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- NAME: Lauryn Hill
- OCCUPATION: Television Actress, Songwriter, Music Producer, Singer
- BIRTH DATE: May 26, 1975 (Age: 37)
- EDUCATION: Columbia University, Columbia High School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: South Orange, New Jersey
- Full Name: Lauryn Noelle Hill
- AKA: Lauryn Hill
- ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini
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When singer, songwriter and actress Lauryn Hill released her solo debut album, she became the first woman or hip-hop artist to win five Grammy Awards.
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Other Projects and Personal Life
Outside of her performance career, Hill is a dedicated activist. She founded an organization dedicated to serving underprivileged urban youth called the Refugee Camp Youth Project; the group raises money to send inner-city children in Hill's native New Jersey to summer camp.
Hill has five children with longtime boyfriend Rohan Marley, the son of legendary reggae singer Bob Marley: Zion (born in August 1997), Selah Louise (born in November 1998),
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Joshua (born in January 2002), John (born in 2003) and Sarah (born in January 2008). Hill also has a son from a later relationship, Micah, who was born on July 23, 2011.
Recent News
In May 2013, a 37-year-old Hill made headlines when she was sentenced to three months in prison for not paying federal taxes on approximately $1 million in earnings. The hip-hop singer had pleaded guilty to the tax-evasion charges in 2012. "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, following her sentencing.
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