Lauryn Hill
Hill in 2006, photo by Prphotos.com
Birth Name: Lauryn Noel/Noelle Hill
Place of Birth: East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 26, 1975
Ethnicity: African-American
Lauryn Hill is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress. She was a member of hip hop trio The Fugees, with Wyclef Jean and Pras. She is also known as Ms. Lauryn Hill and L. Boogie.
She was born in Newark, the daughter of Valerie and Mal Hill, and was raised in a middle-class family in South Orange, New Jersey. Lauryn six children, five of them, including fashion model and singer Selah Marley and singer and songwriter YG Marley, with her former partner, Jamaican-born entrepreneur and professional football player Rohan Marley.
Some of Lauryn’s genetic ancestry has been traced to the BiAka/Aka people of the Central African Republic.
in this video her daughter’s maternal line (so lauryn hill’s ancestors) has heritage from the biaka people of central african republic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kObjYjPgKRM
She was a member of The Fugees, with Wyclef Jean and Pras (add the links).