Editing Lauryn Hill (section)

===2010–2022: Further activities and imprisonment===
In January 2010, Hill returned to the live stage and performed in stops across New Zealand and Australia on the [[Raggamuffin Music Festival]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=McKnight|first=Connor|title=Lauryn Hill Surfaces At Raggamuffin Music Festival In New Zealand|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959617/lauryn-hill-surfaces-at-raggamuffin-music-festival-in-new-zealand|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=January 25, 2010|archive-date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801174613/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/959617/lauryn-hill-surfaces-at-raggamuffin-music-festival-in-new-zealand|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of the songs that Hill had performed and recorded over the past six years were included on an April 2010 unofficial [[compilation album]] titled ''Khulami Phase''.<ref name="khulami">{{cite web|title=Khulami Phase|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/khulami-phase-mw0002074322|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 25, 2013|archive-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605192646/http://www.allmusic.com/album/khulami-phase-mw0002074322|url-status=live}}</ref> The album also features a range of other material found on the ''Ms. Hill'' compilation.<ref name="khulami" /> Hill appeared at the Harmony Festival in [[Santa Rosa, California]], in June 2010, her first live American performance in several years.<ref>{{cite web|last=Minaya|first=Marcell|title=Lauryn Hill performs at Harmony Festival|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a230495/lauryn-hill-performs-at-harmony-festival.html|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=June 20, 2010|archive-date=July 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709203230/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a230495/lauryn-hill-performs-at-harmony-festival.html|url-status=live}}</ref> An unreleased song called "[[Repercussions (Lauryn Hill song)|Repercussions]]" was leaked via the Internet in late July 2010, debuting at No. 94 on [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]] (and peaked at No. 83 the following week), making it her first ''Billboard'' chart appearance as a lead artist since 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956799/lauryn-hill-debuts-on-charts-after-over-10-years|title=Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=November 13, 2011|archive-date=May 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529092020/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956799/lauryn-hill-debuts-on-charts-after-over-10-years|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Image:Lauryn Hill 2011.png|thumb|Hill and her backing musicians performing at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival]], 2011]]
Hill joined the [[Rock the Bells]] hip-hop festival series in the U.S. during August 2010, and as part of that year's theme of rendering classic albums, she performed ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' in its entirety for the first time.<ref name="nyt-bells">{{cite news|last=Ratliff|first=Ben|title=Chunks of Memory, Reassembled Onstage|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/arts/music/erykah-badu-and-lauryn-hill-at-rock-the-bells-review.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=September 4, 2011|archive-date=May 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519020219/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/05/arts/music/erykah-badu-and-lauryn-hill-at-rock-the-bells-review.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref> She increased the tempo and urgency from the original recording, but at times had difficulty in communicating with her band.<ref name="nyt-bells"/> Hill continued touring, including a set at the 6th Annual Jazz in the Gardens, in [[Miami Gardens]], Florida in December.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jazz in the Gardens at Sun Life Stadium|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/slideshow/jazz-in-the-gardens-at-sun-life-stadium-32838089/|newspaper=[[Miami New Times]]|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=March 20, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201171644/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/slideshow/jazz-in-the-gardens-at-sun-life-stadium-32838089/|url-status=live}}</ref> In Spring 2011, Hill performed at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella Valley Music Festival]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Wappler|first=Margaret|title=Coachella 2011: Ready or not, Lauryn Hill commands the stage|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/coachella-2011-.html|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=April 15, 2011|archive-date=May 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506070033/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2011/04/coachella-2011-.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival|New Orleans Jazz Fest]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Chevel|title=Lauryn Hill Debuts At New Orleans' Jazz Festival|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/09/lauryn-hill-debuts-at-new_n_859227.html|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=May 7, 2011|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203064008/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/09/lauryn-hill-debuts-at-new_n_859227.