://thegrio.com/2022/06/11/i-miss-lauryn-hill/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=TheGrio |language=en-US |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101203529/https://thegrio.com/2022/06/11/i-miss-lauryn-hill/ |url-status=live }}

In the peak of her career, Hill had earned over $25 million for her work.{{Cite web |last=Giacomazzo |first=Bernadette |title=Look Into The $9M Foundation Lauryn Hill Set For Her Six Children Through Her Career |url=https://afrotech.com/lauryn-hill-children-net-worth-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929210055/https://afrotech.com/lauryn-hill-children-net-worth-2022 |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |access-date=October 11, 2023}} She is one of the best-selling female rappers of all time, with an estimated 50 million records sold worldwide, throughout the course of her career.{{Cite magazine |last1=Brandle |first1=Lars |date=April 24, 2013 |title=Lauryn Hill Sets the Record Straight on her Finances, Admits New Music is in the Pipeline |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lauryn-hill-sets-the-record-straight-on-her-finances-admits-new-music-is-in-1559655/ |access-date=July 8, 2022 |magazine=Billboard}}

A trail has been named after Lauryn Hill in Saint-Jean-d'Heurs, a rural commune of France.{{cite web|url=https://adresse.data.gouv.fr/carte-base-adresse-nationale?id=63364_azt8s6#45.807900_3.456350_16.22|title=Chemin Lauryn Hill - Saint-Jean-d'Heurs (63364)|work=gouv.fr|date=October 8, 2023|access-date=June 2, 2025}}

With her solo music and work with Fugees, Hill is often credited as the artist who popularized the technique of blending rap and melodic singing together into one single song, sometimes referred to as melodic rap; this has since become popular, with many modern artists like Beyoncé, Drake, Nicki Minaj and Kanye West emulating it.*{{cite web|title=10 Ways 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' Changed Everything|url=http://read.tidal.com/article/miseducation-lauryn-hill-20-years|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905212559/http://read.tidal.com/article/miseducation-lauryn-hill-20-years|archive-date=September 5, 2019|access-date=May 26, 2020|website=read.tidal.com|date=August 25, 2018 }} * {{cite web|title=How Lauryn Hill Became The First Solo Superstar To Master Both Singing & Rapping|url=https://genius.com/a/how-lauryn-hill-became-the-first-solo-superstar-to-master-both-singing-rapping|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803050919/https://genius.com/a/how-lauryn-hill-became-the-first-solo-superstar-to-master-both-singing-rapping|archive-date=August 3, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020|website=Genius}} Writing for The Ringer, author Musa Okwonga wrote "Decades before the ubiquity of the MC who could also croon, she could channel the greatness of Nina Simone and Rakim in the same set."{{Cite web|last=Okwonga|first=Musa|date=February 12, 2021|title=In 'The Score,' the Fugees Made Refugees the Heroes of an Epic Tale|url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/2/12/22280168/the-fugees-the-score-diguise-resistance-as-art|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=The Ringer|language=en|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212174139/https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/2/12/22280168/the-fugees-the-score-diguise-resistance-as-art|url-status=live}} In Complex, Andy Gee commented that "the modern music landscape is dominated by artists like Drake and Nicki Minaj, who fall in the Lauryn Hill archetype as traditionalist-appeasing MCs who have records where they're singing their hearts out."{{Cite web |title=Doja Cat Is a Rapper. Stop Saying Otherwise. (Opinion) |url=https://www.complex.com/music/doja-cat-is-a-rapper/ |access-date=July 16, 2022 |website=Complex |archive-date=April 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413173647/https://www.complex.com/music/doja-cat-is-a-rapper/ |url-status=live }} XXL argued that "she set the bar high, not just for woman creators, but for anyone who wanted to rap or sing."{{Cite web |author=Robby Seabrook III |title=These Are the Best Singing Rappers Who Make You Forget They Rap |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/best-singing-rappers/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=XXL Mag |date=August 22, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101224459/https://www.xxlmag.com/best-singing-rappers/ |url-status=live }}

Former RIAA president Hilary Rosen, recognized Hill as a leading contributor to the blurring of lines that distinguished hip hop and R&B.{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Billboard – Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505053822/https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ0EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=+=lauryn+hill+effect+billboard&pg=PA88 |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |url-status=dead}} Minaj alluded to Hill's impact on melodic rap on the song "Can Anybody Hear Me", where she mentions that prior to fame, Def Jam Recordings wouldn't sign her because she wanted to integrate rapping and singing on her album, but the record label told her she "wasn't Lauryn Hill".{{Cite web|title=13 Lyrics That Prove Nicki Minaj Is One of the Greatest Rappers of All Time|url=https://www.mic.com/articles/116618/13-lyrics-that-prove-nicki-minaj-is-legitimately-a-great-rapper|access-date=February 5, 2022|website=Mic|date=April 28, 2015 |language=en|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203183222/https://www.mic.com/articles/116618/13-lyrics-that-prove-nicki-minaj-is-legitimately-a-great-rapper|url-status=live}} Lizzo who started her career as a rapper, later incorporated singing into her debut record. She stated in an interview in 2018, "I was always afraid of being a singer, but then when I heard Lauryn Hill, I was like, maybe I can do both", further adding that her debut album drew influence from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, "rapping, singing, being political".{{cite magazine|title=The Next Generation of Lauryn Hill: 16 Artists on Their Favorite 'Miseducation' Songs|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8458876/miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-20-years-artist-tributes|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 20, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624050834/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8458876/miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-20-years-artist-tributes|url-status=live}} According to Da Brat, Hill's "sound shifted the whole game".{{Cite web |date=October 19, 2021 |title='All hail the queens': A look back at the legacy of women in hip-hop – ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/hail-queens-back-legacy-women-hip-hop/story?id=80516610 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019063318/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/hail-queens-back-legacy-women-hip-hop/story?id=80516610 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=October 20, 2021 |website=ABC News}}

