Lauryn Hill, who pled guilty in 2012 to failing to pay taxes of around $1 million, was sentenced to three months in prison on Monday.
She had faced a maximum of three years behind bars — a year for each of the three counts of not paying taxes in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
The Grammy winner told the court during her sentencing, “I needed to be able to earn so I could pay my taxes, without compromising the health and welfare of my children, and I was being denied that.”
She didn’t, however, explain why she decided to drop out of performing or why she stopped paying taxes.
When news of Hill’s tax evasion initially broke a year ago, she wrote a lengthy blog post explaining she didn’t file her returns because she chose to live “underground” for the “safety” of her family.
Hill noted at the time that she faithfully paid her taxes while she was “working consistently,” and “only stopped when it was necessary to withdraw from society, in order to guarantee the safety and well-being of myself and my family.”
It is not clear yet where or when the former Fugees singer will report to prison.
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