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and at the [[Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Announces that Lauryn Hill will perform at the Boulevard Pool|url=http://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/footer/media-and-press/cosmopolitan-announces-ms-lauryn-hill.aspx|publisher=[[The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas]]|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=April 4, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401080855/http://www.cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/footer/media-and-press/cosmopolitan-announces-ms-lauryn-hill.aspx|archive-date=April 1, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2011, Hill gave birth to her sixth child, Micah, her first not with Rohan Marley; the father remains publicly unknown.<ref name="usweekly">{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill: Rohan Marley Is Not the Father of My Sixth Child|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-rohan-marley-is-not-the-father-of-my-sixth-child-20110728|magazine=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|access-date=June 11, 2013|agency=[[Us Weekly]]|date=July 28, 2011|archive-date=August 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819025610/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-rohan-marley-is-not-the-father-of-my-sixth-child-20110728|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2012, Hill performed a new song titled "Fearless Vampire Killer", during a sold-out performance at the [[Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.)|Warner Theater]] in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill "Fearless Vampire Killer" New Song [Video]|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2012/03/lauryn-hill-fearless-vampire-killer-new-song-video/|magazine=[[XXL Magazine]]|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=March 1, 2012|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201062954/http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2012/03/lauryn-hill-fearless-vampire-killer-new-song-video/|url-status=live}}</ref> In late 2012, Hill toured with rapper [[Nas]]; her portion of the tour, titled Black Rage, is named after her song, released October 30.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Nas and Ms. Lauryn Hill Announce Tour|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/475017/nas-and-ms-lauryn-hill-announce-tour|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=June 9, 2013|date=September 19, 2012|archive-date=May 28, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528013916/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/475017/nas-and-ms-lauryn-hill-announce-tour|url-status=live}}</ref> Hill has described the song as being "about the derivative effects of racial inequity and abuse" and "a juxtaposition to the statement 'life is good,' which she believes can only be so when these long standing issues are addressed and resolved."<ref>{{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill Debuts New Song 'Black Rage'|url=http://www.lauryn-hill.com/2012/10/lauryn-hill-debuts-new-song-black-rage/|publisher=lauryn-hill.com|access-date=June 9, 2013|archive-date=March 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307024048/http://www.lauryn-hill.com/2012/10/lauryn-hill-debuts-new-song-black-rage/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2012, Hill was charged with three counts of tax fraud or failing to file taxes (Title 26 USC § 7202 Willful failure to collect or pay over tax) not [[tax evasion]] on $1.8&nbsp;million of income earned between 2005 and 2007.<ref name="ap-jun12">{{cite news |last=Porter |first=David |date=June 29, 2012 |title=Lauryn Hill Tax Charges: Singer Pleads Guilty In NJ, Faces Jail Time |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/lauryn-hill-tax-charges-pleads-guilty_n_1638204.html |url-status=dead |access-date=June 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613200459/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/29/lauryn-hill-tax-charges-pleads-guilty_n_1638204.html |archive-date=June 13, 2013}}</ref> During this time she had toured as a musical artist, earned royalties from both her records and from films she had appeared in, and had owned and been in charge of multiple corporations.<ref>{{cite news| author=James C. McKinley Jr. |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/lauryn-hill-charged-with-tax-evasion/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910145330/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/lauryn-hill-charged-with-tax-evasion/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2015|newspaper=New York Times Blog|title=Lauryn Hill Charged With Tax Evasion|date=June 7, 2012}}</ref> In a long post to her [[Tumblr]], Hill said that she had gone "underground" and had rejected pop culture's "climate of hostility, false entitlement, manipulation, racial prejudice, sexism, and ageism." She added, "When I was working consistently without being affected by the interferences mentioned above, I filed and paid my taxes. This only stopped when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/lauryn-hill-faces-sentencing-in-nj-for-tax-evasion_n_3132379.html | title=Lauryn Hill Responds to Tax-Evasion Charges, Says She'll Rectify Situation | first=Natalie | last=Finn | publisher=[[E! News]] | date=June 8, 2012 | access-date=June 28, 2013 | archive-date=June 13, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613033059/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/lauryn-hill-faces-sentencing-in-nj-for-tax-evasion_n_3132379.html | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ap-apr13">{{cite news | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/lauryn-hill-faces-sentencing-in-nj-for-tax-evasion_n_3132379.html | title=Lauryn Hill Faces Sentencing In NJ For Tax Evasion | first=David | last=Porter | agency=[[Associated Press]] | work=[[The Huffington Post]] | date=April 22, 2013 | access-date=June 28, 2013 | archive-date=June 13, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613033059/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/22/lauryn-hill-faces-sentencing-in-nj-for-tax-evasion_n_3132379.