In 1999, Billboard considered Hill's success to be a breakthrough for female rappers, which resulted in a brief increase of female rappers in the music industry at the time, that the publication dubbed 'The Lauryn Hill Effect'. Author Nelson George noted, "the presence of women is increasing"; while Missy Elliott also added that "Latifah opened the door for doing TV, and she might have opened it for Brandy. Now, it's open for everybody. This is just the beginning".{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Billboard – Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA28 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505061701/https://books.google.com/books?id=tQ0EAAAAMBAJ&printsec=%22lauryn+effect%22+billboard&pg=PA28 |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |url-status=dead}} That same year, a public survey was conducted by MTV, which directly impacted its programming. In the survey, she was ranked the most respected solo artist, and placed among the acts that participants thought best defined their generation; with former Viacom executive Todd Cunningham referring to Hill as a "massive phenomenon".{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2022 |title=Billboard – Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fAgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA113 |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505061936/https://books.google.com/books?id=fAgEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=Cunningham&pg=PA113 |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |url-status=dead}} Music journalist Danyel Smith credited Hill with reviving the hip hop genre, following the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Danyel|date=March 11, 2021|title=Chapter 6: The Diss-Education of Lauryn Hill, Feat. Angela Yee and MC Lyte|url=https://www.theringer.com/2021/3/11/22324667/chapter-6-the-diss-education-of-lauryn-hill-feat-angela-yee-and-mc-lyte|access-date=March 13, 2021|website=The Ringer|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311201952/https://www.theringer.com/2021/3/11/22324667/chapter-6-the-diss-education-of-lauryn-hill-feat-angela-yee-and-mc-lyte|url-status=live}}

