Lauryn Hill Responds to Claims of Stealing ‘Miseducation’ Music, Harsh Band Treatment

“I might are comprehensive, however, these square measure my songs,” singer says of Henry M. Robert Glasper claims that she scarf musicians’ work for landmark 1998 LP

Lauryn Hill has more experienced claims that she “stole” the music on her The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill similarly as claims of pattern toward her road band. “I apologize for the delay in obtaining this announce, I used to be late in hearing related to it. I understand this can be long, however, my last interview was over a decade ago…,” Hill wrote.

Earlier this month, player Henry M. Robert Glasper gave an associate interview to a Houston radio station where he made public however Hill had “stolen all of [his] friends’ music” throughout the creating of the landmark 1998 album; the collective of musicians UN agency worked on Miseducation later sued Hill over writing credit. The cause was settled in 2001.

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On Monday, Hill enclosed an extensive response on Medium defensive herself against Glasper claims. “The Miseducation was the primary time I worked with musicians outside of the Fugees [whose] report and dealing relationship was clear. In an attempt to form an equivalent level of comfort, I'll not have established the required boundaries ought to|and will} are a lot of fabulous than I should are,” Hill wrote.

“In understanding, I'd have handled it otherwise for the removal of any confusion. and that I have handled it otherwise since, I’m clear and that I elucidate before somebody walks within the door what I'm and am not searching for. I'll are comprehensive, however these square measure my songs.”

Glasper – UN agency was shortly a member of Hill’s band in 2008 – additionally, suspect Hill of being infamously harsh on her road unit. “Every day she comes in and changes the show, changes what she desires to try and do,” Glasper aforesaid. “The last rehearsal, she doesn’t show up. Her manager comes in and says, ‘Lauryn not very feeling the means you guys are learning the music, thus we’re gonna cut your pay in half.'”

In response thereto accusation, Hill said, “Don’t have the main points or recollection of cutting the band’s pay in half If fees had been negotiated and confirmed while not my data, I'll have asked for them to be adjusted. however, I'd ne'er simply cut a musician’s pay willy-nilly unless I had a legitimate reason. There square measure artists UN agency do cut pay tho', James Brown was ill-famed for tying up musicians if they did one thing he didn’t like, I’m positive their square measure others.”

Glasper cited Stevie marvel, Quincy Jones, and Herbie John Hancock as 3 artists as “if those 3 individuals may be cool, Lauryn Hill ought to be able to be cool. You haven’t done enough to be the means you're. you simply haven't. The one factor you most likely did that was nice [Miseducation], you didn’t do.”

Hill wrote in response, “I love Stevie, and honor Herbie and Quincy, UN agency square measure our forebears, however, they’re not ladies. Men typically will say ‘I need it done like this’ and not be challenged. equivalent rules don’t forever apply for girls UN agency could also be met with resistance. once this happens you replace that player with somebody UN agency respects you and therefore the place of work you hold.”