Excessively Late Lauryn Hill Booed By Concertgoers, Blames Driver As She Faces Unhappy Fan


Once again, Lauryn Hill was booed by fans who waited for more than two hours to see her and one unhappy concertgoer let her know how he felt to her face. She was supposed to start her performance at 8 p.m. Friday night at the Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta, but she didn’t show up until 10:20 p.m., according to AllHipHop. When she finally made it to the stage, she was greeted with a sea of “boos” by a frustrated audience. Hill managed to sing a couple of her hits “Ex-Factor,” and “Everything is Everything” before her microphone was cut off. That’s when the boos reached a fever pitch.

The fan confrontation happened after the down-sized concert while she was signing autographs and shaking hands. The unhappy concertgoer wanted an explanation for her tardiness and when she blamed it on her driver getting lost, he reminded her that she was at the same location just four hours before for a sound check.

His sentiments were echoed all over Twitter. Many of her followers seemed more unhappy with the fact that she offered no valid excuse for being so late or, an apology for shortchanging her audience. They found her actions, in particular, her faux attempt to get the venue to let her continue knowing that the Chastain Park Amphitheatre has a strict 11 p.m. curfew.

Rapper Talib Kweli Greene dedicated a lot of his time on Saturday defending her on Twitter.

Talib wasn’t alone in defending the the five-time Grammy winner and her fans see her tardiness as part of her artistic process.

Her abilities as a vocalist, a rapper, and a writer have catapulted her into icon status ever since she materialized as a member of the Fugees. Their album The Score put them on the map, but her failing relationship with Wyclef Jean caused her to leave the band and begin a solo career which resulted in The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, an album that gave her massive recognition and five Grammys at the 41st Grammy Awards.

Lauren Hill has changed since she won her five Grammys
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Unfortunately, there hasn’t been a lot of new music from Lauryn Hill and what has been released hasn’t reached the same level of success as her soulful contributions to the Fugees and her debut album have. The mother-of-six is more prone to be in the media because of drama — issues with the men in her life (Rohan Marley and Jean), erratic behavior, a brief stint in prison for tax evasion, and controversial statements.

Hill doesn’t appear to be in love with the music industry and money doesn’t seem to be a motivator. She remains culturally relevant, and if she wanted to, she could easily rival the popular female rappers of today because she has substance. Regrettably, her followers don’t feel relevant because of so-so performances and chronic lateness. She has another concert on Sunday in Virginia, and hopefully, the exchange she had with her frustrated fan will provoke her to be a little more considerate of her fans so that she can be welcomed with applause instead of boos.

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