: Looks like former Fugees member Pras said out loud what most people were thinking. MediaTakeOut.com has learned that during an interview with AJ’s Playhouse on 93.3 FM in San Diego, the former Fugee claimed that Lauryn Hill is mentally ill.

Here's his exact statement:

Lauryn Hill is like to me the greatest artist in the last 25 or 30 years, but - still - if you mentaly ill, you mentally ill. I’m not no expert, but based on my profesional opinion, she needs medication. I think it’s bipolar. The thing is, when you’re around someone like that that you love and grew up with, you don’t wanna believe that kind of behavior really exists. It seems so unreal.
Dang she's mentally ill.... And we just thought she had a strange sense of style....

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RedSkyy

We been knew that HELLLLLO


picasso20

1st by default!


Shoopy

NAWWW, for real...we couldn't see that.


ThatsBangOutOfOrder

I'm not suprised!


RedSkyy

you are not first what you copied and pasted your little speech


mommie2deja_03

ok who wants the trophy for telling us news that we all already knew about? we didnt need Wyclef to tell us something was wrong with her- they not even friends anymore so who is he supposed to be?

and killabee- its NOT THAT SERIOUS...all that got u was the #10 spot and u thought u were #1 huh? get a life


picasso20

I lovvvee Lauryn Hill, she really needs to get it together so she can make some dope music.

and dayum, she is overdosing on the blush?...and her hair, and the 25lb floral earrings, and the charlie chaplin top hat?

ohhhhhh, Lauryn is trippin. oh, and the eye makeup..

wow. well, hopefully she gets some help? Kudos to the psychiatrists out there!


RedSkyy

its getting a little old by the way its not funny anymore


plug

lawd what happen to her see what a *** can make u do just go crazy


Shoopy

LOL @ Killa Bee...I guess your crying a river cause....YOU wasn't first...maybe if you hadn't typed all that mess you mighta made it.

*passing KB a box of tissues*

*snickering*


picasso20

lmao@killa_bee

*** you like number 34, stop trippin, and accept being 5th best. How does my interent dust taste?

Add it to your 40 ounce, its chopped full of Vitamin B. As in "Better", than you, who's 5th!

Kudos to me.


Atlsexiydime

We knew that..


beautifulb

WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?? SO SAD, SO SAD!!! WOMEN THIS GOES TO SHOW THAT WE NEED TO WORSHIP OURSELVES MORE THAN WE WORSHIP THESE MEN OUT HERE...THIS IS A *** SHAME..MEN CAN TAKE US FOR A RIDE SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES THAT RIDE CAN HURT.LOL


infamous

Im not surprised. She look like Pennywise the clown from the movie it.


KiluRenee

lol i believe this ***, she used to be one of the best, now she up there looking like a clown. JESUS TAKE THAT WHEEL!!!!



beautifulb

KILLABEE YO A.SS IS TRIPPIN FO SHO!!!LOLOL


tlo23

We knew that Pras...now get her some help!


killa_bee

I AM THE GREATEST "FIRST ***" OF ALL TIME!!!! BOW DOWN PICASSO!!!!! YOUR *** REIGN WILL END SOON!!!!


get_me_bodied56

hell a blind babboon could see lauryn is mentally ill in some kinda way. i love u lauryn but can't be on stage lookin like cousin it all the time.

@killa_bee i like ur speech. it made me laugh but am i the only one who sees hes tryin to make a point about something, that ppl should be worrying about more important things than ne-yo and his poppin lip gloss?


