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We all agree that George Bush doesn't care about black people...
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10/07/05 04:43 PM EST
posted by JER email web |
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...but it turns out Lauryn Hill doesn't hate white people! I heard a Wyclef Jean song recently and thought to myself, "Ugh, I'm glad I haven't heard from [Jean's former Fugees bandmate] Lauryn Hill in a while -- that racist b****."
Why was I so nasty, you ask? I've heard multiple times over the years that Lauryn Hill once said, "I'd rather see my children starve than have white people buy my music." At first I thought it couldn't possibly be true, but as I heard it repeated, I was apalled at both her comment and the fact that the national media wasn't making a big deal of it. I felt that if anyone else, especially a white male, were to make a similar statement, his career would be over.
It turns out that I was bamboozled. Hill never said any such thing, but apparently this is an urban legend than has gained quite some steam... Thanks to Snopes for correcting this outrageous allegation.
Funny sidenote: This is an actual Eminem lyric that surely perpetuates this myth:
"Bought Lauryn Hill's tape so her kids could starve." |
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