Pras Michél, founding member of the award-winning group The Fugees, is suing his fellow group member, Lauryn Hill.
According to reports, Michél’s lawsuit cites he is suing her for fraud and breach of contract as well as other cliams. The lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York where he also claimed that the singer also mismanaged the marketing and budgeting for their 2023 tour.
The complaint also stated that the setup of the tour “was actually a veiled and devious attempt to make a bigh score for herself [Hill].” The lawsuit claimed that the 2023 Fugees tour was set to be “a huge commercial success, since most of show for the entire arena size tour were sold out in advance.” It also claims that Michél walked away with nothing due to Hill controlling the tour budget.
“That was so bloated with unnecessary and, most likey fictitious, expenses, that it seemed designed to lose money,” the lawsuit also states. In August, Lauryn Hill announced the cancellation of the second half of the tour due to “serious vocal strain.”
Michél’s lawsuit also called out Hill for having “narcissistic tendencies” and other instances she was involved in. “Hill’s arrogance was again demonstrated when she unilaterally rejected a $5 million offer to play Coachella. The reason was that her ego was bruised since the group No Doubt would be receiving top billing over The Fugees the night of their show.”
It continued, “Hill never told Pras about the offer or that she had was rejected it. Pras only learned about it when it was too late, after Hill, in an astonishing display of hubris, asked Pras if he would agree to perform a few Fugees songs for free as the opening act for her son, ‘YG’ Marley, who was slated to perform at the same Coachella festival.”