Post by fugees-online on Feb 4, 2006 12:14:48 GMT 1
"Our differences is what makes us dope"
Lauryn speaks on racist rumor on MTV (1998)
>> WATCH HERE:
MTV Masters Lauryn Hill Part 3
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>> DOWNLOAD:
MTV Masters Lauryn Hill Part 3
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Video
...and this is the Interview with Howard Stern where the rumor started (Its from 1996)
>> LISTEN
INTERVIEW with Howard Stern
www.zshare.net/audio/2863285562a636/
Lauryn Hill Responds to Racism Rumor
(excerpt from 'Teen People' story, 4/99)
In 1993, when Lauryn was just 18, the Fugees signed with
Ruffhouse/Columbia Records, and a year later, they released their first
album, Blunted on Reality. Unfortunately, the debut didn't capture the
band's energy, and the record failed to make a dent commercially. Faced
with failure, the threesome regrouped and produced much of their next
album, The Score, themselves. With its perfectly fused hip-hop and R&B
anthems, "Killing Me Softly" and "Ready or Not," The Score went on to
sell more than 17 million copies worldwide.
However, as "Killing Me Softly" climbed the charts, a potentially
career-ending rumor arose that threatened to send Lauryn into a downward
spiral. During the summer of 1996, a caller to shock jock Howard Stern's
radio show said on the air that he'd heard Lauryn tell MTV that she'd
rather see her child starve than have a white kid buy her album. MTV
would announce later that the allegation wasn't true, but by that time
it was too late. The ugly, false rumor had already been set in motion.
"From this one broadcast, all of a sudden people who appreciated my
music thought that there was something wrong with who I was and what I
represented," says Lauryn. Instead of letting a publicist act on her
behalf, Lauryn, furious and very hurt, called a radio station herself to
deny the charge. "I said, 'How can I possibly be a racist? My music is
universal music. 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.'"
That was more than two years ago, and the media have all but
forgotten the false story. However, teens are still hearing (and
repeating) it in cyberspace. "My sister told me something that got me
really mad yesterday," reads a January 9, 1999, post on America Online's
"Teens" Board. "She said she heard on MTV that Lauryn would rather kill
her baby than sell her record to a white person....I think they should
lock her up just for saying that."
"Let me clarify this right now," Lauryn responds forcefully. "I am
not a racist. I love people who love God. I love good people. If you're
a good person with a good heart, you're cool with me. And I hope I'm
cool with you. There's nothing racist about anything in my heart." .
Lauryn insists she wants people to understand that her goal to
improve the self-love of young African-American women should never be
confused with advocating racial supremacy. "There are a lot of young
black girls who I meet in my travels who don't have a lot of
self-esteem," she explains. "So if I communicate to them that they're
beautiful, no white person should find fault in that. It doesn't mean
that young white girls aren't beautiful, because they are just as
beautiful."
Lauryn speaks on racist rumor on MTV (1998)
>> WATCH HERE:
MTV Masters Lauryn Hill Part 3
www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mvuo_lauryn-hill-lauryn-hill-masters-par_music
>> DOWNLOAD:
MTV Masters Lauryn Hill Part 3
www.gigasize.com/get.php/-1099795268/Lauryn_Hill_-_Lauryn_Hill_Masters_Part_3.mpg
Video
...and this is the Interview with Howard Stern where the rumor started (Its from 1996)
>> LISTEN
INTERVIEW with Howard Stern
www.zshare.net/audio/2863285562a636/
Lauryn Hill Responds to Racism Rumor
(excerpt from 'Teen People' story, 4/99)
In 1993, when Lauryn was just 18, the Fugees signed with
Ruffhouse/Columbia Records, and a year later, they released their first
album, Blunted on Reality. Unfortunately, the debut didn't capture the
band's energy, and the record failed to make a dent commercially. Faced
with failure, the threesome regrouped and produced much of their next
album, The Score, themselves. With its perfectly fused hip-hop and R&B
anthems, "Killing Me Softly" and "Ready or Not," The Score went on to
sell more than 17 million copies worldwide.
However, as "Killing Me Softly" climbed the charts, a potentially
career-ending rumor arose that threatened to send Lauryn into a downward
spiral. During the summer of 1996, a caller to shock jock Howard Stern's
radio show said on the air that he'd heard Lauryn tell MTV that she'd
rather see her child starve than have a white kid buy her album. MTV
would announce later that the allegation wasn't true, but by that time
it was too late. The ugly, false rumor had already been set in motion.
"From this one broadcast, all of a sudden people who appreciated my
music thought that there was something wrong with who I was and what I
represented," says Lauryn. Instead of letting a publicist act on her
behalf, Lauryn, furious and very hurt, called a radio station herself to
deny the charge. "I said, 'How can I possibly be a racist? My music is
universal music. 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.'"
That was more than two years ago, and the media have all but
forgotten the false story. However, teens are still hearing (and
repeating) it in cyberspace. "My sister told me something that got me
really mad yesterday," reads a January 9, 1999, post on America Online's
"Teens" Board. "She said she heard on MTV that Lauryn would rather kill
her baby than sell her record to a white person....I think they should
lock her up just for saying that."
"Let me clarify this right now," Lauryn responds forcefully. "I am
not a racist. I love people who love God. I love good people. If you're
a good person with a good heart, you're cool with me. And I hope I'm
cool with you. There's nothing racist about anything in my heart." .
Lauryn insists she wants people to understand that her goal to
improve the self-love of young African-American women should never be
confused with advocating racial supremacy. "There are a lot of young
black girls who I meet in my travels who don't have a lot of
self-esteem," she explains. "So if I communicate to them that they're
beautiful, no white person should find fault in that. It doesn't mean
that young white girls aren't beautiful, because they are just as
beautiful."