Pras Michél, a founding member of Grammy-winning hip-hop group The
Fugees, is suing his bandmate
Lauryn Hill in federal court for fraud and breach of contract, among other claims, over their abbreviated 2023 and canceled tour a year later.
In a scathing lawsuit, filed Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, Michél alleges that Hill grossly mismanaged the setup, marketing and budgeting of their scuttled 2023 tour, which “was actually a veiled and devious attempt to make a big score
for herself,” the complaint states, adding that the singer then secretly siphoned off money from the tour guarantees. The full list of claims include fraud, fraud in the inducement, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, accounting and refusal to permit an audit of the Fugees’ tour.