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2012, Hill appeared in the [[United States District Court for the District of New Jersey]] in Newark and pleaded guilty to the charges. Her attorney said she would make restitution for the back taxes she owed.<ref name="ap-jun12"/> By April 2013, Hill had paid back only $50,000 of the $554,000 she owed immediately. U.S. Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo criticized Hill, saying "This is not someone who stands before the court penniless. This is a criminal matter. Actions speak louder than words, and there has been no effort here to pay these taxes."<ref name="ap-apr13"/> Hill faced possible eviction from her rented home in South Orange as well as a civil lawsuit from the town for running a business out of a home without a zoning permit.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2013/04/lauryn_hill_eviction.html | title=Lauryn Hill reportedly faces eviction; tax evasion sentencing Monday | first=Vicki | last=Hyman | newspaper=[[The Star-Ledger]] | location=Newark | date=April 19, 2013 | access-date=June 30, 2003 | archive-date=April 20, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420111140/http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2013/04/lauryn_hill_eviction.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

On May 4, 2013, Hill released her first official single in over a decade, "[[Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)]]".<ref name="neurotic" /> She later published a message on her Tumblr describing how she was "required to release [it] immediately, by virtue of the impending legal deadline".<ref name=neurotic>{{cite news|title='Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix),' Lauryn Hill's New Track, Released By Singer|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/05/neurotic-society-compulsory-mix-lauryn-hill-track_n_3219013.html|newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=May 5, 2013|first=Madeline|last=Boardman|archive-date=May 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527234231/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/05/neurotic-society-compulsory-mix-lauryn-hill-track_n_3219013.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The release received some criticism for lyrics that appeared to tie societal decay to certain [[LGBT social movements]].<ref name=BET>{{cite news|last=Miller|first=Monica|title=Commentary: It's Time to Be Honest With Lauryn Hill|url=https://www.bet.com/article/mj4yxg/commentary-it-s-time-to-be-honest-with-lauryn-hill|publisher=[[Black Entertainment Television]]|access-date=June 12, 2013|date=May 21, 2013|archive-date=June 7, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607141745/http://www.bet.com/news/national/2013/05/21/commentary-it-s-time-to-be-honest-with-lauryn-hill.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Hill responded that the song was not targeted at any particular group but was instead focused on anyone hiding behind neurotic behavior.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://mslaurynhill.tumblr.com/post/51812480181/neurotic-society-is-a-song-about-people-not-being |title=Neurotic Society is a song about people not being |newspaper=Tumblr |publisher=MsLaurynHill.com |date=May 31, 2013 |access-date=November 5, 2014 |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806150857/http://mslaurynhill.tumblr.com/post/51812480181/neurotic-society-is-a-song-about-people-not-being |url-status=live }}</ref> Following a deal with [[Sony Music]], which involves Hill creating a new record label within the company, Hill was said to be scheduled to release her first album in fifteen years during 2013.<ref name="neurotic" />

On May 6, 2013, Hill was sentenced by Judge Arleo to serve three months in prison for failing to file taxes/tax fraud and three months' [[house arrest]] afterwards as part of a year of supervised probation.<ref name="taxevasion">{{cite news|title=Lauryn Hill jailed for tax evasion|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22429181|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=May 6, 2013|archive-date=June 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605063941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22429181|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cnn-sent">{{cite news|last=Duke|first=Alan|title=The tax education of Lauryn Hill: Prison|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/06/showbiz/lauryn-hill-prison|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=June 30, 2013|date=May 7, 2013|archive-date=July 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703194918/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/06/showbiz/lauryn-hill-prison|url-status=live}}</ref> She had faced a possible sentence of as long as 36 months,<ref name="ap-apr13"/> and the sentence given took into account her lack of a prior criminal record and her six minor-aged children.<ref name="cnn-sent"/><ref name="cnbc-fair"/> By this point Hill had fully paid back $970,000 in back taxes and penalties she owed, which also took into account an additional $500,000 that Hill had in unreported income for 2008 and 2009.<ref name="cnbc-fair">{{cite news | url=https://www.cnbc.com/2013/05/07/is-lauryn-hill-being-singled-out-among-tax-evaders.html | title=Is Lauryn Hill Being Singled Out Among Tax Evaders? | first=Robert | last=Frank | publisher=[[CNBC]] | date=May 7, 2013 | access-date=June 30, 2013 | archive-date=July 20, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720222924/http://www.cnbc.com/id/100715823 | url-status=live}}</ref> In the courtroom, Hill said that she had lived "very modestly" considering how much money she had made for others,<ref name="cnn-sent"/> and that "I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them. I had an economic system imposed on me."<ref name="taxevasion"/> Hill reported to the minimum-security [[Federal Correctional Institution, Danbury]] on July 8, 2013, to begin serving her sentence.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/07/08/lauryn-hill-starts-prison-sentence/2499315/ | title=Lauryn Hill starts prison sentence | agency=[[Associated Press]] | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=July 8, 2013 | access-date=July 8, 2013 | archive-date=July 9, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709171902/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/07/08/lauryn-hill-starts-prison-sentence/2499315/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

