7.8.2026
Rapper and singer Lauryn Hill has expressed a strong desire to make music with friend Wyclef Jean after 30 years.
The group have not released a studio album since The Score in 1996, which was one of the defining albums of its generation, featuring the hits Ready or Not, Fu-Gee-La and Killing Me Softly.
The pair have reunited on stage a number of times in recent years and spoke to BBC News ahead of a major concert in Milton Keynes on Friday to mark the album’s 30th anniversary.
Jean said they are “in an amazing place”, and broke into song during the interview to celebrate that he is “back with my bandmate”.
The renewed bond between the two was evident during the interview. When asked about the possibility of a new album, Jean began by restating the question, “Will there be music in the future?”, and Hill chimed in: “Absolutely.”
Jean continued: “All I can tell you is, man, we’re in God’s hands,” before singing: “I’m back with my bandmate!
“So we’re in an amazing place. I think the energy is very important.”
Hill added: “There was an incredible healing process that happened with us as a band and as bandmates, and as you said we just want to showcase that and give some of that energy to the world as well.”
The group’s third member, Pras Michel, is currently serving a prison sentence in the United States following his conviction in a federal lobbying and fraud case.
The event will feature performances from Hill, Jean, Erykah Badu, Giggs, Fireboy DML, YG Marley and Zion Marley, with comedian Dave Chappelle hosting. BBC
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