: Looks like former Fugees member Pras said out loud what most people were thinking. MediaTakeOut.com has learned that during an interview with AJ’s Playhouse on 93.3 FM in San Diego, the former Fugee claimed that Lauryn Hill is mentally ill.
Here's his exact statement:
Lauryn Hill is like to me the greatest artist in the last 25 or 30 years, but - still - if you mentaly ill, you mentally ill. I’m not no expert, but based on my profesional opinion, she needs medication. I think it’s bipolar. The thing is, when you’re around someone like that that you love and grew up with, you don’t wanna believe that kind of behavior really exists. It seems so unreal.Dang she's mentally ill.... And we just thought she had a strange sense of style....
I lovvvee Lauryn Hill, she really needs to get it together so she can make some dope music.
and dayum, she is overdosing on the blush?...and her hair, and the 25lb floral earrings, and the charlie chaplin top hat?
ohhhhhh, Lauryn is trippin. oh, and the eye makeup..
wow. well, hopefully she gets some help? Kudos to the psychiatrists out there!
hell a blind babboon could see lauryn is mentally ill in some kinda way. i love u lauryn but can't be on stage lookin like cousin it all the time.
@killa_bee i like ur speech. it made me laugh but am i the only one who sees hes tryin to make a point about something, that ppl should be worrying about more important things than ne-yo and his poppin lip gloss?
GOT DAYUMMMM killa bee!!!! U just been GOT!!! ya big dummy!! on here talking bout being 1st and ReddSkyy done beat you to the punch!!! hahahaha!! NOW LETZ ALL GET A GOOD LAUGH AT killabee's EXPENSE!! JACKASS!! OH, lauryn is as mentally ill as Hannibal Lecter, but truthfully, AREN'T MOST HIP-HOP ARTISTS????
Well who better to know her than her childhood friend. Acknowledgement is the first step to recovery. That's what's wrong with people of color, we need to stop just praying on everything and seek the professional help we somtimes need. I just hope that whatever it is she's going through she comes out on top because she is a talented sista. I wouldn't necessarily went on the damn raido and tell 2.6 million folks listenin...but that's just me!
Ok, this is what was stated:
"I’m not no expert, but based on my profesional opinion, she needs medication. I think it’s bipolar."
He THINKS it's bipolar??? His PROFESSIONAL OPINION??
So it's not CONFIRMED that she's mentally ill? This is a mere OPINION from a man who is NOT a certified M.D. (shaking my head) That being the case, MTO has no business printing this AS FACT, and people who say, "AMEN" to his rather bogus diagonosis are just as stupid. If someone says, "I THINK Beyonce is a ho" you'd be all over that one trying to prove that she's not. Lauryn Hill is not a booty shaker, but can we at least support her the way we support all the other booty shaker artists?
This is a Lie someone needs to stand up for Truth and Justice. I AM that person. Lauren is a musical genius.Mrs Marley is very inspirational and spiritual she is often misunderstood because of the state that the world is in. Lauren is Perfection at it's Best. May anyone that says otherwise be cursed with the same thing that they are trying to say about others that they don't understand.
Dang MISS JNS, you proved me wrong.
I actually started to have a little faith and hope in MTO and the posts and comments, but unfortunately, you took that away. It IS true...no matter how random and irrelevant the post, someone ALWAYS mentions Beyonce's name.
Damn, that girl is truly the epitome of "being hated yet loved all wrapped in one stroke."
As for Lauryn Hill, who the hell said Pras was fit to give that opinion about her? I don't understand. Just because she dresses a certain way at certain times doesn't mean she is crazy. That woman has a beautiful soul and a pure talent. People always seem to resist difference, something always have to be "WRONG" with somebody just because they're not relatable to them. Leave her alone.
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Lauryn got hooked on the dic.k and when it was taken from her it blew her mind...
That in combination with too much weed and religion just wrcked havoc on this poor childs mind...Now she thinks shes an afrocentric weed smoking religious circus clown dressed in second hand clothes....
Im not sure she needs pharmeceutical help, but shes definitely needs to stop self medicating herself with the marijuana and do a colon/blood cleanse ...
Get your shyt together Lauryn ... There are other dic.ks out there. I miss your music.
As a person in the mental health profession it is very clear that she is suffering from a mental illness. Her behavior, her speech and her appearance says it all. Its just not normal behavior so to all those who is denying that there is something wrong, well its your opinion. She even admitted to suffering from depression (hellp ppl which is a mental illness also) but it may have gotten worse and led to something more serious especially if it was untreated. Lauryn is a very talented individual and with the proper treatment she may resume to the "Lauryn" we all know and luv!!
Recently i was listening to her track "Tell Him", which was also featured in the movie "RIZE". Brought tears 2 my eyes because i realized she was talking about GOD! It seems our brightest lights & most gifted people are affected by sumthing--- they're more sensitive than others. Her voice is that of an angel and i wish her all the best!
I am going to attempt to put this as simply as possible. The media and Lauryn's former bandmates attempt at labeling Ms Hill as CRAZY has more to do with their upset over the loss of potential capital than any actions Ms Hill has taken. Has Ms Hill suffered depression? The answer would be yes. How do we know this? She told us. The CRAZY label; however, is more a political attempt at dehumanizing an individual and rendering them powerless.