Hill was released from prison on October 4, 2013, a few days early for good behavior, and began her home confinement and probationary periods.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/04/singer-lauryn-hill-released-from-us-prison/2924563/ | title=Lauryn Hill is released from federal prison | agency=[[Associated Press]] | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=October 4, 2013 | access-date=October 4, 2013 | archive-date=October 6, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006103337/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/04/singer-lauryn-hill-released-from-us-prison/2924563/ | url-status=live }}</ref> She put out a single called "Consumerism" that she had finished, via verbal and e-mailed instructions, while incarcerated.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/04/lauryn-hill-celebrates-prison-release-with-new-song-consumerism/2922073/ | title=Lauryn Hill celebrates prison release with new song | first=Korina | last=Lopez | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=October 4, 2013 | access-date=October 5, 2013 | archive-date=October 6, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006091756/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/04/lauryn-hill-celebrates-prison-release-with-new-song-consumerism/2922073/ | url-status=live }}</ref> Judge Arleo allowed her to postpone part of her confinement in order to tour in late 2013 under strict conditions.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/09/judge-allows-lauryn-hill-to-go-on-tour/2951615/ | title=Judge allows Lauryn Hill to go on tour | agency=[[Associated Press]] | newspaper=[[USA Today]] | date=October 9, 2013 | access-date=October 12, 2013 | archive-date=October 13, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013220427/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/10/09/judge-allows-lauryn-hill-to-go-on-tour/2951615/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

During 2014, Hill was heard as the narrator of ''[[Concerning Violence]]'', an award-winning Swedish documentary on the [[Decolonisation of Africa|African liberation struggles of the 1960s and 1970s]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/nov/04/concerning-violence-documentary-colonialisation-lauryn-hill-video | title=Concerning Violence: watch a clip from the documentary about colonialisation, narrated by Lauryn Hill | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | location=London | date=November 4, 2014 | access-date=December 12, 2016 | archive-date=October 8, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008095259/https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/nov/04/concerning-violence-documentary-colonialisation-lauryn-hill-video | url-status=live }}</ref> She also continued to draw media attention for her erratic behavior, appearing late twice in the same day for sets at [[Voodoo Fest]] in November 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nola.com/voodoofest/index.ssf/2014/11/ms_lauryn_hill_performs_45_min.html | title=Ms. Lauryn Hill performs 45 minutes late at Voodoo Fest a second time – but made her minutes onstage count | first=Alison | last=Fensterstock | newspaper=[[The Times-Picayune]] | location=New Orleans | date=November 2, 2014 | access-date=November 6, 2014 | archive-date=November 6, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106134438/http://www.nola.com/voodoofest/index.ssf/2014/11/ms_lauryn_hill_performs_45_min.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2015, Hill canceled her scheduled concert outside [[Tel Aviv]] in Israel following a social media campaign from activists promoting the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] campaign. She said she had wanted to also perform a show in [[Ramallah]] in the [[West Bank]] but logistical problems had proved too great. Hill stated: "It is very important to me that my presence or message not be misconstrued, or a source of alienation to either my Israeli or my Palestinian fans."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/lauryn-hill-cancels-israel-show-after-cultural-boycott-pressure | title=Lauryn Hill cancels Israel show after cultural boycott pressure | agency=[[Agence France-Press]] | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | location=London | date=May 4, 2015 | access-date=December 12, 2016 | archive-date=December 19, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219142012/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/may/05/lauryn-hill-cancels-israel-show-after-cultural-boycott-pressure | url-status=live }}</ref>

