Happy Birthday Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill, (born May 26, 1975, South Orange, N.J., U.S.), American singer whose soulful voice propelled her to the top of the hip-hop and rhythm-and-blues charts.

Hill and high school classmate Pras Michel performed together under the name Tranzlator Crew and were joined by Michel’s cousin Wyclef Jean. Hill also acted on the television soap opera As the World Turns and alongside Whoopi Goldberg in the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit. The money she earned from her acting jobs, she helped finance her group, renamed the Fugees in 1993. They were later signed to Columbia Records.