Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean Reunite at Essence Festival

Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean staged a Fugees reunion at the Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans on Friday, July 1. Jean stunned followers when he introduced out Hill throughout a piano efficiency of “Killing Me Softly” to carry out 4 of the Fugees basic songs, as reported by Essence. The crowd went wild as the previous bandmates went on to sing “How Many Mics,” “Fu-Gee-La,” and “Ready or Not.”

Hill and Jean’s reunion comes after the band, which additionally contains Pras Michel, canceled their planned 2021 reunion tour as a result of pandemic. Ultimately, they performed one show in New York City in September 2021 earlier than canceling the remainder of the tour. The historic present marked the primary time the trio had carried out collectively in 15 years. While they initially hoped to reschedule for 2022, they launched a press release in January confirming the reunion tour was formally off.

“We anticipate and perceive disappointment however our anniversary tour will be unable to occur,” the trio’s assertion learn. “The continued Covid pandemic has made touring circumstances tough, and we need to ensure we hold our followers and ourselves wholesome and secure. An concept sparked to honor and have fun this twenty fifth anniversary of ‘The Score’ however we see now it might not presently be our time for revisiting this previous work. We’re grateful for the particular night time we did get to share with a few of you in New York, with that uncommon stay second. If alternative, public security, and scheduling permit, we hope to have the ability to revisit this once more someday quickly.”

The canceled tour solely made the second when Jean and Hill reunited at Essence Fest all of the extra particular. Check out the gallery to see pictures from the unforgettable mini Fugees reunion beneath.