The perfect example of this is how Ms Winehouse's behavior is characterized. Ms Winehouse and her husband are walking down the middle of the street bloodied and high off drugs , but I challenge you to google her name and find how many times she is referred to as Crazy. I will tell you; very few.
Therefore; using Ms Winehouse as an example and believe me there are many more, you see its not about the behavior displayed by an individual at all. Its more about an attempt to marginalize someone that in this case had the nerve to walk away from the all mighty dollar. How many bottom lines do you think that move effected while Ms Hill was "playing house and finding herself."
Note: As far as her choice of fashion take a look back at some of the stars of the late 70's and 80's. Ms Hill would fit right in.
why is this pic from her concert 15 years ago still up here?!?
if you ask me, we ALL have bi-polar disorder, Ha! except our [EXPLETIVE] is not put out there on the radio for millions to hear...
no, lauryn is not exempt from demons and she may have issues that she may need to work out, but the way she dresses and/or acts on stage has nothing to do with her mental stability. hell, when you think about it, half of the most creative people on earth were considered weird or depressed. i personally, am able to adapt to a person's ARTistry. i like UNIQUE! i can get with CHANGE! there's nothing wrong with THAT. if mental ill is her get-up then dammit, love it or leave-it b/c it's not like home-girl NEEDS to be locked in a padded room with a stray jacket on! so the mental illness [EXPLETIVE] is all in their heads.
so, until i hear about some of these [bi-polar symptoms] that "lauryn has", considering i'm a psych major, um, i'll have to go out on a limb and say that Pras and Wyclef are lame.
when was the last time Pras had a record out? i never liked Wyclef "that much"...seems to me, they're waiting on Lauryn Hill to get that [juice] back. but, it looks like they can't do [EXPLETIVE] w/out Ms. (Mentally Ill) Hill...
i'm s[SPAM] over this. FREE YOUR MINDS...PEACE!
and another thing...the word [medication] doesn't even sound right comin from Pras! if anyone should know, he [should] know that there are alternative ways to curing bi-polar... @ Uncle_Tom, wurd on the colonic, LOL, but the rest of the mess you stated can go!
God Bless Lauryn ;-)
@justbecuz...WOW!
great response! and NOT ONLY did she "tell" people she was depressed, which she didn't owe us any explanation, she sung about that s'h'i't for almost 2 and half hours on her Unplugged Special!!!
Lauryn Hill is one of the few ARTist who is keeping it real with us and we criticize and bash on her?!?
I'm not saying that it's cool for Lauryn Hill to have suffered with depression, but there is a genuine comfort and relief that someone in her position can openly discuss and get real about her sickness (something that millions go through).
THAT'S LIFE!
NOW we finally get someone as dynamic as her to relate to and then we go call her crazy?!? When half of you were probably depressed last week over some b'u'l'l-s'h'i't! This woman has put her reputaiton and heart on the line for her audience and NO ONE even GETS what she is doing!!!!
WAKE-UP CHILDREN and STOP acting like your s'h'i't don't stank! STOP being fake and LISTEN to those who CHOOSE and WANT to help you through their music; NOT look down their noses at you and entertain you to where you feel inferior and less than they are! Because some of these performers out here today TRULY feel that their fans are JUST THAT! Nothing more and nothing less...that's why I don't listen to everything. I seek and find the good stuff. I'm a grown ass woman. It's time for some of you grown-ups to get more diverse in your music taste! Get cultured PERIOD!
WAKE UP! LAURYN IS LAUGING AT YOU CLOWNS!!! well, that's what clowns do anywayy, right?
she look like a straight up fool, women sit doing! Damn we get it already you need some help right? Go get some! Ain nobody needa see your hot mess ass of yours damn it you wastin muh time MTO you don't have to be a genius to know this women str8 up wacko doodle up in here, women needa a white jacket a bed and we'll call it a day. Damn.
See Lauryn – that’s’ what happen when you marry a Rastafarian. Monogamy is not part of their religion. But to go crazzzy because a man cheated one you – news flash ya aint the first and certainly won’t be the last! Lauryn needs to remove the crusty the clown make-up, pop a couple of Prozac and than take her crazy azz back to the studio with the rest of the Refuge’s!
How in the hell do you go from locked hair and natural beauty and consciousness, singing about spirituality and not giving in to the "miseducation" of the world....to wearing wigs and dressing like a minstrel performer? All the crazy bitch needs is black face and a fiddle. Damn shame. Hey Lauren...."How you gone win, when you ain't right within?"
I could've told you that...look @ her..She looks absolutely ridiculous..what the hell is on her head.. Her face is real dark.. she looks like she's physically experiencing sinister thoughts ..Where the hell was Pras or her Marley man @ ?Thats why she's crazy..Weed poisioning... Where were they when she went out on stage like that..? Publisist? Stylist? nah..They are not her friends..Looks like lauren been hittin "That thing, That thing, that thhhiinnnngg!!
Is that Lauryn Hill or Bozo the Clown?
How sad. Sistagirl used to be so fly and vibrant. If memory serves em correctly she started losing it around the time she busted her makeup artist/friend f*&%ing with Rohan. I knew something was wrong when she did that MTV Unplugged and was rambling on with the guitar on some stream-of-consciousness shyt.