TANZA

YALL SOME STUPID YOUNG BIT**** ON HERE. MTO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WITH STORIES ON THE CELEBS. THE ONES YOU DONT LIKE IT, WHY GET ON. LETS ALL PRAY FOR LAURYN. PEACE.


plug

killabee u need some help child u can't alway be frist my child


get_me_bodied56

or maybe im wrong about killa_bee...lol


xugarbush-nyc

COME BACK TO US LAURYN!!! YOUR MUSIC IS WISDOM,STRENGTH & LOVE..NO OTHER FEMALES ARTIST LIKE YOU OUT NOW AND PERHAPS NEVER WILL BE..WISH YOU THE BEST &SEEK HELP IF NEEDED !!


picasso20

lmao@killabee

oh but I will. And OH, how I shall rub it in.


killa_bee

GET ME BODIED 56???? What the hell are you talking about? You better quit that kinda talk. What could be more important than NEYO's sexuality maybe Kim ***'s booty or Solange's career path?


ladyenyce86

i though she was just giving up on the whole singing thing and taking up clowning at little kid bithday parties.


killa_bee

YOU GOIN DOWN PICASSO!!!! YOU GOIN DOWN!!!!!!!


killa_bee

FREE THE JENA 6!!!! FREE THE JENA 6!!!! FREE THE JENA 6!!!! FREE THE JENA 6!!!! FREE THE JENA 6!!!! FREE THE JENA 6!!!! FREE THE JENA 6!!!! FREE THE JENA 6!!!! FREE THE JENA 6!!!!


sexycocoa

@Killer_ bee you sound so juvenile with that first sh-t it's quite lame so give it up.What you think you gonna get a million dollars for posting first?????????? LOL Anyway, I already suspected Lauryn is sick mentally it is a *** shame if it's true.


killa_bee

BURNT COCOA---WHY U TRIPPIN ON MY GLORY???? I AM GOING TO BE THE BARRY BONDS OF FIRST ***??? THE RECORD IS 1,254 and I AM GONNA *** IT!!!!! DON'T HATE ON ME CAUSE I GOT DREAMS AND GOALS!!!!



RockStarMami

you can see it. Its clear as day she needs to go to rehab yes,yes,yes. dayum lauren you fell the f^ck off bay bay. go and get help TODAY

WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ROCKSTARMAMI08


divascorpio

GOT DAYUMMMM killa bee!!!! U just been GOT!!! ya big dummy!! on here talking bout being 1st and ReddSkyy done beat you to the punch!!! hahahaha!! NOW LETZ ALL GET A GOOD LAUGH AT killabee's EXPENSE!! ***!! OH, lauryn is as mentally ill as Hannibal Lecter, but truthfully, AREN'T MOST HIP-HOP ARTISTS????


divascorpio

oh snap!!! LMFAO @ infamous!!!!! that pennywise *** is classic!!!! h[SPAM]!!!


milw242

What if she does not any mental health issuses ?


esotericdredz

No Sh*t......Anyone can see that she's not right from a mental health standpoint....People close to her need to encourage her to get some help. She has already squandered so much of the success she had a decade ago. If she can get herself together maybe she can have a come back.


Child_Please

@KillaBee it was funny yesterday.. And by the way doesnt being first mean you have less to do than anyone else. I mean to sit around and wait for this half azzed truthful site to post hearsay.. Blah..

As for Lauren Hill ..


killa_bee

CHILD PLEASE....IF I HAVE HE LEAST TO DO...>WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT YOU THAT YOU EVEN NOTICED THAT I WAS FIRST YESTERDAY???? SHOULD I GET A LIFE??? OR SHOULD YOU???? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!


callicrew

Yep, i think she is mentally ill..she has all the signs. she talks that they, mood swings, dresses that way, and her life is out of control. Lauryn please get help.


Child_Please

Actually that means you need to get a life.And while you are calling for people to wake up Boo Wake yourself up.

And read over your typos lol

CHILD PLEASE....IF I HAVE HE LEAST TO DO...>WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT YOU THAT YOU EVEN NOTICED THAT I WAS FIRST YESTERDAY???? SHOULD I GET A LIFE??? OR SHOULD YOU???? HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!

Have you had a Wake up call yet?

hahahaha someone is flustered.

Now go out and do good things with your day

YOU ARE DISMISSED!!


mabeline

And Pras's personal diagnosis means what??? Lauryn still got more talent in her lil bipolar finger than he will ever have. Lauryn seriously needs an intervention from someone anyone not continous criticisms. Lauryn nuff respect still regardless!!!


