Lauryn Hill released a statement on Twitter, addressing recent news of a tax lien being filed against her.
News hit recently which pointed to the singer owing $438,221.31 to the government after the lien was filed last month. A separate case filed in 2012 said she owed $446,386.60 in back taxes. Hill took to social media to address the reports directly. “I wanted to address the recent reports in the media that I have new tax issues. This is not a new situation, I’m still taking care of past taxes. This has been an ongoing process, and I have been working steadily towards a resolution. It has been an uphill battle, but we’re getting over the hump. I left the game, I wanted out, the way it was organized needed adjustment,” she wrote. “When you eat a lot of other people’s debts like I did, and become financially responsible for as many people as I did, a break like the one I took was necessary. It took bold, courageous moves, and cost me certain economic comforts. But it’s getting better every day, thank God, and I’m living a much more liberated existence because of it.”
Hill previously served time in prison after she was busted for owing $1 million in taxes to the government. She has played many shows in recent years, but hasn’t released an album since 1998’s “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill."
Check out her full statement up top.
Source: hiphopdx.com
