Editing Lauryn Hill (section)

===1994–1996: Success with the Fugees and motherhood===
Pras, Hill and Jean renamed their group [[Fugees]], a derivative of the word "refugee", which was a derogatory term for [[Haitian Americans]].<ref name="Foege">{{cite news | last=Foege | first=Alec | author-link=Alec Foege | title=Fugees: Leaders of the New Cool [cover story] | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=September 5, 1996 | pages=40–47}}</ref> Hill began a romantic relationship with Jean.<ref name="nmepictures" /> The Fugees, who signed a contract with [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/[[Ruffhouse Records]] in 1993,<ref name="teen"/> became known for their genre blending, particularly of reggae, rock and soul,<ref name=encyclopedia358/> which was first experimented on their debut album, ''[[Blunted on Reality]]'', released in 1994. It reached No. 62 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] chart<ref name=fugeeschart>{{cite magazine|title=Fugees – Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart)|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=fugees|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums B}}|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 7, 2013}}</ref> but overall sold poorly<ref name="time-Farley" /><ref name="teen"/> and was met by poor critical reviews due to their management's insistence they adopt [[gangsta rap]] attitudes.<ref name="Foege"/> Although the album made little impact, Hill's rapping on "Some Seek Stardom" was seen as a highlight.<ref name=artistdirect>{{cite web|title=Fugees Biography|url=http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/fugees/433278|publisher=[[Artistdirect]]|access-date=June 17, 2013|archive-date=February 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221184423/http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/bio/fugees/433278|url-status=live}}</ref> Within the group, she was frequently referred to by the nickname "L. Boogie".<ref name="people" /> Hill's image and artistry, as well as her full, rich, raspy [[alto]] voice, placed her at the forefront of the band, with some fans urging her to begin a solo career.<ref name="Foege"/><ref name=artistdirect/>

The Fugees' second album, ''[[The Score (Fugees album)|The Score]]'' (1996), peaked at No. 1 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Fugees – Chart History (Hot 200)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/fugees/chart-history/billboard-200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=November 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121091218/https://www.billboard.com/artist/fugees/chart-history/billboard-200/|url-status=live}}</ref> and stayed in the top ten of that chart for over half a year.<ref name="Foege"/> It sold about seven million copies in the United States<ref name="riaa-db">{{cite web | url=http://riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database | title=RIAA – Gold & Platinum Searchable Database | publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] | access-date=July 7, 2013 | archive-date=January 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103185214/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database | url-status=live}}</ref> and more than 20 million copies worldwide.<ref name="wwsales">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Hg7AQAAIAAJ|date=2003|title=Song|page=120|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|volume=60|access-date=April 15, 2022|archive-date=September 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906151927/https://books.google.com/books?id=5Hg7AQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1996 [[Pazz & Jop|Pazz & Jop Critics Poll]], ''The Score'' came second in the list of best albums and three of its tracks placed within the top 20 best singles.<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=Pazz & Jop 1996 Critics Poll |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres96.php|work=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=July 13, 2013|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622134913/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres96.php|url-status=live}}</ref> It won the [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Album]],<ref name=fugeesawards>{{cite web |title=The Score – Fugees: Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-score-mw0000646570/awards |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=August 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130804212958/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-score-mw0000646570/awards|url-status=live}}</ref> and was later included on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|list of the 500 greatest albums of all time]].<ref name="rs500albums">{{cite magazine|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time – The Fugees, 'The Score'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-fugees-the-score-20120525|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 31, 2009|access-date=June 18, 2013|archive-date=August 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805154914/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/the-fugees-the-score-20120525|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Score'' garnered praise for being a strong alternative to the gangsta idiom, and Hill stated, "We're trying to do something positive with the music because it seems like only the negative is rising to the top these days. It only takes a drop of purity to clean a cesspool."<ref name="nw-allison"/>

