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Earlier this week, news broke that Lauryn Hill would be serving three months in jail over a tax evasion conviction. 

The legendary rapper owed the IRS upwards of $1.3 million in back taxes. 

Days before her final court hearing, Lauryn paid $970,000 to satisfy most of her debt, but it wasn’t enough. Lauryn waited too long to pay her delinquent taxes and was sentenced to jail.  

Many close friends and colleagues have been writing letters to Lauryn’s judge, and surprisingly, Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder were among those people who lobbied on her behalf.

There were 29 people in total who wrote the judge presiding over Lauryn’s tax case, and she took the time to thank each and every one of them, stating: 

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,

MLH

Considering most of her debt is paid, we’re hoping Lauryn will be able to return home to her six children sooner rather than later. 

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