Lauryn Hill sued for fraud, breach of contract over failed tour

[Teletubby 136,091]

Pras Michél, a founding member of Grammy-winning hip-hop group The Fugees, is suing his bandmate Lauryn Hill in federal court for fraud and breach of contract, among other claims, over their abbreviated 2023 tour and canceled concerts a year later.

The 2023 Fugees tour, which was canceled abruptly by Hill, left Michél owing nearly $1 million in unrecouped expenses because “Hill was taking 40% of the tour guarantees and tour net profits ‘off the top’ for herself, leaving the remaining 60% to be split equally between Hill, Pras and Wyclef,” the suit states. Michél and his representatives only recently learned of that setup and demanded a financial audit. The suit claims that they were denied.

Earlier this year, Hill allegedly entered into a new agreement with Live Nation for an 18-show Fugees U.S. tour scheduled to kick off in August 2024. She never disclosed the agreement to Michél, according to the suit. Ticket sales were dismal, which Michél blames on Hill because she “had taken far too long to close the deal with Live Nation [and] there was little or no marketing for the tour, and not enough time between the announcement and the first concert date to do sufficient advance sales to justify the tour.” As a result, Live Nation pulled the plug in August, prompting speculation about what really torpedoed the highly anticipated tour.

 

Michél’s suit also claims that Hill has “tarnished the Fugees brand” due to “her habit of showing up late for shows, sometimes by as many as two to three hours.”

The lawsuit, which paints Hill as a wolf in sheep’s clothing with “narcissistic tendencies,” serves up juicy anecdotes, including one involving her turning down a $5 million offer for the Fugees to perform at Coachella this year because she allegedly felt snubbed by the festival for putting No Doubt at the top of the bill.
“Hill’s arrogance was again demonstrated when she unilaterally rejected a $5 Million offer [to play Coachella]. The reason was that her ego was bruised since the group No Doubt would be receiving top billing over The Fugees ,” the complaint says. “Hill never told Pras about the offer or that she had was rejected it. Pras only learned about it when it was too late, after Hill, in an astonishing display of hubris, asked Pras if he would agree to perform a few Fugees songs for free as the opening act for her son, ‘YG’ Marley, who was slated to perform at the same Coachella festival.”

 

[RenegAde 18,280]

Good for him, and hope he gets something. She is notorious for this type of behaviour and it's so sad cuz even though she's super talented, one album is not enough to put your fans and colleagues through this BS. 

Show up and stop being a diva ma'am

Edited October 2 by RenegAde

[River 105,700]

Once a criminal, always a criminal

[djBuffoon 12,010]

Such a shame to see someone with such talent, and with an established fanbase, just not care one bit about the craft. At this point, it's safe to say she doesn't deserve a career.