We didn’t know it then, but during Lauryn Hill‘s recent tax related tribulations a number of entertainers made it their mission to help her during the difficult time. One of these entertainers, being ‘Samsonite Man’ singer Alicia Keys.
Indeed, in a letter thanking all who wrote to the case’s judge in the hopes of saving her from jail time, Ms. Hill praised the star and many others for their support.
Read below…
Via Tumblr, she shared:
“I want to extend a sincere thank you to the following people, who wrote letters to the judge on my behalf:
Linda Banks, Edison, NJ
Davonne Breedlove
Binna Choi, Beijing, China
Hafiz Farid, East Orange, NJ
Miriam Anne Banks Farrakhan, Union, NJ
Vincent Gardner, New York, NY
Michael Green, Fair Bluff, NC
Elitta Harden, Ft Worth, TX
Mrs. Valarie Hill, South Orange, NJ
Maureen Hogan, Jersey City, NJ
Walter Jones, New York, NY
Alicia Keys
Elena Lau, Toronto, Canada
Jerald Miller, New York, NY
Tracy Morris, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Elise Munoz, France
Bunmi Olukoya, Laurel, MD
Jimmie Pierre, Trenton, NJ
Cherisse Pittman
Gabrielle Fulton Ponder, Atlanta, GA
Dominique Reese, Oakland, CA
Chris Schwartz, Philadelphia, PA
Ashley Scott, Brooklyn, NY
Derek Singletary, Astoria, NY
Dr. Sara Tai, Manchester, UK
Suzette Williams, Teaneck, NJ
Lisa Willis, Philadelphia, PA
Stevie Wonder
Jonathan Wunderlich, Cabarete, DR
And thank you Jerald Miller, for taking the initiative to put this together.
I also want to thank all of my family, friends, business associates, and fans who have called, emailed, sent texts, and posted messages of concern, encouragement, and support. I appreciate the well wishes, and I thank you for your prayers.
Also, to anyone who may have written letters that we did not know about, thank you also, all of you.
I will have more to say soon, but did not want to further delay expressing my appreciation.
Thank you again,
Read here for more on Lauryn’s case.
That shows that Alicia is a real friend, not an industry c***.
I know I’m going to hell for laughing when I seen Stevie Wonder on that last.
me too….we going down
If only all tax theifs got that kind of support -__-
Exactly !! Bet nobody would write us letters if we didn’t pay our taxes and were sent to jail. Alicia Keys would defend her, with her HOme wreckin ass.
Where are the big guns Jay-Z, Diddy, Wil Smith,Rihanna, Beyonce, Oprah. These people are making big money and could afford to help without putting a dent in their monies.
Why not send money and pay off what she owes? Duh!
Sam u ooooone shady b**** lol. U made SURE to put Stevie Wonder at the end so ppl would c it
what is wrong with Stevie? Confused?
Stevie is Lauryn Hill’s idol.
he also createst the GREATEST R&B Soul album of all time
he also was the only artist to win album of the year grammys 3 times in a row.
he also recvd the presidential honor award
he is also Obama’s favorite artist
do ur homework
created R&B’S GREATED album
Um, what exactly are they excusing? She dodged the system and got caught, if normal people cant get away with it why should she?
whatever…pay your bills LAURYN!
That probably made the judge even more certain that she deserves to go to jail. Some of us are poorer than she’ll ever be and dont have a host of celebrity friends.
Who cares. Why the f*** hasn’t Sam posted about xtinas new duet with Alejandro Fernandez. Xtina vocals slay the basic b****** even when she sings Spanish…
Alicia Key’s Baby
STEVIE WONDER ?!
😯
WTF did happen to my eyes ?
Of course the home wrecker would defend the fraud!
And what exactly did those letters say?
“Dear Judge, I know Ms. Hill made millions of dollars and didn’t pay her taxes but you see she’s a great artist and she makes beautiful music so please don’t lock her up”
Sorry, no sympathy. If you choose not to pay then be strong enough to accept your punishment. There’s 0 confusion here and all the mysterious talk from Lauryn doesn’t change anything.
stay strong lauryn!! we love you!
Lauryn is a idiot, she should have just paid her taxes. She made millions of dollars now her six kids wil be away from their mom.
lauryn will be ok, she is just “sick”. her fmily needs to step in to help her