{{see also|The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill#Legacy}}

Hill has often been cited as one of the most influential entertainers of her generation.* {{cite news |title=From Céline Dion to Lauryn Hill: 30 women who have changed music |language=en-US |publisher=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/read/from-c%C3%A9line-dion-to-lauryn-hill-30-women-who-have-changed-music-1.5074083 |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=September 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923002008/https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5074083 |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |title=How Lauryn Hill Redefined The Way We Look At Black Motherhood |url=https://www.blkgirlculture.com/blog-2/how-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-helped-to-heal-black-women |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Blk Girl Culture |date=March 25, 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630135558/https://www.blkgirlculture.com/blog-2/how-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-helped-to-heal-black-women |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |last=Embley |first=Jochan |date=June 16, 2020 |title=From Nas to Drake, the most influential hip hop artists of all time |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-most-influential-hip-hop-artists-of-all-time-a3863356.html |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=standard.co.uk |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125023102/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/the-most-influential-hip-hop-artists-of-all-time-a3863356.html |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |date=October 23, 2019 |title=The 19 Most Influential R&B Albums of '90s & the Waves it Left |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/music/what-are-the-most-influential-rb-albums-of-the-90s.html |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Okayplayer |language=en-US |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208163601/https://www.okayplayer.com/music/what-are-the-most-influential-rb-albums-of-the-90s.html |url-status=live }} * {{cite magazine |date=May 15, 2013 |title=Lauryn Hill Schools Brooklyn, Doubters in Commanding Performance |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lauryn-hill-schools-brooklyn-doubters-in-commanding-performance-1562221/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230092815/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lauryn-hill-schools-brooklyn-doubters-in-commanding-performance-1562221/ |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |title=50 Most Influential RnB Stars |url=https://www.essence.com/news/50-most-influential-rnb-stars/ |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=Essence |date=October 28, 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225024421/https://www.essence.com/news/50-most-influential-rnb-stars/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, Pitchfork named her as one of the 200 most influential artists since 1996.{{Cite web |date=October 4, 2021 |title=The 200 Most Important Artists of the Last 25 Years |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/most-important-artists/ |access-date=October 4, 2021 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730052606/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/most-important-artists/ |url-status=live }} Many artists have named Lauryn Hill as an inspiration to their careers, including pop artists Adele,{{cite web |title=Adele's '19': Things You Didn't Know About Her Debut LP |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-04-13-adeles-19-things-you-didnt-know-about-her-debut-lp/ |access-date=May 29, 2021 |website=iHeartRadio |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191413/https://www.iheart.com/content/2018-04-13-adeles-19-things-you-didnt-know-about-her-debut-lp/ |url-status=live }} Beyoncé,{{cite news |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Why Lauryn Hill still has the Ex Factor |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43808061 |access-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813231638/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43808061 |url-status=live }} Dua Lipa,{{cite web |title=Dua Lipa talks Lauryn Hill |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pos0PbHKg_s |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Pos0PbHKg_s |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |website=YouTube| date=25 February 2021 }}{{cbignore}} Christina Aguilera,{{cite web |title=Christina Aguilera talks about topping the charts |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/10/11/christina-aguilera-talks-about-topping-charts/ |access-date=February 25, 2021 |website=EW.com |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104110328/https://ew.com/article/1999/10/11/christina-aguilera-talks-about-topping-charts/ |url-status=live }} Britney Spears,{{citation |title=Britney Spears Talking About Mariah Carey, Whitney Huston & Lauren Hill | date=26 March 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J4NKMvmekY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/6J4NKMvmekY |access-date=March 27, 2021 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}{{cite book |last=Stevens |first=Amanda |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RAJszRY44X4C&q=lauryn+hill+britney+spears |title=Britney Spears: The Illustrated Story |date=2000 |publisher=Billboard Books |isbn=978-0-8230-7867-7 |access-date=March 27, 2021 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630135602/https://books.google.com/books?id=RAJszRY44X4C&q=lauryn+hill+britney+spears |url-status=live }} Mumford & Sons,{{cite web |last=Bassett |first=Jordan |date=November 23, 2018 |title=The Big Read – Mumford And Sons |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/the-nme-big-read-mumford-and-sons-2411839 |access-date=May 25, 2021 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525161842/https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/the-nme-big-read-mumford-and-sons-2411839 |url-status=live }} Doja Cat,{{cite web |last=khushboomalhotra24 |date=July 10, 2021 |title=Doja Cat Is Taking Us to The World of Wonders On Planet Her |url=https://thehoneypop.com/2021/07/10/doja-cat-is-taking-us-to-the-world-of-wonders-on-planet-her/ |access-date=August 26, 2021 |website=The Honey POP |language=en-US |archive-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526024512/https://thehoneypop.com/2021/07/10/doja-cat-is-taking-us-to-the-world-of-wonders-on-planet-her/ |url-status=live }} H.E.R.,{{cite web |last=Wally |first=Maxine |date=August 27, 2018 |title=H.E.R. Finally Reveals All: the Identity, the History and the Future |url=https://wwd.com/eye/people/h-e-r-reveals-all-identity-the-bay-area-prince-lauryn-hill-1202777633/ |access-date=August 26, 2021 |website=Wwd.com|language=en-US |archive-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815055424/https://wwd.com/eye/people/h-e-r-reveals-all-identity-the-bay-area-prince-lauryn-hill-1202777633/ |url-status=live }} P!nk,{{cite web |title=Pink and Dallas Green talk their new collaboration, 'You + Me' |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/10/16/pink-dallas-green-rose-avenue/ |access-date=January 6, 2021 |website=EW.com |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518113710/https://ew.com/article/2014/10/16/pink-dallas-green-rose-avenue/ |url-status=live }} Kelly Clarkson,{{cite magazine |title=Watch Kelly Clarkson Mash-Up Post Malone, Lauryn Hill and Cardi B |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8501839/kelly-clarkson-mash-up-post-malone-lauryn-hill-cardi-b-watch |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715061453/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8501839/kelly-clarkson-mash-up-post-malone-lauryn-hill-cardi-b-watch |url-status=live }} Babyface,{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Babyface on the Music That Made Him |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/babyface-on-the-music-that-made-him/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101225850/https://pitchfork.com/features/5-10-15-20/babyface-on-the-music-that-made-him/ |url-status=live }} Summer Walker,{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Kyann-Sian |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Summer Walker: "I'm a vulnerable, open person. I'm really emotional and shit" |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/summer-walker-cover-interview-2021-still-over-it-3099542 |access-date=January 16, 2024 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326042116/https://www.nme.com/big-reads/summer-walker-cover-interview-2021-still-over-it-3099542 |url-status=live }} rappers Kanye West,{{cite web |author= |title=Kanye West Responds To Entertainment Weekly Album Of The Decade Honor |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1627963/kanye-west-responds-to-entertainment-weekly-album-of-the-decade-honor/ |access-date=June 26, 2021 |website=MTV News |archive-date=June 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626231940/http://www.mtv.com/news/1627963/kanye-west-responds-to-entertainment-weekly-album-of-the-decade-honor/ |url-status=dead }} Jay-Z,{{cite web |last=Lieu |first=Johnny |date=June 16, 2017 |title=Jay Z went on a Twitter spree and thanked dozens of rappers that inspired him |url=https://mashable.com/2017/06/16/jay-z-thank-twitter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803072723/https://mashable.com/2017/06/16/jay-z-thank-twitter/ |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2020 |website=Mashable}} Missy Elliott,{{cite web |title=These Stars Credit Lauryn Hill For Inspiring Their Music |url=https://knixcountry.iheart.com/content/2017-05-25-these-stars-credit-lauryn-hill-for-inspiring-their-music/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803124403/https://knixcountry.iheart.com/content/2017-05-25-these-stars-credit-lauryn-hill-for-inspiring-their-music/ |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=May 27, 2020 |website=102.5 KNIX}} Nicki Minaj,{{cite magazine |title=Nicki Minaj Talks Meeting Lauryn Hill & Postponing TV Show, Teases Upcoming Collaboration With Fetty Wap |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7542118/nicki-minaj-lauryn-hill-breakfast-club |magazine=Billboard |access-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-date=August 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808021158/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7542118/nicki-minaj-lauryn-hill-breakfast-club |url-status=live }} Nas,{{citation |title=the.LIFE Files TV: Nas On President Obama, Lauryn Hill & Hip Hop In 2012 | date=11 June 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHjvZWWrW-c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/qHjvZWWrW-c |access-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}} Lil' Kim,{{cite web |title=R.E.M. Wish You a Merry Xmas |url=https://www.vulture.com/2007/12/rem_wish_you_a_merry_xmas.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628235747/https://www.vulture.com/2007/12/rem_wish_you_a_merry_xmas.html |archive-date=June 28, 2020 |access-date=June 28, 2020 |website=Vulture |date=December 17, 2007 |language=en-us}} Brent Faiyaz,{{Cite magazine |date=February 9, 2018 |title=Brent Faiyaz on the Success of 'Sonder Son,' His Love for Lauryn Hill & Why He Plans to Stay Independent 'Forever' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/brent-faiyaz-interview-sonder-son-goldlink-crew-8098448/ |access-date=January 1, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101224507/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/brent-faiyaz-interview-sonder-son-goldlink-crew-8098448/ |url-status=live }} Rapsody;{{cite web |date=September 11, 2019 |title=Rapsody on Lauryn Hill influence, Jay-Z 'air-dunking' on her |url=https://apnews.com/b9578bb4fe4f43ca9d98126eccd7a84c |access-date=May 27, 2020 |website=AP NEWS |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922020144/https://apnews.com/b9578bb4fe4f43ca9d98126eccd7a84c |url-status=live }} Lizzo,{{Cite magazine |last=Feeney |first=Nolan |date=June 1, 2018 |title=The Next Generation of Lauryn Hill: 16 Artists on Their Favorite 'Miseducation' Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-20-years-artist-tributes-8458876/ |access-date=August 8, 2023 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=August 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822192647/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-20-years-artist-tributes-8458876/ |url-status=live }} Doechii,{{Cite web |last=III |first=Robby Seabrook IIIRobby Seabrook |date=2021-08-20 |title=The Break Presents - Doechii |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/doechii-interview-the-break/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=XXL Mag |language=en |archive-date=October 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002234737/https://www.xxlmag.com/doechii-interview-the-break/ |url-status=live }} Afrobeats singers Tems,{{Cite web |title=12 Things You Never Knew About... Tems |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/12-things-you-never-knew-about-tems |access-date=December 18, 2021 |website=Clash Magazine |date=December 17, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218043146/https://www.clashmusic.com/features/12-things-you-never-knew-about-tems |url-status=live }} and Wizkid;{{Cite web |date=September 24, 2021 |title=Wizkid: Influences on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/wizkid-influences/pl.6ccde072bf35466b8fec640301ae6f49 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924164713/https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/wizkid-influences/pl.6ccde072bf35466b8fec640301ae6f49 |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=November 17, 2021}} and K-pop artists Jennie of Blackpink,{{cite magazine |date=February 28, 2019 |title=Inside Blackpink's U.S. Takeover: How the K-Pop Queens Are Changing the Game |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blackpink-billboard-cover-story-2019-8500312/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-date=September 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925191558/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/cover-story/8500312/blackpink-billboard-cover-story-2019 |url-status=live }} CL of 2NE1,{{cite web |title=2NE1's CL Calls on the K-Pop Industry to Recognize the Influence of Black Artists |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/2ne1-cl-calls-k-pop-204312795.html |access-date=January 6, 2021 |website=yahoo.com |date=June 4, 2020 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190138/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/2ne1-cl-calls-k-pop-204312795.html |url-status=live }} and RM of BTS.{{cite web |last=Arakawa |first=Lindsay |title=I'm Obsessed With This K-Pop Group & You Should Be Too |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/05/155459/bangtan-boys-interview-kpop-boy-band-billboard-music-awards |access-date=January 6, 2021 |website=refinery29.com |archive-date=January 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123074554/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/05/155459/bangtan-boys-interview-kpop-boy-band-billboard-music-awards |url-status=live }}

