Laruyn Hill is officially a free woman. As
scheduled, Hill was released from the Federal Correctional Institution in
Danbury, Conn., sometime Friday (Oct. 4), according to information posted on
the Federal Bureau of Prisons website.
Hill pleaded guilty to tax evasion late last year
and was sentenced to three months in July. Before she went in, the ex-Fugee
paid off over $900,000 of the debt stemming from $1.8 million in income she
earned between 2005 - 2007.
At a hearing in May, Hill refused responsibility for
the tax troubles, stating, "I was put in a system I didn't know the nature
of. I'm a child of former slaves. I got into an economic paradigm and had that
imposed on me.
"I sold 50 million units," she added.
"Now I'm up here paying tax debt. If that's not slavery, I don't know what
is."
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Prior to her release, the mother of six dropped the new track "Consumerism" and is working on a new album titled Letters From Exile.
LISTEN HERE
"Consumerism" was written before Hill's incarceration, and mixed while she was locked-up.
A message posted by Hill on her Tumblr page explains
the background to the track:
"Consumerism
is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did
our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew
of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written
from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the
underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven’t been able
to watch the news too much recently, so I’m not hip on everything going on. But
inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times
contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn’t imagine it not being
relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience
finds them, like water seeking its level."
Available now on iTunes: bit.ly/MLH_C
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