Lauryn Hill Blogs Re: New Record Deal, New Music, Old Business, ‘Parasitic Dynamic’ of Her Youth

Hip hop and R&B icon Lauryn Hill, for years the center of hushed murmuring until a long-anticipated return to performing a couple of years ago (which let to even MORE hushed murmuring), published a blog posting explaining some of what has been reported and rumored, mainly that she had entered into a new record deal and plans to release new music.

Whether or not this was a direct result of her alleged back-tax problem, is not clear. What is clear, is that Ms. Hill has begun to air out some of the business side of things that may have kept her away from music for so long.

In the posting, Lauryn Hill mentions a “10+ year battle,” and alludes to her desire to exit from business dealings, contractual it seems, in order to create art not constricted by “someone threatening, controlling, and/or manipulating the art and the artist.”

Lauryn Hill states that she has reached a deal for the creation of a new label under Sony Worldwide Entertainment. That label, unnamed as of this posting, will feature new music that she says she is working on.

Ms. Hill ends the brief statement with a hint at more revelations to come.

You can read the entire blog entry on Lauryn Hill’s Tumblr page.