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| Lauryn Hill, the Grammy award-winning US hip-hop artist, has been sentenced to three months in prison and an additional three months of home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1m (£640,000) in earnings. | Lauryn Hill, the Grammy award-winning US hip-hop artist, has been sentenced to three months in prison and an additional three months of home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1m (£640,000) in earnings. |
| The singer, who largely disappeared from public view to raise her six children after a high profile career with the Fugees and then as a solo artist, pleaded guilty last year. | The singer, who largely disappeared from public view to raise her six children after a high profile career with the Fugees and then as a solo artist, pleaded guilty last year. |
| Hill, 37, told a court in the US state of New Jersey on Monday that she had always meant to eventually pay the taxes but was unable to during a period of time when she dropped out of the music business. | Hill, 37, told a court in the US state of New Jersey on Monday that she had always meant to eventually pay the taxes but was unable to during a period of time when she dropped out of the music business. |
| "I needed to be able to earn so I could pay my taxes, without compromising the health and welfare of my children, and I was being denied that," Hill said in a statement, without explaining what exactly triggered her actions. Before the sentencing, Hill's lawyer said that the singer had paid more than $970,000 to satisfy the state and federal tax liabilities. | "I needed to be able to earn so I could pay my taxes, without compromising the health and welfare of my children, and I was being denied that," Hill said in a statement, without explaining what exactly triggered her actions. Before the sentencing, Hill's lawyer said that the singer had paid more than $970,000 to satisfy the state and federal tax liabilities. |
| Hill started her hip-hop career in the Fugees in the early 1990s alongside Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel before going solo in 1998 with the critically acclaimed album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. | Hill started her hip-hop career in the Fugees in the early 1990s alongside Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel before going solo in 1998 with the critically acclaimed album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. |
| Although the singer has been inactive musically, she earned the money largely from music and film royalties. She also owns and operates four different companies and had been staging a comeback. A second studio album, The Return, is due for release later this year. | Although the singer has been inactive musically, she earned the money largely from music and film royalties. She also owns and operates four different companies and had been staging a comeback. A second studio album, The Return, is due for release later this year. |
| At the time of her arrest last year, she wrote a criticism rejecting pop culture's "climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism". | At the time of her arrest last year, she wrote a criticism rejecting pop culture's "climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism and ageism". |
| "Over-commercialisation and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual," Hill wrote. | "Over-commercialisation and its resulting restrictions and limitations can be very damaging and distorting to the inherent nature of the individual," Hill wrote. |
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