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Lauryn Hill denies claims she stole music, treated band unfairly

Ruffhouse/ColumbiaLauryn Hill released a 3,000-word essay Monday to address “common misconceptions” about her, including claims that she mistreated her band and “stole music” for her landmark hip-hop album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Hill, who made history at the 1999 Grammy Awards as the first woman to win five or more trophies in one night, issued the statement exactly two weeks after jazz musician Robert Glasper accused her of plagiarism and claimed she threatened her band while on tour in 2008. “These are my songs, musicians are brought in because of the masterful way that they play their instruments,” Hill wrote. “You may be able to make

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