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</span></u><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MS. LAURYN HILL RETURNS TO NYC
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FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY SHOW AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM TOMORROW, JUNE 2<sup>nd</sup>! <o:p>
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Lauryn Hill</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> will be performing a very special show at the
<b>Highline Ballroom</b> in <b>New York City</b> this <b>Saturday, June 2<sup>nd</sup></b>. The show starts
<b>promptly at 8 pm</b> (for real!). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The legendary Grammy Award winning MC, vocalist, producer and songwriter is fresh off her
<b>first European tour in several years, </b>where she<b> </b>played <b>sold out shows
</b>and received<b> rave reviews </b>in <b>every city</b> from from Paris to Stockholm. The dates included<b>
</b>a <b>headlining performance</b> at the <b>Indigo2 Arena</b> in London, where <i>
The Independent </i>declared Ms. Hill’s live show to have “more than enough triumphs to certify this lady's on the comeback.”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">More praise for Ms. Lauryn Hill live in London:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“A dizzying 90-minutes of crescendos, genre-twists – rap, psychedelic-rock, gospel, disco – key changes and tempo shifts, shot through with Hill’s
melismatic vocals and vivid melodies..” – <i>The Telegraph<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“In addition to being blown away by her undeniable vocal talent, the audience was also reacquainted with Miss Hill’s emceeing prowess.” –
<i>The Voice <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“An ecstatic tribute to [Ms. Lauryn Hill’s] musical heritage and the album that made her famous.” –
<i>The Independent <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“She bounds on to stage, a bundle of manic energy…the restless Hill bends her catalogue into new shapes.” –
<i>The Guardian <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A statement from Ms. Lauryn Hill:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"The live performance allows me a direct report with the audience, without any external agendas to try and skew or manipulate our exchange. It also allows the many living ideas
in my brain a place of expression, in real time!! I enjoy it, even prefer it sometimes!<br>
<br>
Perhaps unbeknownst to my fans, I have experienced severe persecution and seen institutional racism, denial, and inequity wage it's aggression, both covertly and overtly at me, simply for trying to be an authentic expression of Truth and Love to the best of
my ability! All this while, trying to heal, decolonize my mind and emotions, and protect and raise my children in freedom, safety, whole, in tact, and in good health... which this paradigm, in its current state, is little set up to do. Black mediocrity, black
dysfunction, hopelessness and despair, black compromise and black disability... yes, these archetypes it seems to wholeheartedly allow... but black giftedness, black divine right, black intelligence, wisdom, and noble beauty it works very hard to disallow!
Thus, explaining some of the business I've had to handle, which kept me away from engaging with the people. The world, in its turmoil, often seeks to exploit to distortion would-be natural exchanges between artists and those who appreciate them! This is diametrically
opposed to my belief, better my knowledge and conviction, that things left to honesty and Love will become fruitful, as they were intended to be, if undisturbed by fear and greed's design.<br>
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As I continue to engage in this fight against oppression, both seen and unseen, at home and abroad, NYC remains an important landmark, and place of critical dialogue! Maintaining its status as revolutionary and progressive, we get excited to see the real Lovers
show up! Keep up!!!"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Praise for Ms. Lauryn Hill’s 2011 Tour:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Hill sounded fantastic. She’s probably the best female singer-rapper of all time…switching between Nina Simone-style soul incantations
and limber Caribbean-inflected rhymes with ease.”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<b><i>Rolling Stone</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“As she bobbed and weaved through the thickets of sound, it became clear that Hill had a firm grasp on bringing both the noise and
the funk.”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<b><i>Variety</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Several of the songs from ‘Miseducation’ were substantially reworked, but Ms. Hill’s energetic delivery enabled the crowd to find
familiar segments to embrace…it seemed clear that she has renewed her enthusiasm for the music on which she built her reputation.”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
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<b><i>The Wall Street Journal<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">About Ms. Lauryn Hill
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cited as one of the greatest female MCs of all time, Ms. Lauryn Hill’s prolific rhymes and powerful voice catapulted her into the public eye as a
member of the Fugees, whose 1996 album The Score was certified six times platinum and took home two GRAMMY Awards for Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal and Best Rap Album. In 1998, Ms. Hill established herself as a creative force as a solo
artist with her now classic debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The iconic work earned Ms. Hill a record-setting ten GRAMMY Award nominations, five of which she took home, including Best New Artist and Album of the Year. The album was also nominated in
several categories at the NAACP Image Awards, including Outstanding Female Artist, Outstanding Album, and Outstanding Song, where she was nominated for both “Doo Wop (That Thing)” and “A Rose Is Still A Rose.” The album has appeared on countless “Best Of”
lists, including Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” SPIN’s “Top 100 Albums of the Last 20 Years,” Vibe’s “150 Albums That Define the Vibe Era,” and the Associated Press’ “10 Best Albums of the 1990s.” The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill has sold
8 million copies worldwide. In 2002, she released MTV Unplugged No 2.0, a live album of her 2001 performance on MTV Unplugged, which was certified platinum four weeks after its release. Ms. Hill has also been recognized for her humanitarian efforts, receiving
an Essence Award for her work including the 1996 founding of the Refugee Project.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CONTACT:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Press Here Publicity</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Carleen Donovan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Kara Oliver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:kara@pressherepublicity.com">kara@pressherepublicity.com</a>
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