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Lauryn Hill Performs Basic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Songs with Son YG Marley at 2024 BET Awards



Lauryn Hill and her son, YG Marley, turned the 2024 BET Awards into one other household reunion.

On Sunday, June 30, the mother-son duo carried out alongside one another on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, as Hill, 49, started their efficiency with a heartfelt rendition of “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” — the title observe of her iconic 1998 album.

Carrying billowing black costume, yellow cape, sun shades and a shimming head protecting, the Grammy-winner carried out her first tune earlier than she transitioned into her single “Misplaced Ones” to the cheering crowd, who had been glad to sing alongside to the observe from her basic R&B, reggae-influenced report. Hill additionally appeared to freestyle with a rousing verse about activism and equality — much like her efficiency in Could on The Tonight Present, which additionally featured her son Marley.

Lauryn Hill performs on the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 30, 2024.

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Quickly after, the artist’s son — who can also be the grandson of reggae icon Bob Marley — arrived onstage to carry out his recently-released single “Survival.” The tune, which options songwriting credit from Hill and makes use of an interpolation of his grandfather’s 1979 tune “Ambush within the Night time,” then transitioned right into a efficiency of his 2023 observe “Reward Jah within the Moonlight.”

Hill’s Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean then joined the duo onstage to sing their 1995 rap observe “Fu-Gee-La” to shut out the award ceremony in fashion.

Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean carry out onstage through the BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 30, 2024.

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Hill and her son — whom she shares with Rohan Marley — beforehand carried out collectively throughout their joint look on The Tonight Present, the place they delivered a soulful rendition of “Ex-Issue” from the 1998 basic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. The pair additionally handled viewers to the identical two songs from Marley, his newest singles “Survival,” launched in Could, in addition to “Reward Jah within the Moonlight.”

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Later this summer time, the 2 will embark on an extension of Hill’s Miseducation Anniversary tour, which she postponed in November because of vocal points. This time, the Fugees rhymer will reunite together with her bandmates and co-headliners Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel, with Marley becoming a member of as a particular visitor.

Hill introduced the brand new tour dates on Monday, June 24, telling followers on social media, “The Celebration Continues…” 

Lauryn Hill performs onstage through the 2024 BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 30, 2024.

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The rescheduled tour announcement comes practically one yr after the twenty fifth anniversary of Hill’s opus debut album, which skyrocketed her to important acclaim and has remained a seminal work in years since.

In Could, Apple Music topped Hill’s album No. 1 on its inaugural 100 greatest albums of all time record and honored her with a particular dinner. In a press release, she stated of the achievement, “That is my award, but it surely’s a wealthy, deep narrative, and entails so many individuals, and a lot sacrifice, and a lot time, and a lot collective love.”

The 2024 BET Awards are airing stay on June 30 at 8 p.m. ET/ PT stay from the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles.



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