Troubled singer Lauryn Hill paid her overdue tax bill today, just in time to save her from doing a bid in the federal slammer. Hill’s attorney, Nathan Hochman, said in an email to TIME magazine Monday that Hill paid $970,000 to satisfy state and federal back taxes. Hill, 37, was due in a New Jersey court today to respond to a judge’s order to pay her taxes or be sentenced to prison.
In a Facebook post, Hill announced she recently signed a record deal with Sony in order to pay her taxes. Hill’s only album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, was released on August 25, 1998. The album received rave reviews from music critics and went on to sell over 10 million copies. ‘Miseducation’ earned Hill eight Grammy awards.
She put off recording a new album in 1998 when she was forced to settle with a group of songwriters who sued her after she neglected to credit them in the liner notes of ‘Miseducation’. When asked to provide written contracts to the musicians during the recording of the album, Hill reportedly said, “We all love each other. This ain’t about documents. This is blessed.” Hill had always maintained that she wrote the songs on the album herself.
Let’s see how many years it takes Hill to record a new album for Sony.
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