Smarty Pants: Famous Black Women You Didn’t Know Attended Ivy League Schools
Lauryn Hill
As her career began to take off as a member of The Fugees after the release of their first album, for a time, Hill did try to juggle music and an education. She attended Columbia University until her sophomore year when the group’s second album, The Score, became a huge hit, selling into the millions (it sold six million in the U.S.).