Lauryn Hill Swears She’s Diana Ross

Lauryn Hill Swears She’s Diana Ross

In an interview with the Mad Hatta Morning Show on Houston’s 97.9 The Box, jazz performer Robert Glasper was asked if he had ever worked with any difficult artists, to which he said yes and gave an example: Lauryn Hill. He claimed that she tried to get him to audition to play in her band, which wouldn’t be a big deal if he wasn’t a signed artist; he also mentioned that she fired bands randomly while on the road, including one time when she started taking auditions for a new band in Tokyo despite already having a band that had flown with her to perform.  She also demands that no one makes eye contact and to be referred to as “Miss Hill,” which is a page from the Book of Ross.

Glasper goes on to say that her ego doesn’t match her accomplishments, explaining that she hasn’t done enough to act the way she does and that her single great accomplishment was stolen — a reference to the plagiarism claims against The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount (rumored to be $5 million). Watch the interview below (he starts talking about Lauryn at the 27:06 mark).


PS: I’m a big fan of people speaking the truth and saying it with their chest, but I hate that this is happening so close to the 20-year anniversary of Miseducation.