The rapper will close out the year with a show in Philadelphia
Five-time Grammy winner and one of the most notable hip hop, R&B, and fashion/style icons of all time, Lauryn Hill has moved all but one remaining 2023 show to next year, citing vocal issues. The rapper, who’s celebrating the 25th anniversary of her massively influential 1998 debut solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, says she will close out the year playing a show this weekend in Philadelphia while her team works on next year’s routing.
“As many of you may know, I’ve been battling serious vocal strain for the past month. I made it through each show by taking prescribed prednisone, but this can be detrimental to the body when taken in large amounts over long periods of time. In order to prevent any long term negative affect on my voice and my body, I need to take time off to allow for real vocal recovery so that I can discontinue the medication completely,” she writes in a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday (Nov 22nd).
She continues, “For this reason we have to reschedule most of the remaining shows this year. The shows that were cancelled this year will be rescheduled for early 2024 AND because of the overwhelming response, we’ll be adding new cities to the tour, including overseas. We’re working on the new calendar now, and announcing soon.
“The show in PHILLY this weekend IS STILL HAPPENING. We already had to move this show once and being so close to New Jersey, it’s basically hometown for us—so we’ll close out the year with one final show amongst friends and family!”
On the trek, Hill performs the album as she revisits the musical sentiment and nostalgia that caused it to resonate with so many fans. A reunited Fugees return to the road for their first tour in years to co-headline all US and Canadian dates.
Hill and her diamond-certified album achieved numerous firsts including being the first ever hip-hop album to receive an Album Of The Year Grammy Award, being the first woman to be nominated for ten Grammy awards in one year, and being the first woman to win five Grammys in one night.
