Source(s): TMZ, WENN

90s songstress Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison last week for tax evasion, but her former Fugee’s group member Pras Michel isn’t convinced that she’ll actually have to serve any time though. TMZ recently caught up with the 40-year-old Brooklynite to pick his brain about whether or not he thinks there will be a Fugees reunion and to get the scoop on what he thinks of Lauryn’s sentencing.

“Any chance of you guys getting back together?” the cameraman asked Pras, who was seated in his navy blue vehicle.

“Eh, I don’t know about that,” Pras said, letting out a chuckle.

When asked if he’s spoken to Lauryn, he revealed that he tried to reach out to her, but she hasn’t returned his calls.

“Nah, I haven’t spoken to her. I did leave a call for her, so you know if she gets back to me… I just wanted to reach out be like, ‘Yo, whatever you need, I got your back.”

The cameraman then suggested that Lauryn would be fine, considering how short her sentence is, but Pras revealed that he isn’t too convinced that she will have to serve any time at all.

“I doubt if she’s going to do three months though. Listen, if Lindsay Lohan doesn’t have to do any time, why would she do time?” Pras asked.

Though Pras may not be taking the sentencing seriously, Lauryn certainly is. Just yesterday we reported that the singer has already put a plan in motion with the assistance of her former beau and baby daddy, Rohan Marley regarding who will care for her six children throughout the duration of her three-month prison stint.

We hope Pras is right, but we won’t hold our breath.

Check out Pras’ interview on the next page. Do you agree with his logic?

Making it in the music industry as a solo artist is hard enough but when there are two or more people in a group, tensions are bound to arise because mo’ money plus mo’ people equal mo’ problems. Although they made beautiful music together, these 15 popular rap and R&B groups just couldn’t set aside their differences in the long run.

Arrested Development

Afrocentric alternative hip-hop group Arrested Development became very popular in the early 90′s. Founded by Speech and his former best friend, DJ Headliner, along with Dionne Farris and spiritual leader Baba Oje, they are best known for their song “Everyday People.” In 1993 the group won Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Rap Performance. They were also tapped by Spike Lee to record a song for his “Malcolm X” biopic that same year. However, Arrested Development never eclipsed the success they had with their debut album. Their sophomore album was panned by critics and shortly after that the group broke up due to “creative differences.” The band patched things up four years later but things were never the same as they struggled to reclaim their popularity in the U.S. Today, the group continues to tour internationally and released their 10th album in 2012.

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I think most of us agree that you should believe in your own talent even if no one else does. However, Drake just might have taken his beliefs about his contribution to music to another level and can now only be summed up in one word: Delusional.  During an interview with The Jewish Chronicle, they quote him as saying about his music:

There were people who incorporated melody before me but I would deem myself the first person to successfully rap and sing.”

I’m sorry, what now? Did the name Lauryn Hill escape you during this interview?  Did the name Nate Dogg, who was basically the “king” of singing and rapping hooks slip your mind?  Perhaps he was overly excited about the concert he was about to give in London so the names of all the successful rappers who also sang in their songs conveniently disappeared from his mind. If that’s not the case and he really believes that he’s the first successful rapper to mix singing and rapping then he really might be living in a dream world.

Drake also goes on to say that his style of wearing his heart on his sleeve when he creates his songs is not a gimmick.  He says, “This is not a gimmick.  I just sort of exist and people embrace me.  I’m one of the few artists who gets to be himself everyday.”  Yes, I suppose that’s why your style is eerily familiar to someone named Kanye West. Yes, that’s why a lot of the music he’s put out lately had a bit of a depressing tone.

But Lauryn Hill, Queen Latifah and many others were way years ahead of you incorporating rapping and singing. Never forget it…and show some respect!