NotimeforBS

Lauryn should of left the island guy alone. She rooted Douw[SPAM]nnnnnnnn


davis

What exactly is Lauryn's issue? http://youtube.com/watch?v=3GVTGNcGNeY


davis

That pic is just wrong.


ihellaluvoakland

*** DID MAKE HER LOOSE HER MIND SHE APPEARED NORMAL BEFORE NEVER F...CK AGAIN LAUREN!!


Yve

We know...

Bless her heart....



buckcherry02

yeh me finks shez mentally deranged!

www.myspace.com/buckcherry02


Lockstress

Well who better to know her than her childhood friend. Acknowledgement is the first step to recovery. That's what's wrong with people of color, we need to stop just praying on everything and seek the professional help we somtimes need. I just hope that whatever it is she's going through she comes out on top because she is a talented sista. I wouldn't necessarily went on the *** raido and tell 2.6 million folks listenin...but that's just me!


BIGA146

WHY DO WOMEN ALWAYS WANT TO BLAME A MAN WHRN THEY ARE *** UP!


MissJNS

Ok, this is what was stated:

"I’m not no expert, but based on my profesional opinion, she needs medication. I think it’s bipolar."

He THINKS it's bipolar??? His PROFESSIONAL OPINION??

So it's not CONFIRMED that she's mentally ill? This is a mere OPINION from a man who is NOT a certified M.D. (shaking my head) That being the case, MTO has no business printing this AS FACT, and people who say, "AMEN" to his rather bogus diagonosis are just as stupid. If someone says, "I THINK Beyonce is a ho" you'd be all over that one trying to prove that she's not. Lauryn Hill is not a booty shaker, but can we at least support her the way we support all the other booty shaker artists?


Lockstress

@biga146-cuz most of time it's men that *** us over!! Sorry. But in her case her childrens father was in a relationship and she stepped in and snatched him up just like Clef..he was married and they were messing .So KARMA is a mo'fo! You reap what you sow!


Exceptional

This is a Lie someone needs to stand up for Truth and Justice. I AM that person. Lauren is a musical genius.Mrs Marley is very inspirational and spiritual she is often misunderstood because of the state that the world is in. Lauren is Perfection at it's Best. May anyone that says otherwise be cursed with the same thing that they are trying to say about others that they don't understand.


foto

Lauryn is still dope! She's the Queen and I don't know anyone out there who could touch her. Even on her worst days these chicks couldn't f*ck with her! Lauryn do your thing because you still have T.R.U. FANS!!!


NotimeforBS

KIDZ will drive you nuts!! P#uck the BS


demil

Oh dear me; Killer bees is not first....lol. Anywho LAURYN HILL is just a complete mess. She needs more than a medical intervention;


LadyKai

I suspected the same myself , mentally ill and on some type of drug which is a *** for disaster . I dont know if I'f refer to her as the greatest in 25/30 years,she hasnt been around as long as other artist that I consider true legends,but she is very talented . Its sad that her talent has taken a backseat to her bizarre unpredictable behavior. She needs help bad and I hope that she gets it before its too late and we have to read her obituary. ot to mention that she had all them children back to back by Bob Marleys son,who I hear was not faithful to her at all. Too much too soon.


BlkDiamond07

WELL NOBODY'S PERFECT!!!!!! BE KINDER THEN NECESSARY FOR EVERYONE U MEET IS FIGHTING SOME KIND OF BATTLE!!!!! GOD BLESS U LAURYN,UR IN MY PRAYERS!!!!!!


needloot

Something that MARLEY guy did to her. She was ok before she met him. After he cheated on her and left her with kids. She started bugging out.


sexycocoa

Everyone just need to ignore Killer Bee it is obvious he/she has no life and trying to get attention on this site.It is quite pathetic.He or she probably can't wait for us to respond to his or her ***-it.SMH!


minx

Dang MISS JNS, you proved me wrong.

I actually started to have a little faith and hope in MTO and the posts and comments, but unfortunately, you took that away. It IS true...no matter how random and irrelevant the post, someone ALWAYS mentions Beyonce's name.

