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Lauryn Hill, ex-member of the hip-hop group the Fugees, was born in the mid-1970s and grew up in South Orange, New Jersey. Her parents, Mal and Valerie Hill were professionals. Her father, once sang professionally in nightclubs and at weddings, but became a computer analyst, while her mother, Valerie, taught school in nearby Newark. As a child, Hill spent long hours listening to her mother's collection of old 45s, hundreds of boxes of singles she found stashed in the basement containing the likes of Gladys Knight, Curtis Mayfield, and Aretha Franklin.

Hill made her performing debut on Showtime at the Apollo at the age of 13. Her parents rented a van and brought along a group of her friends for the trek to Harlem to hear her sing the Smoky Robinson tune "Who's Lovin' You." She was so afraid of the microphone that she kept her distance from it, and the audience started to taunt her. Her uncle yelled at her to move closer then Hill grabbed the mike and sang that song...

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