Lauryn Hill | First Soap Opera: As the World Turns

Lauryn Hill was one of the most prominent rappers during the ’90s. Her album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, is given credit for being one of the all-time top-selling albums. Lauryn is lauded for her innovative melodic rap tunes, which have inspired some of the most successful pop stars of modern music. As such, she is an eight-time Grammy Award winner.

Before all the success that came along Lauryn’s rap career, she had humble beginnings in a soap opera titled As the World Turns as Kyra Johnson. She was a recurring character, but soon enough, Lauryn would join the band The Fugees and transition to music. Nowadays, Lauryn is a grandmother and has five children with ex-partner Rohan Marley, the son of the great Bob Marley. She still performs on stage from time to time and has not given up on music.

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