Singles from ''The Score'' included "[[Fu-Gee-La]]" and "[[Ready or Not (Fugees song)|Ready or Not]]", which highlighted Hill's singing and rapping abilities,<ref name="prog"/> and the [[Bob Marley]] cover "[[No Woman, No Cry]]". Her rendition of "[[Killing Me Softly with His Song|Killing Me Softly]]" became the group's breakout hit.<ref>{{cite news|title=Killing Me Softly by the Fugees|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/killing-me-softly-fugees|access-date=June 18, 2013|newspaper=Rolling Stone|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407201743/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/song-stories/killing-me-softly-fugees|url-status=live}}</ref> Buttressed by what ''Rolling Stone'' publications later called Hill's "evocative" vocal line<ref name=encyclopedia358/> and her "amazing pipes",<ref name="rs500albums"/> the track became pervasive on pop, R&B, hip hop, and [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] radio formats.<ref name=encyclopedia358>{{cite book|editor1-last=George-Warren|editor1-first=Holly|editor2-last=Ramanowski|editor2-first=Patricia|title=The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll|year=2001|publisher=[[Fireside Books]]|location=New York|isbn=0-7432-0120-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl/page/358 358–359]|edition=3rd|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstoneency00holl/page/358}} [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/fugees/biography The Fugees entry online] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917193529/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/fugees/biography |date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> It won the [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]].<ref name="fugeesawards" /><ref>{{cite web|title=The Score – Fugees|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-score-mw0000646570|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=August 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806071251/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-score-mw0000646570|url-status=live}}</ref> On the album, Hill combined [[African-American music]] and [[List of Caribbean music genres|Caribbean music]] influences with socially conscious lyrics.<ref name="prog"/> ''[[Newsweek]]'' mentioned Hill's "irresistibly cute looks" and proclaimed her "the most powerful new voice in rap".<ref name="nw-allison">{{cite news |last=Samuels |first=Allison |title=Fugees Are the New Conscience of Rap |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-18177710/here-s-what-s-going-on-fugees-are-the-new-conscience |url-status=live |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |date=April 15, 1996 |access-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220054453/htsigmatp://www.questia.com/read/1G1-18177710/here-s-what-s-going-on-fugees-are-the-new-conscience |archive-date=February 20, 2014}}{{subscription required}}</ref>

When she was 21 years old, Hill was still living at home with her parents.<ref name="Foege"/> She had been enrolled at [[Columbia University]] during this period, and considered majoring in history as she became a sophomore,<ref name="Foege"/><ref name="nw-allison"/> but left after about a year of total studies once sales of ''[[The Score (album)|The Score]]'' went into the millions.<ref name="time-Farley">{{cite news|last=Farley|first=Christopher John|author-link=Christopher John Farley|title=Hip-Hop Nation: Lauryn Hill|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,990180,00.html|access-date=March 26, 2022|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=February 8, 1999|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326220524/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,990180,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1996, she responded to a false rumor on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' that she had made a racist comment on [[MTV]], saying "How can I possibly be a racist? My music is universal. And I believe in God. If I believe in God, then I have to love all of God's creations. There can be no segregation."<ref name="teen"/><ref name="heartofsoul" />

