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Lauryn Hill Responds To Tax Evasion Charges
Singer Lauryn Hill says she hasn’t paid taxes since she withdrew from society to guarantee the safety and well-being of herself and her family.
Lauryn Hill has turned to the Internet to respond to federal tax evasion charges. Earlier this week, Atlanta Black Star reported that Lauryn Hill had failed to file federal tax returns in 2005, 2006, and 2007 having earned more than $1.8 million in the same period.
Now Ms. Hill has issued a response to the charges. In a lengthy letter posted on her Tumblr page, the 37-year-old singer claims to have removed herself and her family from society during those three years in order to “keep them safe, healthy, and free from danger.” Read her explanation below.
“For the past several years, I have remained what others would consider underground. I did this in order to build a community of people, like-minded in their desire for freedom and the right to pursue their goals and lives without being manipulated and controlled by a media protected military industrial complex with a completely different agenda. Having put the lives and needs of other people before my own for multiple years, and having made hundreds of millions of dollars for certain institutions, under complex and sometimes severe circumstances, I began to require growth and more equitable treatment, but was met with resistance. I entered into my craft full of optimism (which I still possess), but immediately saw the suppressive force with which the system attempts to maintain it’s control over a given paradigm. I’ve seen people promote addiction, use sabotage, black listing, media bullying and any other coercion technique they could, to prevent artists from knowing their true value, or exercising their full power. These devices of control, no matter how well intentioned (or not), can have a devastating outcome on the lives of people, especially creative types who must grow and exist within a certain environment and according to a certain pace, in order to live and create optimally.
Source: Atlantablackstar
Date Submitted: 6/9/2012 1:22 PM
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