Rap-Up.com || Lauryn Hill Explains Why She Left the Game

Lauryn Hill is gradually warming back up to the spotlight following years of shying away from the public eye, and she’s ready to talk about why she ducked out. Speaking with Fuse’s Touré at this year’s Rock the Bells Festival, L. Boogie shared that motherhood and public scrutiny forced her to hang up the mic.

“I wanted a real life as well, out of public scrutiny,” she explained. “I wanted to be able to live, to reclaim my private life, to reclaim my individuality outside of mass media scrutiny. I wanted that freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.”

Parenting and raising her children was Ms. Hill’s first priority. “Parenting, making sure that they had normalcy, privacy, and the right to be real people without the scrutiny and the pressure of the challenges that the media can put up sometimes… I wanted them to have a real childhood,” she said. “It’s some good timing. My youngest daughter is two-and-a-half now, so I was kind of a stay-at-home mom.”

The former Fugees member, whose recently liberated track “Repercussions” cracked the Billboard charts upon release, noted that she’s ready to express herself again through music—though she isn’t sure if she wants to put out a full-length album.

“Maybe [I'll release] some new recordings, in terms of what type of context they come out in… I’m real free,” she furthered. “I think I’m ready to express myself again. You have to live life so you have something substantial to share or else it’s kind of pointless and vain.”

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13 Comments

jeremydante
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:58 am
i wish her powerful words were backed by powerful performances. as of late, she has ruined her legacy.
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A Realist
September 2nd, 2010 at 11:05 am
This is extremely exciting. Cannot wait to hear some new material!
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Vee
September 2nd, 2010 at 11:50 am
In other words, she didn’t want to get Alicia Keys size criticism for sticking it out with that Marley dude. American’s aren’t to kneed to them kind of behaviors.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 1:22 pm
i still think she’s crazy as hell, but good for her for raising her kids and not being a paparazzi magnet.
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HASDU718
September 2nd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
TORUE… WHAT EVER HIS NAME IS! IS FULL OF S%*T! AFTER THAT INTERVIEW HE TWEETED SHE WAS TERRIBLE ….. SMILING IN THOSE INTERVIEWS SAYING HE’S HAPPY SHE’S BACK…….I LOVE YOU LAURYN AND I’M READY FOR YOUR COMEBACK
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WhatTheF
September 2nd, 2010 at 4:10 pm
I hope she comes back and turns her swag on!
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Jay
September 2nd, 2010 at 4:49 pm
HER STATEMENT ;
“You have to live life so you have something substantial to share or else it’s kind of pointless and vain.”
REALLY MAKES YOU LOOK AT OTHER ATTENTION SEEKING CELEBRITIES. WOW. GO LAURYN, HOPE SHES HEALTHY, HAPPY ANS SANE, DOING WHAT SHE LOVES
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SHAY
September 2nd, 2010 at 5:53 pm
I have been looking forward to the day Lauryn would come back to the mic! She can show the newcomers what a real artist can do! MISSED YOU LAURYN! Understand the soul needs some rest!
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Carmen
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:13 pm
welcome back Lauryn. You betetr bring it. I’m rooting for u
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Bridgette
September 2nd, 2010 at 6:37 pm
She’s a lyricist!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a performer. Call Beyonce if you want that shit.
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Renata
September 2nd, 2010 at 7:50 pm
she made a lot of sense. i’m excited to hear that she is returning to Hip Hop. Hip Hop is supposed to be about connecting to the real life experiences of its listeners and I believe that her previous music did that. It will be interesting to see if she is still able to achieve his with her new music.
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noway
September 2nd, 2010 at 8:50 pm
she isn’t saying 100% what she will do so i wont believe nothing yet, i learned that over the years. i think she should come out with an album. lauryn hill is so talented.
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bunhas
October 27th, 2010 at 8:36 am
im giving u my best sympathies and whishes that u comebak as strong as ever, coz this game is rotten with so called celebrities, your wirds as ever are powerful and frank, godblees u sista
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