Lauryn Hill Gets Three Months in Jail for Not Paying Taxes
Time to sing the blues
Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings.
She was also sentenced Monday in Newark to three additional months of home confinement.
The 37-year-old South Orange resident pleaded guilty last year in the case.
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They were only after that thing, that thing thaaaat thiiiiing.
Oooh la la la, gotta pay your fair share...