Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean Confirm Future Fugees Music After 30 Years, Fueling New Album Hopes
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 6
Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean Confirm Future Fugees Music After 30 Years, Fueling New Album Hopes
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Aug 6
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Nearly 30 years after 1996’s The Score, Lauryn Hill said “absolutely” when asked whether the Fugees would make music again, while Wyclef Jean said the pair are now in “an amazing place.”
Hill linked that shift to an “incredible healing process” within the band, though neither artist said a new album is already being recorded.
Friday’s Milton Keynes concert and Hill’s Diaspora Calling festival in the UK frame the reunion push, with Hill and Jean also making a surprise Piccadilly Circus appearance to perform “Ready or Not” a cappella.
Any full reunion still faces a major obstacle: third member Pras Michel is serving a U.S. prison sentence after his federal lobbying and fraud conviction.
Jean said the group always aimed to be “a movement,” arguing the Fugees’ themes around refugees and diaspora remain relevant three decades after The Score.