In 1996, Hill founded the Refugee Project, a non-profit outreach organization that sought to transform the attitudes and behavior of at-risk urban youth.<ref name="nyt-refproj">{{cite news |last=Muro |first=Matt |title=On the Cover, and Not Just for Looks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/nyregion/jersey-footlights-on-the-cover-and-not-just-for-looks.html |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 12, 1999 |access-date=July 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304171504/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/nyregion/jersey-footlights-on-the-cover-and-not-just-for-looks.html |archive-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref> Part of this was Camp Hill, which offered stays in the [[Catskill Mountains]] for such youngsters; another was production of an annual [[Halloween]] haunted house in East Orange.<ref name="nyt-refproj"/> Hill also raised money for Haitian refugees, supported clean water well-building projects in Kenya and Uganda, and staged a rap concert in [[Harlem]] to promote [[voter registration]]. A 1997 benefit event for the Refugee Project introduced a board of trustees for the organization that included [[Sean Combs]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Busta Rhymes]], [[Spike Lee]], and others as members.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429253/fugees-lauryn-get-help-from-puffy-mariah-busta-on-project.jhtml | title=Fugees' Lauryn To Get Help From Puffy, Mariah, Busta On Project | publisher=[[MTV News]] | date=October 27, 1997 | access-date=July 5, 2013 | archive-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202220713/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429253/fugees-lauryn-get-help-from-puffy-mariah-busta-on-project.jhtml | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1997, the Fugees split to work on solo projects,<ref name=fugeesbreak>{{cite news|last=Sieczkowski|first=Cavan|title=Wyclef Jean Says Lauryn Hill Affair, Paternity Lie Broke Up Fugees|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/wyclef-jean-lauryn-hill-paternity-lie-fugees-breakup_n_1894364.html|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=July 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708140659/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/18/wyclef-jean-lauryn-hill-paternity-lie-fugees-breakup_n_1894364.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which Jean later blamed on his tumultuous relationship with Hill and the fact he married his wife Claudinette while still involved with Hill.<ref name="fugeesbreak" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Connelly|first=Sheryl|title=Taking the rap: Wyclef Jean admits explosive affair with Lauryn Hill caused the Fugees to flame out|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/rap-wyclef-jean-admits-explosive-affair-lauryn-hill-caused-fugees-flame-article-1.1161635|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|date=September 18, 2012|access-date=June 8, 2013|archive-date=June 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623053220/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/rap-wyclef-jean-admits-explosive-affair-lauryn-hill-caused-fugees-flame-article-1.1161635|url-status=live}}</ref> Meanwhile, in the summer of 1996 Hill had met [[Rohan Marley]], a son of [[Bob Marley]] and a former [[Miami Hurricanes football|University of Miami football player]].<ref name=rollingstone>{{cite magazine|last=Touré|author-link=Touré (journalist)|title=The Mystery of Lauryn Hill|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-mystery-of-lauryn-hill-20031030|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=June 7, 2013|date=October 30, 2003|archive-date=July 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720003957/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-mystery-of-lauryn-hill-20031030|url-status=live}}</ref> Hill subsequently began a relationship with him, while still also involved with Jean.<ref name="rollingstone" /> Hill became pregnant in late 1996, and on August 3, 1997, Marley and Hill's first child, Zion David, was born.<ref name="rs-kot">{{cite news |last=Kot |first=Greg |author-link=Greg Kot |title=The Rolling Stone Music Awards: Lauryn Hill |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rolling-stone-music-awards-lauryn-hill-19990121 |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 21, 1999 |access-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227054519/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rolling-stone-music-awards-lauryn-hill-19990121 |archive-date=December 27, 2013}}</ref> The couple lived in Hill's childhood house in South Orange after she bought her parents a new house down the street.<ref name="teen">{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Ethan |title=Queen of the Hill |magazine=[[Teen People]] |date=May 1999 |pages=65–70}}</ref>

Hill had a cameo appearance in the 1997 film ''[[Hav Plenty]]''. In 1998, Hill took up another small, but important role in the film ''[[Restaurant (1998 film)|Restaurant]]'';<ref>{{cite news|last=Sisario|first=Ben|author-link=Ben Sisario|title=Jersey Footlights: Manhattan Dreams in Hoboken|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/23/nyregion/jersey-footlights-manhattan-dreams-in-hoboken.html|access-date=June 29, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 23, 2000|archive-date=March 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304171512/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/23/nyregion/jersey-footlights-manhattan-dreams-in-hoboken.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' praised her portrayal of the protagonist's pregnant former girlfriend as bringing vigor to the film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fretts|first=Bruce|title=Restaurant Review|url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275657,00.html|access-date=June 29, 2013|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=January 28, 2000|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224506/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275657,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>