Lauren Hill Makes Fans Wait 3 Hours And Has Nerve to Say 'I'm Worth the Wait!'

The "genius recluse returns to society" arc is probably our favorite
pop-music narrative, so it is with great interest that we have been
monitoring Lauryn Hill's reemergence. Her initial foray, during this
summer's Rock the Bells mini-tour, was a bit shaky, with some fans
vocally displeased at how Hill was reimagining her classics live and
others wondering if her once pristine voice hasn't aged well. When she
announced a full batch of tour dates,
we figured we'd be in for some more drama sooner or later. It turned
out to be sooner: On the first stop of the tour, at Brooklyn's Music
Hall of Williamsburg last night, doors were at 8 p.m. but Hill didn't
show up until midnight, and the crowd didn't take it so well. The Times has a breakdown, plus a crucial video of Hill gently chastising her audience:

Two fans in the front row hand-wrote signs: “You Just Lost One,”
“This Is Insulting.” One of the keyboard players taped a reply on his
kit: “I Was on Time.” When Ms. Hill finally took the stage a little
after midnight — a few minutes after arriving at the club and getting
carried over piles of snow on the street, one witness reported — she was
primed for a fight. “Don’t do that. That’s disrespectful,” she told the
fans with the signs, motioning with her finger to the exit at the back
of the room, where she suggested they go. To the crowd she was both
thankful and indignantly apologetic. “I spent my entire 20s sacrificing
my life to give you love. So when I hear people complain, I don’t know
what to tell you,” she said. “I personally know I’m worth the wait.” ...
After her first song, a lithe, pretty cover of Bob Marley’s “Forever
Loving Jah,” she finally yanked the sign off her keyboard player’s kit,
telling him: “You trying to escape the bottles and the cups. Next time
you take it, you take it like a man. We in this together, brother.”

In the video, it's clear Hill is walking that fine line between
standing up to a surly audience and losing them altogether. Considering
this is a tiny venue filled with people dedicated enough to the cause
they managed to finagle their way into the coveted event, it's fairly
mind-boggling it had to come to this at all. If Hill had followed the
little tirade with an hour and a half of faithful recreations of her
classic tunes, it would have been a blip on the radar. But instead she
maintained her unique angle, tweaking and modifying her catalogue as she
sees fit. To her great credit, she's obviously doing things her way. It
may take a while for everyone else to catch up.
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How long would you have waited for her?

And how long would you have waited for your favorite singer/band?

She had a concert in Aruba once, she sucked, was lack luster, not great at all. It was like she didn't even try.

Boys 2 Men had to do a second performance to save the show. Really, not a fan of hers anymore.

There were like $45 bucks, we have a yearly Soul Beach Festival 2 concerts and one comedy night, i usually go the last night.

a few years back was Alicia Keys, two years before that was Sean Paul.

I missed Robin Thick, it sucked sooooo much. That was a huge weekend with Sean Kingston, Robin Thick5

She's crack head so things like this should be expected. It's a shame to see someone waste so much talent, but drugs will do that to ya. Just say no kids.

LMAO......good one, good one

From one Lauren to another:

Sweetie, you haven't been worth the wait since you released Miseducation over ten years ago! Next time, show up on time, be courteous to your fans and be damn grateful that they still care enough about your ass to pay to see you since most people won't even torrent your shit, let alone pay for it.

Well, we know which Lauren has her head on straight.

She wasn't even worth the 1 minute and 50 seconds I spent watching this video.

once again, Lauren Hill proving she is unworthy of having her career back. This bitch is sad.