Lauryn Hill Similar Artists

Fugees - 100% match to Lauryn Hill

Erykah Badu - 72% match to Lauryn Hill

Erica Abi Wright, 26 February 1971, Dallas, Texas, USA. This uncompromising R&B performer has made rapid progress in her brief career to date. Initially signed to Kedar Entertainment, Badu effortlessly repeated the label’s blueprint for success that propelled D’Angelo to international stardom in the late 90s. Her 1997 debut album, Baduizm, was largely self-writ Read more

Outkast - 72% match to Lauryn Hill

This hip-hop duo comprises Dre aka André 3000 (André Benjamin, 27 May 1975, Georgia, USA) and Big Boi (b. Antwan André Patton, 1 February 1975, Savannah, Georgia, USA), who first met while studying at Atlanta’s Tri-City high school. The duo signed a recording contract with L.A. And Babyface’s LaFace imprint prior to graduation, and immediately Read more

Solange - 68% match to Lauryn Hill

Mary J. Blige - 58% match to Lauryn Hill

Mary Jane Blige, 11 January 1971, the Bronx, New York, New York City, USA. Blige was signed to Uptown Records by their head of A&R, Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs. After being promoted by her record company as ‘The original queen of hip-hop and soul’, her 1992 debut album sold over two million copies (many of the best songs being written for her by POV). The hip- Read more

D'Angelo - 54% match to Lauryn Hill

Aaliyah - 52% match to Lauryn Hill

Aaliyah Dana Haughton, 16 January 1979, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA, d. 25 August 2001, Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas, West Indies. Although she grew up in Detroit, Michigan, Aaliyah pronounced Ah-Lee-Yah (‘highest, most exalted one’ in Swahili), initially came to attention as part of the ‘new jill swing’ movement in the mid-90s. Her ear Read more

Common - 52% match to Lauryn Hill

Lonnie Rashied Lynn Jnr., 13 March 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Originally recording under the expanded pseudonym Common Sense, Lynn is one of the more enlightened contemporary rappers, proffering a heady mix of verbiage and syncopated hip-hop rhythms. He made his debut in 1992 with Can I Borrow A Dollar?, a series of tracts on consumer identity with the occasional lapse in Read more

The Roots - 52% match to Lauryn Hill

Alicia Keys - 49% match to Lauryn Hill

Alicia Augello-Cook, 25 January 1980, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. This highly talented US singer-songwriter and pianist enjoyed immediate success when her 2001 debut album, released on Clive Davis’ J Records label, went straight to the top of the US charts. A classically trained pianist and former student at Manhattan’s Professional Performance Arts Sc Read more

Freddie Gibbs - 49% match to Lauryn Hill

Janet Jackson - 49% match to Lauryn Hill

Janet Damita Jo Jackson, 16 May 1966, Gary, Indiana, USA. Jackson was the youngest of the nine children in the family that produced the Jackson Five (including Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson and LaToya Jackson). When she was four years old, the family moved to the Los Angeles area; three years later she made her performing debut in Las Vegas with her brothers. At the age Read more

Jill Scott - 49% match to Lauryn Hill

4 April 1972, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. This modern R&B singer toured with the Roots and Erykah Badu before embarking on a solo career, after striking a recording contract with the Hidden Beach label. Her other credits include co-writing the Roots’ Grammy Award-winning single ‘You Got Me’, writing and contributing vocals on Common’s acclaimed 2 Read more

Janelle Monáe - 48% match to Lauryn Hill

Singer-songwriter Janelle Monae is a Kansas City native heavily influenced by Nona Hendryx's muscular combination of funk and rock. Monae first gained national attention through her featured appearances on the soundtrack to the Outkast musical, IDLEWILD. Monae self-released the quirky, science-fiction-influenced five-track EP METROPOLIS SUITE I OF IV: THE CHASE in 2007. Online Read more

Kendrick Lamar - 48% match to Lauryn Hill