• The Grammy Award winning group The Fugees merged the styles of reggae, soul, hip-hop, and rap. The Fugees, made up of the members Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel, officially broke up in 2007. Their second album The Score was released in 1996. It contained the number one hit single "Killing Me Softly", which was a cover of the original performed by Roberta Flack in the 1970s.

• Fast Facts

  1. Years Active: 1994-1997 and 2004 - 2007
  2. Label: Ruffhouse
  3. Origin: New Jersey
  4. Name comes from the word refugees
  5. Members went on to solo projects

• Discography

  • 1994: Blunted on Reality
  • 1996: The Score

• Singles

  • 1994: "Nappy Heads", "Vocab", "Boof Baf"
  • 1995: "Fu-Gee-La"
  • 1996: "Killing Me Softly", "Ready Or Not", "No Woman, No Cry" (with Stephen Marley)
  • 1997: "Hip-Hopera" (with Bounty Killer), "Rumble in the Jungle" (with A Tribe Called Quest, Busta Rhymes and John Forte)
  • 2005: "Take It Easy"

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  Lauryn Hill | Wyclef Jean | Digable Planets | Bob Marley | Erykah Badu | Black Eyed Peas | Roberta Flack | Grammy Awards

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