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Hill penned a letter that digs into the reason for her tax troubles (the never ending “conflict between art and commerce”), and what her plans are for the future, and those plans include new music!
Read what Ms. Hill has to say below:
It has been reported that I signed a new record deal, and that I did this to pay taxes.
Yes, I have recently entered into an agreement with Sony Worldwide Entertainment, to launch a new label, on which my new music will be released.
And yes, I am working on new music.
I’ve remained silent, after an extensive healing process.
This has been a 10+ year battle, for a long time played out behind closed doors, but now in front of the public eye. This is an old conflict between art and commerce . . . . free minds, and minds that are perhaps overly tethered to structure.
This is about inequity, and the resulting disenfranchisement caused by it.
I’ve been fighting for existential and economic freedom, which means the freedom to create and live without someone threatening, controlling, and/or manipulating the art and the artiste, by tying the purse strings.
It took years for me to get out of the “parasitic” dynamic of my youth, and into a deal that better reflects my true contribution as an artiste, and (purportedly) gives me the control necessary to create a paradigm suitable for my needs.
I have been working towards this for a long time, not just because of my current legal situation, but because I am an artiste, I love to create, and I need the proper platform to do so. The nature of my new business venture, as well as the dollar amount reported, was inaccurate, only a portion of the overall deal.
Keep in mind, my past recordings have sold over 50 000 000 units worldwide, earning the label a tremendous amount of money (a fraction of which actually came to me).
Only a completely complicated set of traps, manipulations, and inequitable business arrangements could put someone who has accomplished the things that I have, financially in need of anything.
I am one artiste who finds value in openly discussing the dynamics within this industry that force artistes to compromise or distort themselves and what they do, rather than allowing them to make the music that people need.
There are volumes that could (and will) be said.
We’re happy to hear that Lauryn is back with an agenda to move forward.
Fans are waiting to hear those “volumes” that only Lauryn can address so well in her music! — singersroom.
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