***, that girl is truly the epitome of "being hated yet loved all wrapped in one stroke."

As for Lauryn Hill, who the hell said Pras was fit to give that opinion about her? I don't understand. Just because she dresses a certain way at certain times doesn't mean she is crazy. That woman has a beautiful soul and a pure talent. People always seem to resist difference, something always have to be "WRONG" with somebody just because they're not relatable to them. Leave her alone.

www.myspace.com/eroniec www.myspace.com/eroniec www.myspace.com/eroniec www.myspace.com/eroniec


Uncle_Tom

Lauryn Hill is mentally ill...

Duh....



mefromHARLEM

DAYUM SHE LOOKS ALOT LIKE OPRAH OR HARPO!!!!!!!!!


Uncle_Tom

Lauryn got hooked on the dic.*** and when it was taken from her it blew her mind...

That in combination with too much weed and religion just wrcked havoc on this poor childs mind...Now she thinks shes an afrocentric weed smoking religious circus clown dressed in second hand clothes....

Im not sure she needs pharmeceutical help, but shes definitely needs to stop self medicating herself with the marijuana and do a colon/blood cleanse ...

Get your *** together Lauryn ... There are other dic.ks out there. I miss your music.


Barbara_Open_Bush

***********ANOTHER MTO BLUE PLATE SPECIAL******* I APPLAUD MTO FOR THIS WONDERFUL HUMOR. I HOPE AND PRAY YOU TREAT YOUR FAMILY THE SAME WAY IS IS SO ORDERED.


chocolatemocha

Yea we knew something was wrong ...

But pras said something to that fact on 97.9 the beat in Dallas ... he said that's the reason for the reunion not happening

www.myspace.com/daurbanundergroundz


maturensexy

I feel bad for Lauren. She's so talented. If she is bi-polar,she's not the 1st person in the industry with a mental illness. With medication she'll be OK. GET IT TOGETHER LAUREN THERE'S STILL HOPE.


VAChick757

As a person in the mental health profession it is very clear that she is suffering from a mental illness. Her behavior, her speech and her appearance says it all. Its just not normal behavior so to all those who is denying that there is something wrong, well its your opinion. She even admitted to suffering from depression (hellp ppl which is a mental illness also) but it may have gotten worse and led to something more serious especially if it was untreated. Lauryn is a very talented individual and with the proper treatment she may resume to the "Lauryn" we all know and luv!!


fashiondesigner

Hell yea she mentally ill, its taking him that long to say "HE THINK" SHE'S MENTALLY ILL LOL! ...She needs more than help!


butch31

This is really strange bcuz her *(latest)* interviews shown on youtube, show her in better light...so i beg to differ.


Realist

LAURYN SERIOUSLY NEEDS JESUS. I HATE TO SEE MY GIRL OUT THERE LIKE THAT BEHIND HER PERSONAL PROBLEMS. FIND JESUS LAURYN QUICK!!!

A WOMAN WITH A GOD GIVEN BEAUTIFUL & UNIQUE VOICE WASTING AWAY.


indiesmartnsexy

Recently i was listening to her track "Tell Him", which was also featured in the movie "RIZE". Brought tears 2 my eyes because i realized she was talking about GOD! It seems our brightest lights & most gifted people are affected by sumthing--- they're more sensitive than others. Her voice is that of an angel and i wish her all the best!


FirstorLast

Why do any of the Fugees have room to talk about each other? Pras I can't remember hearing sh!t from him that was alll that memorable and he was always the third wheel in the Fugees, Lauryn is obviously having another breakdown and has fallen off considerably, and Wyclef lost alot of his originality since he came in the game,only reason he even charts is cause he hops on somebody elses track, PLUS he half the reason Lauryn is how she is. And when was the last time ANY of them charted by THEMSELVES let alone with each other? Don't get me wrong they all talened and I'm a fan, but they can't get past their own *** to even get together and try to make it work. I's said. Everybody that said they was the future of Hip-Hop and would las forever is looking very very ST-OOO-PID!


brown_skin

This is so sad. Lauren Hill was 'THE ' woman back in the day. But mental illness would explain the strange things that are going on in her life.


justbecuz

I am going to attempt to put this as simply as possible. The media and Lauryn's former bandmates attempt at labeling Ms Hill as CRAZY has more to do with their upset over the loss of potential capital than any actions Ms Hill has taken. Has Ms Hill suffered depression? The answer would be yes. How do we know this? She told us. The CRAZY label; however, is more a political attempt at dehumanizing an individual and rendering them powerless.