Hill contributed her voice to the soundtrack for ''[[What Happened, Miss Simone?]]'', a 2015 documentary about the life of [[Nina Simone]], an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist. Hill was originally supposed to record only two songs for the record, but ended up recording six. She also served as a producer on the compilation alongside [[Robert Glasper]]. Hill said of her connection to Simone: "Because I fed on this music ... I believed I always had a right to have a voice. Her example is clearly a form of sustenance to a generation needing to find theirs. What a gift."<ref>{{cite news|title=Hear Lauryn Hill's Sultry Nina Simone Cover 'Feeling Good'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-lauryn-hills-sultry-nina-simone-cover-feeling-good-20150617#ixzz3fz7aKL9Y|magazine=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=June 17, 2015|access-date=September 2, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731114230/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-lauryn-hills-sultry-nina-simone-cover-feeling-good-20150617#ixzz3fz7aKL9Y|url-status=live}}</ref> [[NPR]] critically praised Hill's performance on the soundtrack, stating: "This album mainly showcases Lauryn Hill's breadth and dexterity. Not formally marketed as Hill's comeback album, her six tracks here make this her most comprehensive set of studio recordings since ''The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill'' in 1998."<ref>{{cite news|last=Tillett|first=Salamishan|title=Review: Nina Revisited... A Tribute To Nina Simone|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/07/06/419252433/first-listen-nina-revisited-a-tribute-to-nina-simone|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=July 6, 2015|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825064024/http://www.npr.org/2015/07/06/419252433/first-listen-nina-revisited-a-tribute-to-nina-simone|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2016, Hill hosted and headlined what was billed as the inaugural ''Diaspora Calling!'' festival at the [[Kings Theatre (Brooklyn)|Kings Theatre]] in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/04/lauryn_hill_headlines_diaspora_calling_and_she_s_still_got_it.html | title=Lauryn Hill Headlines Diaspora Calling! and She's Still Got It | first=Felice | last=León | magazine=[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]] | date=April 16, 2016 | access-date=May 1, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423215809/http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/04/lauryn_hill_headlines_diaspora_calling_and_she_s_still_got_it.html | archive-date=April 23, 2016 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The festival's purpose was to showcase the efforts of musicians and artists from around the [[African diaspora]] like Brooklyn Haitian Rara band Brother High Full Tempo.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-to-host-headline-inaugural-diaspora-calling-festival-20160413 | title=Lauryn Hill to Host, Headline Inaugural Diaspora Calling Festival | first=Jon | last=Blistein | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=April 13, 2016 | access-date=September 2, 2017 | archive-date=August 20, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074620/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lauryn-hill-to-host-headline-inaugural-diaspora-calling-festival-20160413 | url-status=live }}</ref> The following month, Hill was approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes late for her show at the [[Chastain Park]] Amphitheatre in Atlanta,<ref name="AJC">{{cite web|last1=Wicker|first1=Jewel|title=Concert Review: Lauryn Hill shows up more than 2 hours late to Atlanta show. Lauryn Hill does not care about her fans. Lauryn has lost herself throughout the years.|url=http://music.blog.ajc.com/2016/05/07/lauryn-hill-shows-up-more-than-2-hours-late-performs-short-show/|website=AJC.com|publisher=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004843/http://music.blog.ajc.com/2016/05/07/lauryn-hill-shows-up-more-than-2-hours-late-performs-short-show/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian"/> though members of Hill's team claimed it was only an hour after their scheduled start time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Cronicles/status/728997870712573953|title=Don't believe the exaggeration people we were scheduled to hit the stage at 9:30 p.m. and we started at 10:30 #LaurynHill #mslaurynhill|last=Salim|first=TracKHousE|date=May 7, 2016|website=@Cronicles|access-date=February 7, 2018|archive-date=October 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003195335/https://twitter.com/Cronicles/status/728997870712573953|url-status=live}}</ref> Moments after the less-than-40-minute show ended due to the venue's strict 11:00&nbsp;p.m. closing time, Hill said her driver had gotten lost and she could not help that.<ref name="AJC"/> Less than 48 hours later, after a large backlash from her fans on Twitter, she took to her [[Facebook]] page and stated she was late for the concert because of certain needs, including her need to "align her energy with the time".<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|title=Lauryn Hill two hours late for concert because of need to 'align her energies'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/09/lauryn-hill-two-hours-late-for-concert-because-of-need-to-align-her-energies|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 9, 2016|access-date=November 9, 2017|archive-date=November 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004914/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/09/lauryn-hill-two-hours-late-for-concert-because-of-need-to-align-her-energies|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Lauryn Hill Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2019 (221423).jpg|thumb|right|Hill performing at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival 2019]]

Hill recorded a studio version of her song, "Guarding the Gates", for the movie ''[[Queen & Slim]]'', which was released on November 27, 2019. This song appears on the album, ''[[Queen & Slim (soundtrack)|Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giacomazzo |first=Bernadette |date=November 27, 2019 |title=Review: The 'Queen & Slim' Soundtrack Is Inconsistent But Brutally Beautiful |url=https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3578/title.review-the-queen-slim-soundtrack-is-inconsistent-but-brutally-beautiful |access-date=March 9, 2020 |website=[[HipHopDX]] |archive-date=April 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403010602/https://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.3578/title.review-the-queen-slim-soundtrack-is-inconsistent-but-brutally-beautiful |url-status=live }}</ref>