At her sentencing for tax evasion Lauryn Hill read a statement comparing taxes to slavery...
Before she was sentenced Lauryn Hill explained,
"I was put into a system I didn't know the nature of. I'm a child of former slaves. I got into an economic paradigm and had that imposed on me. I sold 50 million units. Now I'm up here paying a tax debt. If that's not likened to slavery, I don't know what is."Ms. Hill was sentenced to 3 months in prison and a $60,000 fine.