The perfect example of this is how Ms Winehouse's behavior is characterized. Ms Winehouse and her husband are walking down the middle of the street bloodied and high off drugs , but I challenge you to google her name and find how many times she is referred to as Crazy. I will tell you; very few.

Therefore; using Ms Winehouse as an example and believe me there are many more, you see its not about the behavior displayed by an individual at all. Its more about an attempt to marginalize someone that in this case had the nerve to walk away from the all mighty dollar. How many bottom lines do you think that move effected while Ms Hill was "playing house and finding herself."

Note: As far as her choice of fashion take a look back at some of the stars of the late 70's and 80's. Ms Hill would fit right in.


BKsQueen

Poor Lauren! She probably was really affected by her situation with her husband because watching like this is a shame and I wish she can get back to her senses so we can get that good music like in the late nineties! Earth to Lauren! Come Back.....


lilo0804

I don't believe it !!!



blackgyr30

*** that *** Rohan Marley!


zebrahead

why is this pic from her concert 15 years ago still up here?!?

if you ask me, we ALL have bi-polar disorder, Ha! except our *** is not put out there on the radio for millions to hear...

no, lauryn is not exempt from demons and she may have issues that she may need to work out, but the way she dresses and/or acts on stage has nothing to do with her mental stability. hell, when you think about it, half of the most creative people on earth were considered weird or depressed. i personally, am able to adapt to a person's ARTistry. i like UNIQUE! i can get with CHANGE! there's nothing wrong with THAT. if mental ill is her get-up then dammit, love it or leave-it b/c it's not like home-girl NEEDS to be locked in a padded room with a stray jacket on! so the mental illness *** is all in their heads.

so, until i hear about some of these [bi-polar symptoms] that "lauryn has", considering i'm a psych major, um, i'll have to go out on a limb and say that Pras and Wyclef are lame.

when was the last time Pras had a record out? i never liked Wyclef "that much"...seems to me, they're waiting on Lauryn Hill to get that [juice] back. but, it looks like they can't do *** w/out Ms. (Mentally Ill) Hill...

i'm s[SPAM] over this. FREE YOUR MINDS...PEACE!

and another thing...the word [medication] doesn't even sound right comin from Pras! if anyone should know, he [should] know that there are alternative ways to curing bi-polar... @ Uncle_Tom, wurd on the colonic, LOL, but the rest of the mess you stated can go!

God Bless Lauryn ;-)


zebrahead

@justbecuz...WOW!

great response! and NOT ONLY did she "tell" people she was depressed, which she didn't owe us any explanation, she sung about that s'h'i't for almost 2 and half hours on her Unplugged Special!!!

Lauryn Hill is one of the few ARTist who is keeping it real with us and we criticize and bash on her?!?

I'm not saying that it's cool for Lauryn Hill to have suffered with depression, but there is a genuine comfort and relief that someone in her position can openly discuss and get real about her sickness (something that millions go through).

THAT'S LIFE!

NOW we finally get someone as dynamic as her to relate to and then we go call her crazy?!? When half of you were probably depressed last week over some b'u'l'l-s'h'i't! This woman has put her reputaiton and heart on the line for her audience and NO ONE even GETS what she is doing!!!!