Nicki Minaj has made mention of Hill's influence on her on multiple occasions; Including on 2020 U.S. number one single "Say So Remix",{{cite magazine|title=Doja Cat's 'Say So,' Featuring Nicki Minaj, Tops Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9375563/doja-cat-nicki-minaj-say-so-number-one|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515135732/https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9375563/doja-cat-nicki-minaj-say-so-number-one|archive-date=May 15, 2020|access-date=May 18, 2020}} In which Minaj raps, "Spittin' like Weezy, Foxy, plus Lauryn".{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/19716988/Doja-cat-say-so-remix/Spittin-like-weezy-foxy-plus-lauryn|title=Spittin' like Weezy, Foxy, plus Lauryn|website=Genius.com|access-date=August 25, 2023}} Minaj has also referred to Hill as her idol and quoted the artist in her high school yearbook.{{cite web|title=When Nicki Minaj Met Lauryn Hill|url=https://www.directlyrics.com/when-nicki-minaj-met-lauryn-hill-and-bowed-down-to-her-video-news.html|access-date=May 18, 2020|archive-date=August 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803050748/https://www.directlyrics.com/when-nicki-minaj-met-lauryn-hill-and-bowed-down-to-her-video-news.html|url-status=live}} John Legend attributes his early career success and his launch into the music industry to Hill, who gave him his first major opportunity as a pianist on the song "Everything Is Everything".{{cite news|last=Todd|first=Lucy|date=May 23, 2018|title=Why Lauryn Hill still has the Ex Factor|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43808061|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=August 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813231638/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-43808061|url-status=live}} Rapsody{{Cite magazine|date=December 20, 2019|title=Rapsody Video Interview: Watch|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8546858/rapsody-video-interview|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616023900/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8546858/rapsody-video-interview|archive-date=June 16, 2020|access-date=May 27, 2020|magazine=Billboard}} and Bebe Rexha{{cite web|title=Bebe's biggest musical influence is Queen of R&B Lauryn Hill.|url=https://www.capitalxtra.com/features/facts/bebe-rexha/musical-influences/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803122738/https://www.capitalxtra.com/features/facts/bebe-rexha/musical-influences/|archive-date=August 3, 2020|access-date=May 27, 2020|website=Capital XTRA}} have both cited Hill as their biggest musical inspiration, as well as UK grime rapper Stormzy naming her his biggest female musical influence.{{Cite web|date=December 5, 2014|title=Exclusive Interview: Stormzy – "It Used To Grind My Gears, But Now I Actually Love Rap" |url=http://rwdmag.com/exclusive-interview-stormzy-it-used-to-grind-my-gears-but-now-i-actually-love-rap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205170211/http://rwdmag.com/exclusive-interview-stormzy-it-used-to-grind-my-gears-but-now-i-actually-love-rap/|archive-date=December 5, 2014|access-date=November 17, 2021}}

Furthermore, musicians Erykah Badu and Jazmine Sullivan have both mentioned her as their musical hero.{{cite web|title=Erykah Badu talks Lauryn Hill|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOlmNqLnUPA|url-status=live|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/wOlmNqLnUPA|archive-date=December 11, 2021|website=Youtube| date=7 September 2011 }}{{cbignore}}{{Cite web|last=Donnelly|first=Matthew Scott|title=Jazmine Sullivan Talks Lauryn Hill, Long Island Ice Teas and Being A 'Masterpiece': PopCrush Interview|url=https://popcrush.com/jazmine-sullivan-interview/|access-date=December 18, 2021|website=PopCrush|date=June 18, 2015 |language=en|archive-date=December 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218043137/https://popcrush.com/jazmine-sullivan-interview/|url-status=live}} In addition Kehlani has a tattoo of Hill on her arm.{{cite web|date=December 9, 2017|title=Urban Women With Iconic Tattoos: Ink and Urban 💉|url=https://www.swagaliens.com/culture/art/bad-girl-ink-women-with-iconic-tattoos/|access-date=May 26, 2020|website=Swag Aliens|language=en-GB}}{{Dead link|date=June 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} After performing with Hill, The Weeknd described the experience as the "most important experience of my life".{{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill Performs With The Weeknd After No-Show at the Grammys|url=https://www.etonline.com/news/182785_lauryn_hill_performs_with_the_weeknd_after_no_show_at_the_grammys|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629193814/https://www.etonline.com/news/182785_lauryn_hill_performs_with_the_weeknd_after_no_show_at_the_grammys|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 28, 2020|website=Entertainment Tonight|date=February 21, 2016 |language=en-US}} During her 2018 Grammy award acceptance speech, Spanish singer Rosalía thanked her for being influential to her.{{cite web|date=April 30, 2017|title=News|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news|access-date=June 26, 2021|website=grammy.com|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204701/http://www.grammy.com/news/caetano-veloso-named-latin-recording-academy-person-of-the-year|url-status=live}}

