A few weeks ago, Wyclef issued some controversial remarks about his former group mate, Lauryn Hill of ‘The Fugees‘. The rapper/producer stated that Lauryn [whom he’d secretly dated while married] tricked him into believing that her [Lauryn] first son, Zion was his child. While, Wyclef has gone on to say that his intention was not hurt Lauryn by detailing their affair in his memoir book “Purpose” [which is in stores now], Lauryn says otherwise.
The singer [who’s currently on tour with Nas] maintains her integrity and rather than speak publicly on the incident [itself] she issued the following statement to her audience in Dallas [where she performed recently.
When you are on the other side of liberation, just make sure you are not late. Be careful how you judge, there is a lot of deception out there. A lot of misunderstanding out there. A lot of miscommunication out there. A lot of false information out there. And notice, out of all the people who talk talk talk, who’s the silent one. There’s a lot of chatter, but me….
And you know why? Let me tell you why I don’t chat back. Because I know that my brothers and my sisters are often times pawns in a bigger scheme so when they, under pressure, attack me, I love them still. It’s called the high road. Try taking it sometimes.
I’m not going to play my hand like the suppressive system would have me play my hand. Because I know [about] the oppression that took place in Haiti, and Jamaica, and America, and Africa and Europe. So just be patient. The truth always surfaces and especially, all you black folks out there who have had black mothers who carried you through thick and thin, when the system wanted to call them crazy, just remember that…
You know I know I’m not crazy, that’s why I can use the word so freely. Crazy like a fox? Ahead of the curve. People don’t like people that’s ahead of the curve, but unfortunately that’s not my problem.