WAKE-UP CHILDREN and STOP acting like your s'h'i't don't stank! STOP being fake and LISTEN to those who CHOOSE and WANT to help you through their music; NOT look down their noses at you and entertain you to where you feel inferior and less than they are! Because some of these performers out here today TRULY feel that their fans are JUST THAT! Nothing more and nothing less...that's why I don't listen to everything. I seek and find the good stuff. I'm a grown *** woman. It's time for some of you grown-ups to get more diverse in your music taste! Get cultured PERIOD!

WAKE UP! LAURYN IS LAUGING AT YOU CLOWNS!!! well, that's what clowns do anywayy, right?


fuc4play

I was just watching sister act 2 and seeing the Lauren Hill then And the Lauren Hill now is like *** and day. I miss her when she was had that raw talent and absolutly amazing voice. If she would have stayed in the right state of mind she would have killed the R&B game, half the chicks in it now wouldn't have a chance.....I hope she gets it together


PrettyBoi

its *** enuff to get excited about bein the 1st to make a comment here but but you really look like cold sh*t on hotplate when ur *** is 3rd & 4th & you still screamin "1st ***" . lol.

she needs to get away from them jamaicans. all that voodoo *** has her all F-ed up.


mrs_jax_fl

killa_bee you are so funny, I giggled all day at your azz. I even told my co workers... we were all laughing!! You need to ask MTO to hire you to add words for their pictures...lol


foxyloxy2000

she should but out a dis record airing out these fools

at least she still performing fu*k are they doing?


diimepeiice

she look like a straight up fool, women sit doing! *** we get it already you need some help right? Go get some! Ain nobody needa see your hot mess *** of yours *** it you wastin muh time MTO you don't have to be a genius to know this women str8 up wacko doodle up in here, women needa a white jacket a bed and we'll call it a day. ***.


MrsPimptress

why???why????


TheNumberOneHater

SHE LOOKS LIKE THE BLACK "JOKER" LET US PRAY


TastyCaramel

OKay MTO you could have put a real story here instead of telling us things we already know.


holograms

See Lauryn – that’s’ what happen when you marry a Rastafarian. Monogamy is not part of their religion. But to go crazzzy because a man cheated one you – news flash ya aint the first and certainly won’t be the last! Lauryn needs to remove the crusty the clown make-up, pop a couple of Prozac and than take her crazy azz back to the studio with the rest of the Refuge’s!


delovely45

all of yall look a mess that what hapens whe drugs are taken


CriCri83

I love her and her music but she needs to get it together. When did she gain all that weight??


BoomKackaLacka

How in the hell do you go from locked hair and natural beauty and consciousness, singing about spirituality and not giving in to the "miseducation" of the world....to wearing wigs and dressing like a minstrel performer? All the crazy *** needs is black face and a fiddle. *** shame. Hey Lauren...."How you gone win, when you ain't right within?"



SAPHIRE

I SURE HATE THAT FOR LAURYN.I REALLY LIKED HER MUSIC AND I REALLY WISH THAT SHE WOULD COME OUT PUBLICALLY AND MAKE SOME KIND OF STATEMENT TO HER FANS.


maturensexy

LAUREN,LAUREN,LAUREN. I REALLY HOPE SHE GET IT TOGETHER. SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE IN THE INDUSTRY WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. WITH MEDICATION SHE'LL BE OK.


Naeliyah

I could've told you that...look @ her..She looks absolutely ridiculous..what the hell is on her head.. Her face is real dark.. she looks like she's physically experiencing sinister thoughts ..Where the hell was Pras or her Marley man @ ?Thats why she's crazy..Weed poisioning... Where were they when she went out on stage like that..? Publisist? Stylist? nah..They are not her friends..Looks like lauren been hittin "That thing, That thing, that thhhiinnnngg!!


techieswife

Is that Lauryn Hill or Bozo the Clown?

How sad. Sistagirl used to be so fly and vibrant. If memory serves em correctly she started losing it around the time she busted her makeup artist/friend f*&%ing with Rohan. I knew something was wrong when she did that MTV Unplugged and was rambling on with the guitar on some stream-of-consciousness ***.


BASKETBALL_QUEEN

thats crazy i still listen to the stuff she sing when she wont ill...........