Billboard stated that Hill "is to hip-hop as a gardener is to soil", and added that "the rapper/singer planted classic gems in her catalog — especially her pristine 1998 debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill — that have become samples for many rap game MVPs".{{Cite magazine |last=Freeman |first=Luria |date=May 26, 2017 |title=Happy Birthday, Lauryn Hill! 9 Songs That Sample L Boogie |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lauryn-hill-samples-hip-hop-songs-7809547/ |access-date=July 16, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203205750/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lauryn-hill-samples-hip-hop-songs-7809547/ |url-status=live }}

Her single "Doo Wop (That Thing)", was sampled by Drake (on the song "Draft Day"),{{cite magazine|title=Drake Samples Lauryn Hill In New Song 'Draft Day': Listen|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/drake-samples-lauryn-hill-in-new-song-draft-day-listen-6032583|access-date=August 29, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829224018/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6032583/drake-samples-lauryn-hill-in-new-song-draft-day-listen|url-status=live}} Kanye West (on "Believe What I Say"),{{cite web|last=Neale|first=Matthew|date=August 29, 2021|title=Kanye West has sampled Lauryn Hill on 'DONDA' and fans are loving it|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-has-sampled-lauryn-hill-on-donda-and-fans-are-loving-it-3031966|access-date=August 29, 2021|website=NME|language=en-GB|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829141407/https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-has-sampled-lauryn-hill-on-donda-and-fans-are-loving-it-3031966|url-status=live}} and interpolated by Lizzo (on the song "Break up Twice" from her album Special). In 2018, Hill became one of the most sampled artists of the year, when her single "Ex-Factor" was sampled on Cardi B's "Be Careful" and Drake's "Nice for What", while A$AP Rocky and Frank Ocean released "Purity" which sampled "I Gotta Find Peace of Mind".{{cite magazine |title=A$AP Rocky Returns With 'Testing,' His Most Experimental Album to Date |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8457947/asap-rocky-testing-album-review |magazine=Billboard |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=May 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525210515/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8457947/asap-rocky-testing-album-review |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine|date=May 28, 2019|title=Drake, Cardi B & More Artists Sampling Lauryn Hill in 2018 |magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lauryn-hill-samples-list-drake-cardi-b-asap-rocky-8458658|access-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528061953/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8458658/lauryn-hill-samples-list-drake-cardi-b-asap-rocky|archive-date=May 28, 2019}} J. Cole's songs "Cole Summer" and "Can I Holla at Ya" from his EP Truly Yours, both contain samples of songs from The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.{{cite web|date=March 30, 2020|title=6 Rap Songs That Sample Lauryn Hill Masterfully |website=Pitchfork|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/6-rap-songs-that-sample-lauryn-hill-masterfully/|access-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330064719/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/6-rap-songs-that-sample-lauryn-hill-masterfully/|archive-date=March 30, 2020}}

Hill's vocals from her work with the Fugees has been sampled or interpolated by countless artists, including DJ Khaled and Nas, Busta Rhymes, the Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar,{{Cite web |last=Abraham |first=Mya |date=July 6, 2017 |title=The Solid Score of Fu-Gee-La |url=https://www.ayoungoldman.com/theclassics2017/2017/7/6/the-solid-score-of-fu-gee-la |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423223707/https://www.ayoungoldman.com/theclassics2017/2017/7/6/the-solid-score-of-fu-gee-la |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |access-date=July 16, 2022 |website=Youngoldman}} Meek Mill,{{cite web |last=Glaysher |first=Scott |title=20 of the Best Hip-Hop Samples of Lauryn Hill's Music – XXL|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/best-hip-hop-songs-sample-lauryn-hill/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529091503/https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2018/04/best-hip-hop-songs-sample-lauryn-hill/|archive-date=May 29, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020 |website=XXL Mag|date=April 13, 2018 }} Jay-Z,{{cite web|title=Tracing The History Of The Fugees Sample On JAY-Z's "Moonlight"|url=https://genius.com/a/tracing-the-history-of-the-fugees-sample-on-jay-z-s-moonlight|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Genius|archive-date=April 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420015405/https://genius.com/a/tracing-the-history-of-the-fugees-sample-on-jay-z-s-moonlight|url-status=live}} and Mariah Carey (on the single "Save the Day", from her compilation album The Rarities).{{cite news|title=Hear Mariah Carey Sample Lauryn Hill On Her New Song, 'Save The Day'|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/08/21/904640683/hear-mariah-carey-sample-lauryn-hill-on-her-new-song-save-the-day|access-date=March 23, 2021|website=NPR|date=August 21, 2020|last1=Touros|first1=Cyrena|archive-date=March 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323073619/https://www.npr.org/2020/08/21/904640683/hear-mariah-carey-sample-lauryn-hill-on-her-new-song-save-the-day|url-status=live}} Furthermore, multiple artists have sampled Hill's songs from her live album MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 including Frank Ocean (on the Jazmine Sullivan-featured "Rushes" from his 2016 album Endless),{{cite web |title=Everyone Who Contributed to Frank Ocean's 'Endless' |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2016/08/frank-ocean-endless-contributors |access-date=March 23, 2021 |website=Complex |archive-date=May 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514210306/https://www.complex.com/music/2016/08/frank-ocean-endless-contributors |url-status=live }} Method Man ("Say"), and most notably Kanye West ("All Falls Down" featuring Syleena Johnson).{{cite web|last=Pearce|first=Sheldon|title=6 Rap Songs That Sample Lauryn Hill Masterfully|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/6-rap-songs-that-sample-lauryn-hill-masterfully/|access-date=March 24, 2021|website=Pitchfork|date=April 19, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330064719/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/6-rap-songs-that-sample-lauryn-hill-masterfully/|url-status=live}}

