History Trivia / LaurynHill

* CreatorKiller: When ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' won critical acclaim, massive sales, and the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Album of the Year, she quickly emerged as the BreakupBreakout of Music/TheFugees and looked to have a long career ahead... only for her studio follow-up to fall into DevelopmentHell amid reports of mental health problems. TheLastStraw for many fans awaiting new material was her 2002 LiveAlbum ''MTV Unplugged No. 2.0'', a vastly different work in which, instead of performing her hits, she performed a series of brand-new, unfinished, and very lengthy songs without her backing band (who she was in a legal fight with at the time), after having blown her voice out in rehearsals the night before (leaving her sounding raspy and frequently flubbing her lyrics), and spent the time in between rambling about "reality" and how CelebrityIsOverrated. Many listeners and critics found it preachy, self-indulgent, and lacking the energy of ''Miseducation'', and even some of the executives at Columbia Records admitted that had anybody other than Hill recorded that album, it never would have been released. She vanished from mainstream attention soon after and came to be better known for her personal troubles than her music.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the early 2000s, she wrote a screenplay about the life of Music/BobMarley, in which she planned to act as his wife Rita. She also began producing a RomanticComedy about soul food with a working title of ''Sauce'', and accepted a starring role in the film adaptation of Creator/ToniMorrison's novel ''Literature/{{Beloved}}''; she later dropped out of both projects due to pregnancy. She also reportedly turned down roles in ''Film/CharliesAngels'', ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'', ''Film/TheMexican'' and ''Franchise/TheMatrix'' sequels.

* ArtistDisillusionment: As the most notable member of Music/TheFugees she became a star thanks to their album ''Music/TheScore''. When her solo debut ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' came out, it was both a critical and a commercial success. Even when listened to today, it hasn't aged that bad, mostly because Hill made it more of a {{Soul}} album than a HipHop album. But Lauryn didn't like the way the music industry worked, putting a ridiculous amount of effort into maintaining a personal vision without the burden of ExecutiveMeddling, and in the end decided that she wanted to focus more on her family. Not helping matters is that, a few years ago, she was convicted of tax evasion and has had quite a few financial setbacks as a result. Barring an Unplugged album that was released in ''2002'' and the occasional tour, she doesn't seem all that interested in bringing out new material, making a revival of her music pretty unlikely nowadays.
* BeamMeUpScotty: The UrbanLegend regarding her saying that "she would rather starve than have white people buy her records," which was started by a prank call to Creator/HowardStern's radio show. Gained wider fame due to Music/{{Eminem}} repeating it in a joking fashion in one of his songs.
* CreatorBacklash: She doesn't particularly like her songs anymore, especially the ones from ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill''. During performances she often performs unrecognizable remixes that are either sped up too much, too loud, or both.

* CreatorKiller: When ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' won critical acclaim, massive sales, and the UsefulNotes/GrammyAward for Album of the Year, she quickly emerged as the Breakup Breakout of Music/TheFugees and looked to have a long career ahead... only for her studio follow-up to fall into DevelopmentHell amid reports of mental health problems. TheLastStraw for many fans awaiting new material was her 2002 LiveAlbum ''MTV Unplugged No. 2.0'', a CreatorBreakdown recorded on compact disc in which, instead of performing her hits, she performed a series of brand-new, unfinished, and very lengthy songs without her backing band (who she was in a legal fight with at the time), after having blown her voice out in rehearsals the night before (leaving her sounding raspy and frequently flubbing her lyrics), and spent the time in between rambling about "reality" and how CelebrityIsOverrated. Many listeners and critics found it preachy, self-indulgent, and lacking the energy of ''Miseducation'', and even some of the executives at Columbia Records admitted that had anybody other than Hill recorded that album, it never would have been released. She vanished from mainstream attention soon after and came to be better known for her personal troubles than her music.

* ReclusiveArtist: Currently, she is the mother of six children by one of Music/BobMarley's sons, but still remains out of the public eye. In fact, nobody even knows where she lives. She does perform occasionally in concerts, but is notorious for being late (an egregious example being a December 2010 concert that started at 8:30 and she didn't show up until midnight) and performing poorly. She popped up again in the tabloids in mid-2013 after being sentenced to 3 months in prison for tax evasion - her excuse was that the IRS had not been respecting her family's privacy.

* BeamMeUpScotty: The UrbanLegend regarding her saying that "she would rather starve than have white people buy her records", which was started by a prank call to Creator/HowardStern's radio show. Gained wider fame due to Music/{{Eminem}} repeating it in a joking fashion in one of his songs.

* HideYourPregnancy: Her video for "Doo Wop {That Thing)" hid the fact that she was pregnant at the time.

* CreatorKiller: When ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' won critical acclaim, massive sales, and the GrammyAward for Album of the Year, she quickly emerged as the Breakup Breakout of Music/TheFugees and looked to have a long career ahead... only for her studio follow-up to fall into DevelopmentHell amid reports of mental health problems. TheLastStraw for many fans awaiting new material was her 2002 LiveAlbum ''MTV Unplugged No. 2.0'', a CreatorBreakdown recorded on compact disc in which, instead of performing her hits, she performed a series of brand-new, unfinished, and very lengthy songs without her backing band (who she was in a legal fight with at the time), after having blown her voice out in rehearsals the night before (leaving her sounding raspy and frequently flubbing her lyrics), and spent the time in between rambling about "reality" and how CelebrityIsOverrated. Many listeners and critics found it preachy, self-indulgent, and lacking the energy of ''Miseducation'', and even some of the executives at Columbia Records admitted that had anybody other than Hill recorded that album, it never would have been released. She vanished from mainstream attention soon after and came to be better known for her personal troubles than her music.

