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Lauryn Hill acknowledges applause on stage during the Nice’s Jazz Festival on July 9, 2015, in Nice, southeastern France.
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The good news is that “Lauryn Hill” trending on Twitter Saturday morning did not mean that she has left this earthly plane. The bad news is that she showed up hours late for a concert … again, and was subsequently dissed, dismissed and defended on the social media platform.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that Hill showed up more than two hours late for her Atlanta show on Friday, where she was booed and the sound was cut 40 minutes into the show.
In the first of the Chastain Park Amphitheatre’s 2016 Delta Live Nation Concert series, Hill showed up and began her set at 10:20 p.m. for a show that was supposed to begin at 8:00 p.m. Because of strict union policy, the sound was cut at 11:00 p.m.
There was no opening act, and the poor DJ reportedly tried keep the angry crowd tamed with Prince hits and classic hip-hop.
Though Hill made no mention of her tardiness from the stage, a video later surfaced on Twitter with an angry fan demanding to know what happened and Hill placing the blame on her driver: “My driver got lost, I can’t control that,” she says.
NOT him dragging Lauryn to her face. She deserved it though! pic.twitter.com/zEuYUbnWoE
— N∆TE (@NathanNAVY) May 7, 2016
In the years since her Miseducation of Lauryn Hill heyday in which the singing rapper received a whopping 10 Grammy nods (winning 5), Hill has been less than stellar with her live performance propers. She is late quite a bit of the time, and sometimes the acoustics of the show are painful.
Many took to Twitter on Saturday morning to talk about it, some defending her as a legend, some saying that this is not surprising, and some, like Talib Kweli, defending what many see as indefensible unprofessionalism.
Do I think they should? Yes. Is it good business? Yes. If they don’t, does that diminish them to me? Not at all. https://t.co/8qO13kKyAB
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) May 7, 2016
You put too much value on professional. Not a requirement for me if an artist has already given me life. https://t.co/UK2WEtmPvM
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) May 7, 2016
That being said. Buying a Lauryn Hill ticket and complaining about her tardiness = going to a Trump rally and complaining about the racism
— DarkSkintDostoyevsky (@daniecal) May 7, 2016
When you see Lauryn Hill trending & you’re still paranoid because of Prince, but it’s because she’s late AGAIN pic.twitter.com/cD4PbRxS5q
— Royce Morgan (@TheRoyceMorgan) May 7, 2016
Lauryn Hill is in the middle of the longest sophomore slump ever
— MonsterKing (@CerromeRussell) May 7, 2016
I wrote a paper about Lauryn Hill in the 7th grade and got points off for turning it in half a day late. I should have gotten extra credit.
— jonathan frandzone (@NotAllBhas) May 7, 2016
It’s a new moon & im not about to watch my timeline disrespect Lauryn Hill. NOT TODAY. Bye.
— Goldie ✨☥ (@tashabeee) May 7, 2016
Oh Lauryn. Everything everything, girl?
Read more at the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
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