Fugees

airways with notable artists taking a change of channeling the essence of the song. Although the song originated from a young vocalist known as, Lori Lieberman, many credit those who have covered the song as the originators, such as Roberta Flack, The Fugees and Colbie Caillat. No matter who sang it first, “Killing Me Softly” continues to evolve and connect to many in a new and ingenious…

Outcast United, written by warren St. John, illustrates the numerous struggles refugees face and how they can look past complex differences and come together with a little help from Luma Mufleh and her soccer program. The outcast united talks about the union of a town, a team and a coach in a spontaneous social experiment. In this book, St. John tells a true story of refugees from Sudan, Congo, and Burundi among other countries who were resettled in a small town named Clarkston. One can help the…

Ambition is something every person needs for getting tasks accomplished and making decisions on a day to day basis with confidence. In the book Outcasts United, Luma has lots of ambition to overcome the obstacles in the decisions she makes. When Luma decides to move to the United States it takes her ambition to feel confident enough to go through with her decision. ”Luma had what she described as a kind of awakening” “Luma fell in love with this place and transferred for her sophomore year” -Pg…

special, We Will Always Love You: A GRAMMY Salute To Whitney Houston with performances by fellow artists including Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, and Usher, among many other. 4. Lauryn Hill – She began her career as a member of the hip-hop group, Fugees and received a Grammy for Best Rap Album. She, later on, went solo and released her first album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill which landed the number one spot in the Billboard chart. The same album earned her a Grammy Award for Album of the…

defy the odds. The odds of becoming a fully independent citizen that contributes to the community from a refugee is all too thin, and the fact that we aren’t offering this opportunity to all, is a disgrace the American dream (Guerrero). While the Fugees soccer program was successful, they had to fight way harder than they should have to be able to find some stability in their new home country. Refugees and immigrants deserve more from the United States because they were America’s past, they are…

Children of Men, released in 2007, is a appealing story about the main issues we were facing at the time: mistreat of immigrants, politics, and prediction of infertility. Alfonso Cuaron, director of Children of Men, gave us the in-depth prediction of our world in the next 18 years. When human are not able to have baby anymore, civil wars are rising everyday which cause millions of people flee to other countries for help and the only stable country at the time tries to do everything to close…

Influential Black Female Artist As the sound of music has developed over years, peoples’ contribution to the development sometimes goes unnoticed. Every musical artist should be honored for their played part in this musical evolution. So many musicians fail to pay respect to the artist before them when creating their own musical sound. Some of the most overlooked talents are the female artist that played huge roles in the growth of the music industries and the sound of music still heard today.…

somewhere only to find people you were destined to meet. These refugees had such a hard life before they were moved to the US but the struggles didn’t stop there. They constantly felt like outsiders in a place they should be able to call home. Once the Fugees found each other and started up the team, it helped them cope with everything going on. Soccer was their outlet. I can relate to them because most of my school career I felt like an outsider. Mind you i had been going to the same school…

In “Black Rage,” a melodic song dedicated to the people fighting for racial and social equality in Ferguson, ex-Fugees star Lauryn Hill explores the depths and wounds of black historical experience. “When the dogs bite, when the beatings, when I 'm feeling sad, I simply remember all these kinds of things and then I don 't fear so bad,” she sings. Songs like Hill’s…

“The FCC Won’t Let Sarah Be:” A Research paper on Sarah Jones Vs. The FCC Sarah Jones is an American Playwright, actress, and poet. In 2001 she wrote and preformed her first song “Your Revolution,” which is a critique of Hip-Hop pop culture by parodying famous artists’ offensive lyrics; however, the FCC pulled her song because they felt it was “indecent.” My research is on the reason why the FCC denied Jones’ song to be play, and how their reasoning is the point that she was trying to make,…