As an actress, Hill's most memorable role was portraying Rita Watson in the 1993 film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. Hill's performance in the film inspired Janelle Monáe to pursue an acting career.{{Cite web |last=Zack |first=Ethan |date=2023-01-12 |title=Janelle Monáe Talks Her Early Acting Inspiration (& Credits Another Whimsical Genius) |url=https://www.looper.com/1165003/janelle-monae-talks-her-early-acting-inspiration-credits-another-whimsical-genius/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Looper |language=en-US}} Multiple publications have listed her performance in the film as one of the best acting performances by a rapper.{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2024-05-16 |title=The 10 greatest hip-hop cameos in TV and film history |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/62612/1/top-10-hip-hop-rap-eminem-spike-lee-asap-rocky-cameos |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=Dazed |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Micah |date=2024-02-01 |title=20 Best Acting Performances From Rappers In Movies And TV Shows |url=https://screenrant.com/rappers-singers-best-performances-movies-tv/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}

The 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton was heavily influenced by Hill,{{cite web|title=How does 'Hamilton,' the non stop, hip-hop Broadway sensation tap rap's master rhymes to blur musical lines?|url=http://graphics.wsj.com/hamilton/|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=Wall Street Journal|archive-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119100222/http://graphics.wsj.com/hamilton/|url-status=live}} with creator Lin-Manuel Miranda naming Hill as one of his favorite rappers.{{cite web|last=Brooks|first=Katherine|date=July 5, 2016|title=Lin-Manuel Miranda Names His Favorite Rappers Of All Time|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lin-manuel-miranda-favorite-rappers_n_57757e63e4b09b4c43bfa3a6|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=HuffPost|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116192238/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lin-manuel-miranda-favorite-rappers_n_57757e63e4b09b4c43bfa3a6|url-status=live}} Miranda also referenced the track "Lost Ones" during the song "We Know",{{Cite web|title=Watch Leslie Odom Jr. reveal some hidden hip hop references in 'Hamilton'|url=https://www.today.com/video/watch-leslie-odom-jr-reveal-some-hidden-hip-hop-references-in-hamilton-667841603976|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=TODAY.com|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419194247/https://www.today.com/video/watch-leslie-odom-jr-reveal-some-hidden-hip-hop-references-in-hamilton-667841603976|url-status=live}} and Hill's verse from the Fugees single "Ready or Not", on the song "Helpless" from the musical.{{cite news |last=Wickman |first=Forrest |date=September 24, 2015 |title=All the Hip-Hop References in Hamilton: A Track-by-Track Guide |language=en-US |work=Slate |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/24/hamilton_s_hip_hop_references_all_the_rap_and_r_b_allusions_in_lin_manuel.html |access-date=February 23, 2021 |issn=1091-2339 |archive-date=December 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206103903/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/24/hamilton_s_hip_hop_references_all_the_rap_and_r_b_allusions_in_lin_manuel.html |url-status=live }}

Hill has earned a reputation for being late to her own concerts.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/09/entertainment/lauryn-hill-concert-controversies/index.html |title=Lauryn Hill's most controversial moments |last=France |first=Lisa Respers |date=May 9, 2016 |newspaper=CNN |access-date=July 2, 2024}} She irritated Wyclef Jean during a short 2005 tour by failing to appear on stage with the rest of the Fugees until 45–50 minutes into the performance. At the 2007 Nice Jazz Festival, Hill was 90 minutes late for her set, and she sang too softly to be heard. She was 2.5 hours late for a Brooklyn show in August 2007: the free Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series. In December 2010, she took the stage in Boston two-and-a-half hours late.{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/04/opinion/lauryn-hill-late-to-show-meme/ |last=Graham |first= Renée |date=April 4, 2024 |title=Lauryn Hill deserves to be more than a social media punchline |newspaper=Boston Globe |access-date=July 2, 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/12/22/lauryn-not-over-the-hill/ |last=Carter |first=Lauren |date=December 22, 2010 |title=Lauryn not over the Hill |newspaper=Boston Herald |access-date=July 2, 2024}} She was two hours late in Atlanta in May 2016, performing for only 40 minutes because the venue had a strict 11 pm curfew; she explained she had been "aligning my energy with the time".{{cite magazine |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/lauryn_hill_responds_to_criticism_after_showing_up_late_for_concert |last=Hudson |first=Alex |date=May 7, 2016 |title=Lauryn Hill Responds to Criticism After Showing Up Late for Concert |magazine=Exclaim! |access-date=July 2, 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/09/lauryn-hill-two-hours-late-for-concert-because-of-need-to-align-her-energies |author=Staff |date=May 8, 2016 |title=Lauryn Hill two hours late for concert because of need to 'align her energies' |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=July 2, 2024}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/lauryn-hill-explains-late-shows/ |last=Coleman |first=C. Vernon |date=May 8, 2016 |title=Lauryn Hill Explains Why She's Constantly Late to Her Shows |magazine=XXL |access-date=July 2, 2024}}

