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Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean surprise fans in Piccadilly Circus as they tease new Fugees album

The legendary musicians are in London ahead of Hill’s Milton Keynes festival

Evening Standard

“Will there be music in the future? Absolutely”: Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean are positive that the Fugees will record again

But that’s unlikely to involve Pras Michel

MusicRadar

The Fugees will 'absolutely' release new music after 'healing' journey

The Fugees have confirmed they’re ready to record new music together for the first time in 30 years, with Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean saying their reunion has sparked an “incredible healing” and a renewed desire to return to the studio.

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Fugees rapper Pras turns himself in to begin 14-year prison sentence

Michel was convicted in 2023 of charges including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government

The Independent UK

Fugees rapper Pras Michel turns himself in for 14-year prison sentence but will still appeal

Fugees rapper Pras Michel has turned himself in to start his 14-year prison sentence following his conviction in 2023.

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Pras Michel dismisses Lauryn Hill lawsuit

Pras Michel has dropped his ongoing lawsuit against former Fugees bandmate Lauryn Hill, just weeks before he is due to go to prison for 14 years.

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Quick Facts About John Forte: Net Worth, Early Life, Drug Sentence and Sudden Death

John Forte, Grammy-nominated Fugees collaborator, found dead at 50. He served seven years for drug charges before Bush commuted his sentence.

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“This one hurts my brother”: Fugees and Wyclef Jean collaborator John Forté has died

Rapper and producer appeared on The Score

MusicRadar

10 Photos of John Forté: Grammy Nominee Found Dead at 50 as Mystery Surrounds Cause of Death

John Forté, the Grammy-nominated Fugees collaborator, has died aged 50. Police say no foul play as questions linger.

International Business Times UK

Truth Behind John Forte's Career Downfall as Fugees Rapper Mysteriously Died in His Home

Before John Forte died in his home, his career and personal life saw drastic turns that led to a career downfall. Here's what happened.

International Business Times UK

John Forté dead: Grammy-nominated musician known for work with the Fugees dies at 50

Grammy-nominated musician John Forté, celebrated for his work with the Fugees and Refugee Camp All-Stars, has died at the age of 50. He was found dead at his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon, police confirmed.

The Independent UK

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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The Independent UK

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

Euronews

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Guitar World

“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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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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

MusicRadar

"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”

Salon

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

Guitar World

“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

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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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