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Topic: Lauryn Hill

Singer and rapper Lauryn Hill (Lauryn Noelle Hill) performs at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois in April 1999. (Raymond Boyd/Getty Images)

Lauryn Hill tops Apple's 100 best albums

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SZA and Taylor Swift seen during the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California (John Shearer/Getty Images for the Recording Academy)

Grammys' annual album of the year snub

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Award winner Lauryn Hill performing on 'The Source Hip Hop Music Awards' at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California on August 18, 1999. (Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect/Getty Images)

The lessons Lauryn Hill taught me

D. Watkins
Portrait of American pop and rhythm & blues musician Lauryn Hill, 1998. (Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)

"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" at 25

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Lauryn Hill (AP/Evan Agostini)

"The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" at 20

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Lauryn Hill; Kendrick Lamar; Notorious B.I.G. (Getty/AP/Salon)

A hip-hop Pulitzer? That came late

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Noah Berlatsky
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Salt-N-Pepa, Lauryn Hill (Reuters/Mark Cardwell)

Hip-hop's gender problem

Feminista Jones
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I loved Lauryn and my wife

Wyclef Jean