In November 2023, she was widely criticized for being late to a show in Los Angeles. She responded by saying her fans should consider themselves "lucky" that she appears on stage "every night".{{cite magazine |last=Brow |first=Jason |date=2023-11-06 |title=Lauryn Hill Defends Being Notoriously Late for Her Own Concerts |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/lauryn-hill-defends-being-notoriously-late-for-her-own-concerts/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |magazine=Us Weekly}} The comments were made a week after she said her doctors ordered her to vocal rest after she postponed a series of shows due to vocal injuries.{{Cite magazine |date=2023-11-06 |title=Lauryn Hill Starts Late in Los Angeles, Tells Fans, 'Y'all Lucky I Make It on This… Stage Every Night' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/lauryn-hill-talks-late-los-angeles-show-lucky-1235464155/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |magazine=Billboard}} According to Paul Meara of BET, Hill later shared an extended version of her comments that could be perceived as directed more toward the music industry than Hill's fans.{{Cite web |title=Lauryn Hill Shares Longer Video Clip Explaining Her Often Tardiness For Shows Noting 'Context Is Key' |url=https://www.bet.com/article/5vebv3/lauryn-hill-longer-video-clip-tardiness-context-key |access-date=2024-07-09 |website=BET |language=en}}

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Hill has won numerous accolades throughout her career, including eight Grammy Awards (including Album of the Year), the most won by a female rapper. She has also received six MTV Video Music Awards (including Video of the Year), four NAACP Image Awards (including the President's Award), four Guinness World Records, and three American Music Awards. In 2021, she was among the inaugural nominees for the Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame,{{cite magazine|date=February 18, 2021|title=Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame Announced With First Three Inductees|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/black-music-entertainment-walk-of-fame-announced-atlanta-9528154/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 15, 2021|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416054046/https://www.billboard.com/amp/articles/news/9528154/black-music-entertainment-walk-of-fame-announced-atlanta|url-status=live}} and was inducted in 2022.{{Cite magazine|last=Nazareno|first=Mia|date=December 17, 2021|title=Smokey Robinson, Berry Gordy, Jr. & More to Be Inducted at 2022 Black Music and Entertainment Walk of Fame|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/smokey-robinson-black-music-entertainment-walk-of-fame-2022-1235012202/|access-date=December 17, 2021|magazine=Billboard|language=en-US|archive-date=January 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129121129/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/smokey-robinson-black-music-entertainment-walk-of-fame-2022-1235012202/|url-status=live}}

Hill won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album as a member of The Fugees, for their album The Score, becoming the first woman to win the award.{{cite magazine|title=Cardi B Just Became the First Solo Female Artist to Win Best Rap Album Grammy|url=https://time.com/5526525/grammys-2019-cardi-b-best-rap-album/|magazine=Time|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=September 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200902073650/https://time.com/5526525/grammys-2019-cardi-b-best-rap-album/|url-status=live}} The Score also peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.{{cite web|last=Rob|first=D. J.|date=April 15, 2018|title=Here's The Short List of Female Rappers To Top The Billboard Album Chart …And The LONG List Of Those Who Haven't|url=https://djrobblog.com/archives/6205|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Djrobblog.com|language=en-US|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121043922/https://djrobblog.com/archives/6205|url-status=live}} Her first solo studio album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, also peaked at number one, making Hill the first solo female hip hop act to reach number one on that chart.{{cite magazine|title=Cardi B Becomes Fifth Female Rapper to Hit No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8337802/cardi-b-becomes-fifth-female-rapper-to-hit-no-1-on-billboard-200|access-date=March 9, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127055251/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8337802/cardi-b-becomes-fifth-female-rapper-to-hit-no-1-on-billboard-200|url-status=live}} The album sold more than 422,000 copies in its first week, which had broken the record previously held by Madonna, for highest first-week sales by a female artist.{{Cite web|date=August 27, 2015|title=5 Reasons Lauryn Hill's Influence On Music Is Incomparable|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-reasons-lauryn-hills-influence-on-music-is-incomparable_n_55df0cace4b0e7117ba8e9a3|access-date=October 20, 2021|website=HuffPost|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020015436/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/5-reasons-lauryn-hills-influence-on-music-is-incomparable_n_55df0cace4b0e7117ba8e9a3|url-status=live}} Both The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill and its lead single "Doo Wop (That Thing)" debuted at number one in the U.S., making Hill the first act to have debuted at number one on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 with their first entries on each chart.{{cite magazine|title='Work' Week: Rihanna Tops Hot 100 for Seventh Week, Fifth Harmony Earns First Top 10 Hit|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7318927/rihanna-work-hot-100-fifth-harmony-first-top-10|access-date=March 6, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506122727/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7318927/rihanna-work-hot-100-fifth-harmony-first-top-10|url-status=live}} The album also topped the Billboard Year-End Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it the first album by a female artist to accomplish this feat.

At the 41st Annual Grammy Awards, Hill received ten Grammy Award nominations and won five that night, including Album of the Year, with The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill being the first Hip hop album to win the award. She also set the record for most nominations for a female artist in one night, broke the record at the time previously set by Carole King for the most wins by a female artist in one night,{{Cite web|title=1999 Grammy Awards // Lauryn Hill wins best album, breaks female artist record|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/02/25/1999-grammy-awards-lauryn-hill-wins-best-album-breaks-female-artist-record/|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=Tampa Bay Times|archive-date=February 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206025921/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/02/25/1999-grammy-awards-lauryn-hill-wins-best-album-breaks-female-artist-record/|url-status=live}} and became the first female rapper to win the Best New Artist award.{{cite web|title=Grammys 2021 Predictions: Who Will Win and Who Should Win |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/grammys-2021-predictions-who-will-win-and-who-should-win/|access-date=March 13, 2021|website=pitchfork.com|date=March 12, 2021 |archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312180812/https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/grammys-2021-predictions-who-will-win-and-who-should-win/amp/|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|title=Nine Artists Could Dominate The 2021 Grammys Narrative: Here's What It Would Mean If Each of Them Did|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9537927/grammys-2021-narrative-beyonce-taylor-swift-dua-lipa|access-date=March 13, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-date=March 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312232347/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/9537927/grammys-2021-narrative-beyonce-taylor-swift-dua-lipa/|url-status=live}} Furthermore, she also became the first black solo act to win MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards.

