Lauryn Hill Pays Tribute To Fugees Collaborator John Forté After Death

Lauryn Hill is remembering Fugees collaborator John Forté as “a gentle soul” following the celebrated artist’s death earlier this week at the age of 50 the eight-time Grammy winner recalled her and Forté becoming “fast friends” after they first met. “I loved him, my family loved him… I remember meeting his mom with her sweet voice for the first time and walking New York City streets with him in full youthful fascination mode,” Hill wrote. “Our generation of hip-hop was young and at the ascent of its epic rise. We were both there…participating and taking it all in, full of excitement and possibility.” Forté, a member of the Refugee Camp All-Stars collective and a key contributor to the 1996 Fugees classic The Score, died at his home in Massachusetts on Monday (Jan. 12). Per the Martha’s Vineyard Times, Forté’s death was confirmed by Chilmark Police, who said “no foul play” was suspected.

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