Ms. Lauryn Hill

Ms. Lauryn Hill The Union and Two Towers Entertainment proudly present Grammy-winning MC, vocalist, producer and songwriter Ms Lauryn Hill to Calgary’s Flames Central for the first time, on Friday May 27, 2011. Calgary is the latest date added to Ms. Hill’s Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series, and will feature performances of original music from her groundbreaking solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, as well as classic Fugee numbers and a few covers honoring the music that she… Show more was most influenced by. Ms. Hill broke through the hip-hop scene with the super-group The Fugees, formed with friends Wyclef Jean and Prakazrel "Pras" Michel while still in high school. The group's second album, The Score, featured Ms. Hill's vocals on tracks like "Killing Me Softly" and went on to sell 17 million copies. It was, however her ground-breaking debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, released in 1998, that turned her into an international superstar. Miseducation reigned at the top of the charts throughout the year and garnered her five Grammy awards out of 11 nominations, making her the first woman to ever win five Grammy awards in a single year. Her next release, the double-CD MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 was released in 2002. Ms. Hill has largely stayed out of the spotlight over the last decade, but is currently embarking on a series of highly anticipated intimate performances, including a stop in Calgary at Flames Central on May 27 as part.

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