After several years away from the limelight, Grammy Award winning music artist Lauryn Hill is finally talking. The rapper appears in Trace Magazine's Annual "Black Girls Rule!" issue, which hits newstands next week.

The reclusive rapper spoke to the magazine's Editor-in-Chief candidly about her trials and tribulations. Of the recently reunited Fugees, she said: "I took a lot of abuse that many people would not have taken in these circumstances. I cannot blame others because I can see that a lot of relationships are analogous, but I didn't realize what was going on until it was too late. I had become used to improper dynamics, where people would transfer their hatred on someone else, thereby making a beautiful person ugly. I was young, gifted and Black in a world where you're not supposed to know so much, and that brought out the hatred of others. The Fugees was a conspiracy to control, to manipulate, and to encourage dependence."

In related news, DJ J.Period has released a double mixtape just before Trace hits the stands. The mixtape offers exclusive interview audio from Hill, special mixes and hard-to-find songs from the New Jersey native.

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