In 1999, following the success of her first solo album, Hill landed on the cover of Time magazine, being the only black musician to land on the cover during that decade.{{cite web|date=August 14, 2018|title=When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of Time|url=https://lithub.com/when-they-put-lauryn-hill-on-the-cover-of-time/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603211330/https://lithub.com/when-they-put-lauryn-hill-on-the-cover-of-time/|archive-date=June 3, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020|website=Literary Hub|language=en-US}} With The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, she became a pioneer in the neo soul movement, when the album was one of the first in the genre to achieve mainstream success,{{cite web|date=January 23, 2017|title=TLG's Finest: 90s Neo-Soul|url=https://www.trouvelagroove.com/single-post/2017/01/23/TLGs-Finest-90s-Neo-Soul|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803122742/https://www.trouvelagroove.com/single-post/2017/01/23/TLGs-Finest-90s-Neo-Soul|archive-date=August 3, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020|website=trouve-la-groove}} and became the best-selling neo soul album of all time.{{cite news|date=February 17, 2021|title=Lauryn Hill's Iconic Album "The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' Goes Diamond|url=https://urbanislandz.com/2021/02/17/lauryn-hills-iconic-album-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-goes-diamond/|access-date=February 25, 2021|website=Urban Islandz|language=en-US|archive-date=March 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301061549/https://urbanislandz.com/2021/02/17/lauryn-hills-iconic-album-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-goes-diamond/|url-status=live}} The album has also been inducted into the Library of Congress.{{Cite web|title=National Recording Registry To "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-15-041/national-recording-registry-to-ac-cent-tchu-ate-the-positive/2015-03-25/|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=Library of Congress|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212034409/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-15-041/national-recording-registry-to-ac-cent-tchu-ate-the-positive/2015-03-25/|url-status=live}} NPR ranked it 2nd on its list of "The 150 Greatest Albums Made by Women".{{cite news|title=The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538307314/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-15|website=NPR|date=July 24, 2017|access-date=May 26, 2020|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502093342/https://www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538307314/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-15|url-status=live}} Rolling Stone listed it as the 10th-Greatest Album of All Time, on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, in 2020.{{cite magazine |date=September 22, 2020|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |access-date=September 22, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163403/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |url-status=live}}

In 2021, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), making Hill the first female hip hop artist to ever receive a Diamond certification in the United States.{{cite web|date=February 17, 2021|title=Lauryn Hill's 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' Has Gone Diamond|url=https://uproxx.com/music/lauryn-hill-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-diamond/|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=UPROXX|language=en-US|archive-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217050557/https://uproxx.com/music/lauryn-hill-the-miseducation-of-lauryn-hill-diamond/|url-status=live}} That same year, Rolling Stone placed her single "Doo Wop (That Thing)" and the Fugees version of "Killing Me Softly" on their revised list of the 500 Greatest Songs.{{Cite magazine|date=September 15, 2021|title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/|access-date=September 17, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture included "Doo Wop (That Thing)" on their Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap box set.{{Cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Taiyler Simone|date=August 9, 2021|title=The Smithsonian released a track list to their rap anthology today.|url=https://www.insider.com/the-smithsonian-released-track-list-to-their-rap-anthology-today-2021-8|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=Insider|language=en-US|archive-date=June 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630141103/https://www.insider.com/the-smithsonian-released-track-list-to-their-rap-anthology-today-2021-8|url-status=live}} In 2024, The Recording Academy selected it to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-20 |title=Lauryn Hill, Guns N' Roses among Grammy Hall of Fame inductees |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lauryn-hill-guns-n-roses-132111593.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Yahoo Entertainment |language=en-US}} It was also featured as the number one album of Apple Music's 2024 list of the 100 best albums.{{Cite web |date=22 May 2024 |title=Apple Music 100 Best Albums |url=https://100best.music.apple.com |access-date=22 May 2024}}

Along with having a successful music career as a member of The Fugees and as a solo artist, Hill also achieved success as a songwriter and producer for other artists. Hill has written songs for Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, CeCe Winans and produced songs for Whitney Houston and Santana,{{cite web|last=Sorcinelli|first=Gino|date=September 4, 2019|title=Micro-Chopping Lauryn Hill — An Exclusive 16-Track Playlist of Lauryn Hill Production|url=https://medium.com/micro-chop/micro-chopping-lauryn-hill-35ef2f154695|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803115833/https://medium.com/micro-chop/micro-chopping-lauryn-hill-35ef2f154695|archive-date=August 3, 2020|access-date=May 26, 2020|website=Medium}} among others. In 2015, she received the Golden Note Award from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Hill has also won ASCAP songwriting awards for her credits on Drake's "Nice for What", Aretha Franklin's "A Rose Is Still a Rose", Cardi B's "Be Careful", Mary J. Blige's "All That I Can Say", and Kanye West's "All Falls Down".

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• The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)

• Smokin' Grooves Tour (with Fugees, Cypress Hill, Ziggy Marley, A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes and Spearhead) (1996)
• Refugee Camp Tour (with Fugees) (1997)
• The Miseducation Tour (1999)
• Smokin' Grooves Tour (with The Roots and Outkast) (2002)
• Reunion Tour (with Fugees) (2005)
• Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series Tour (2011)
• Life Is Good / Black Rage Tour (with Nas) (2012)
• Homecoming Tour (2013–2014)
• Small Axe Tour (2015)
• MLH Caravan: A Diaspora Calling! Tour (2016–2017)
• PowerNomics Tour (with Nas) (2017)
• The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 20th Anniversary World Tour (2018–2019)
• Ms. Lauryn Hill Live in Concert (2020)
• The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 25th Anniversary Tour (with Fugees) (2023)

• List of artists who reached number one in the United States

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