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From Fugee to felon: how Pras ‘betrayed his country’

Ex-member of the hip-hop group was convicted of money laundering and campaign finance violations after funneling money from a rich Malaysian

The Guardian - US

Fugees Michel Pras 'Betrayed His Country for Money,' Sentenced to 14 Years for $100M Foreign Lobbying Plot

Fugees' Michel Pras was accused of taking millions from fugitive Malaysian financier Jho Low and funnelling them through straw donors to Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.

International Business Times UK

Pras Michel’s 14-Year Sentence Follows Foreign Cash Plot That Pulled in Hollywood Names

Grammy winner Prakazrel “Pras” Michel from the Fugees has been handed a 14-year prison sentence after being found guilty

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Fugees rapper jailed for 14 years after illegally funneling millions through Obama election campaign

The trial included testimony from actor Leonardo DiCaprio and former Attorney General Jeff Sessions

The Independent UK

The Oasis Effect: Which bands should reunite next?

Call it a comeback. If Oasis can heed their own advice and not look back in anger, then anything’s possible... Here are the musical acts we’d love to see reunited. And the odds we'll see them together again.

Euronews

Ready or not, here she comes: Lauryn Hill’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Ahead of her 50th birthday this month, we rate the best tracks of the multi-hyphenate talent who, with Fugees and as a solo artist, blended soul, hip-hop and reggae with raw emotion and charisma

The Guardian - UK

“We set out to put our thoughts and musical ideas out there, hoping they’d be appreciated. That’s proved to be true”: Sampled by Grandmaster Flash, De La Soul and the Fugees, Cymande shaped the sound of hip-hop. Now they’re back to claim their legacy

Cymande’s influence on hip-hop culture is huge. But with new album Renascence, the spotlight returns to the funk institution, and Patrick Patterson is here to play

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Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder lead tributes to Roberta Flack in memorial full of music and memories

Flowers filled the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York as a service open to the public was held in honour of the legendary artist

The Independent UK

Music flows as Stevie Wonder and Lauryn Hill lead tributes at Roberta Flack memorial

Grammy winner, who died last month at 88, remembered at New York service with series of star performers

The Guardian - US

"Quincy told her, 'Ro, don't sing that doggone song no more until you record it'": A music professor breaks down Roberta Flack's Killing Me Softly with His Song

“I can’t think of another major hit with a fourteen-bar chorus”

MusicRadar

Roberta Flack’s enduring legacy

Flack, who died Monday at 88, is being honored by her peers as one of the greatest soul singers of all time

Salon

“We have no problem with sampling. If it hadn’t been for that you probably wouldn’t be interviewing us today”: Cymande bassist Steve Scipio on how the funk pioneers were almost buried before crate diggers like De La Soul and the Fugees brought them back

Ahead of a brand-new album, Scipio reveals what he’s kept and what he’s changed over 50 years of playing bass – and why he still only needs one pedal

Guitar World

Pras Michel 'never wanted to be a spy'

The Fugees star Prakazrel ‘Pras’ Michel has declared he "never wanted to be a spy" after being convicted of 10 charges in an international fraud case which included accusations he acted as an unregistered agent of a foreign government.

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'I'm done with that': Pras quits Fugees after suing Lauryn Hill

Pras says he is having nothing more to do with Fugees amid his legal row with bandmate Lauryn Hill.

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The Independent UK

Lauryn Hill sued by Fugees bandmate for fraud over tour. She says the lawsuit is 'baseless'

Fugees rapper Pras is suing his bandmate Lauryn Hill for fraud over the group’s shortened 2023 reunion tour

The Independent UK

Lauryn Hill responds to ‘baseless’ lawsuit from Fugees co-founder over failed 2023 tour

Hill argues the lawsuit against her ‘is full of false claims and unwarranted attacks’

The Guardian - US

Lauryn Hill sued by Fugees co-member Pras Michél over failed tour

The singer is at the centre of a lawsuit accusing her of fraud and breach of contract over the collapse of an arena tour

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Judge Denies New Trial In Rapper's Political Conspiracy Case

Judge denies new trial motion in high-profile case involving rapper Pras Michel; AI program use not unfair.

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The Independent UK

Judge rejects claims that generative AI tanked political conspiracy case against Fugees rapper Pras

A judge has rejected a push for a new trial in a multimillion-dollar political conspiracy case against rapper Pras Michel of the Fugees

Reason

Fugees Rapper Pras Michel Not Entitled to New Trial Based on Lawyer's Use of AI to Help Craft Closing Argument

Among other things, "Michel does not explain how ... the [AI-generated] mistaken attribution of a Puff Daddy song in the closing argument" sufficiently undermined his case.

MusicRadar

“We were blessed with a mini impromptu concert and it was lit!!” Lauryn Hill performs at her high school reunion

Lauryn Hill turns up to her high school reunion and performs an impromptu set

The Guardian - UK

Lauryn Hill blames ‘clickbait headlines’ for low ticket sales and cancelled US tour

Tour featuring Hill and her reunited group Fugees was due to begin this week, but Hill blames media sensationalism for impacting sales

The Independent UK

Lauryn Hill blames media ‘sensationalism’ for tour cancellation

Musician said the way that previous cancellations have been reported has put fans off buying tickets for her new shows

Evening Standard

Lauryn Hill and Fugees fans fear for UK Miseducation Anniversary Tour after US dates mysteriously cancelled

It’s not the first time that the iconic hip hop trio have cancelled on fans

The Independent UK

Lauryn Hill and The Fugees abruptly cancel Miseducation US tour dates

Fans said it was ‘disheartening’ to be a fan of Hill

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