* CreatorKiller: When ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynill'' won critical acclaim, massive sales, and the GrammyAward for Album of the Year, she quickly emerged as the Breakup Breakout of Music/TheFugees and looked to have a long career ahead... only for her studio follow-up to fall into DevelopmentHell amid reports of mental health problems. TheLastStraw for many fans awaiting new material was her 2002 LiveAlbum ''MTV Unplugged No. 2.0'', a CreatorBreakdown recorded on compact disc in which, instead of performing her hits, she performed a series of brand-new, unfinished, and very lengthy songs without her backing band (who she was in a legal fight with at the time), after having blown her voice out in rehearsals the night before (leaving her sounding raspy and frequently flubbing her lyrics), and spent the time in between rambling about "reality" and how CelebrityIsOverrated. Many listeners and critics found it preachy, self-indulgent, and lacking the energy of ''Miseducation'', and even some of the executives at Columbia Records admitted that had anybody other than Hill recorded that album, it never would have been released. She vanished from mainstream attention soon after and came to be better known for her personal troubles than her music.

* ArtistDisillusionment[=/=]CreatorBreakdown: Her entire career following the release of her solo album. Hill basically retreated from the mainstream, refused to release further studio albums, and basically living the life of a reclusive with only the occasional live performance, where she performed brand new material. Many of the songs on ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' were rumored to be direct attacks on Wyclef Jean and Pras, such as "Lost Ones," "Superstar," "Ex-Factor" and "Forgive Them Father". "To Zion" discusses her first pregnancy and how people told her to have an abortion so that she wouldn't ruin her career, but she believed that her family should come first in her life.

* CreatorBacklash: Her solo album and her work on the Fugees have both been subjected to this.

* ArtistDisillusionment / CreatorBreakdown: Her entire career following the release of her solo album. Hill basically retreated from the mainstream, refused to release further studio albums, and basically living the life of a reclusive with only the occasional live performance, where she performed brand new material. Many of the songs on ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' were rumored to be direct attacks on Wyclef Jean and Pras, such as "Lost Ones," "Superstar," "Ex-Factor" and "Forgive Them Father". "To Zion" discusses her first pregnancy and how people told her to have an abortion so that she wouldn't ruin her career, but she believed that her family should come first in her life.
* BeamMeUpScotty: The UrbanLegend regarding her saying that "she would rather starve than have white people buy her records", which was started by a prank call to Howard Stern's radio show. Gained wider fame due to Eminem repeating it in a joking fashion in one of his songs.

* ReclusiveArtist: Very much so. After the success of her solo album, she couldn't handle the pressure of being in the public eye and in 2000, stepped away from public view. Pretty much the only thing most people know about her life now is that she has a lot of kids.
** She came back into the public eye when she got a 3 month jail term for tax evasion in 2013 - so a fair few people know that about her.

* ArtistDisillusionment/CreatorBreakdown: Her entire career following the release of her solo album. Hill basically retreated from the mainstream, refused to release further studio albums, and basically living the life of a reclusive with only the occasional live performance, where she performed brand new material. Many of the songs on ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' were rumored to be direct attacks on Wyclef Jean and Pras, such as "Lost Ones," "Superstar," "Ex-Factor" and "Forgive Them Father". "To Zion" discusses her first pregnancy and how people told her to have an abortion so that she wouldn't ruin her career, but she believed that her family should come first in her life.

* CreatorBreakdown: Her entire career following the release of her solo album. Hill basically retreated from the mainstream, refused to release further studio albums, and basically living the life of a reclusive with only the occasional live performance, where she performed brand new material. Many of the songs on ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' were rumored to be direct attacks on Wyclef Jean and Pras, such as "Lost Ones," "Superstar," "Ex-Factor" and "Forgive Them Father". "To Zion" discusses her first pregnancy and how people told her to have an abortion so that she wouldn't ruin her career, but she believed that her family should come first in her life.

* BeamMeUpScotty: The urban legend regarding her saying that "she would rather starve than have white people buy her records", which was started by a prank call to Howard Stern's radio show. Gained wider fame due to Eminem repeating it in a joking fashion in one of his songs.

* CreatorBreakdown: Her entire career following the release of her solo album. Hill basically retreated from the mainstream, refused to release further studio albums, and basically living the life of a reclusive with only the occasional live performance, where she performed brand new material. Many of the songs on ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' were rumored to be direct attacks on Wyclef Jean and Pras, such as "Lost Ones," "Superstar," "Ex-Factor" and "Forgive Them Father". "To Zion" discusses her first pregnancy and how people told her to have an abortion so that she wouldn't ruin her career, but she believed that her family should come first in her life.

** She came back into the public eye when she got a 3 month jail term for tax evasion in 2013 - so a fair few people know that about her.

* ReclusiveArtist: Very much so. After the success of her solo album, she couldn't handle the pressure of being in the public eye and in 2000, stepped away from public view. Pretty much the only thing most people know about her life now is that she has a lot of kids.

* CreatorBreakdown: Many of the songs on ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' were rumored to be direct attacks on Wyclef Jean and Pras, such as "Lost Ones," "Superstar," "Ex-Factor" and "Forgive Them Father". "To Zion" discusses her first pregnancy and how people told her to have an abortion so that she wouldn't ruin her career, but she believed that her family should come first in her life.