In 1993, after some gigs and recorded demos, the trio signed to Ruffhouse, distributed through Columbia Records. The moniker Tranzlator Crew refers to the name of their band at the time, which included Johnny Wise on drums, Ti Bass (Jerry) on bass guitar, and Leon (DJ). Pras, Lauryn, and a mutual friend Marcy Harriell formed a musical trio called Tyme Pras' cousin, Wyclef Jean, joined the line-up and Marcy left soon afterward, in 1990. Lauryn Hill and Pras first met at Columbia High School, in Maplewood, New Jersey. The Fugees has won many accolades, including two Grammy Awards and a Brit Award for International Group. In 2012, BET placed the group on its list of 'Hip Hop's Greatest Trios'. U2's Bono dubbed them 'the hip hop Beatles'. In 2007, MTV ranked it the ninth-greatest hip-hop group of all time. The Fugees sold over twenty-two million records worldwide, and is one of the biggest-selling hip hop groups of all time. Fugees reunited in 2004, and again in 2021 for reunion tours. In 1997, the group disbanded so that the members could pursue solo careers. Afterwards, the Fugees released the single ' Rumble in the Jungle' (featuring Busta Rhymes, A Tribe Called Quest & John Forté), which peaked at number three in the UK. It received universal acclaim, and is considered to be one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time it included the hit singles ' Killing Me Softly', ' Ready or Not', and ' Fu-Gee-La'. They followed it up with their second and final studio album, The Score (1996), which was a commercial success, peaking at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and being certified seven times platinum in the United States. The following year the group released its debut album, Blunted on Reality (1994) the album received mostly favorable reviews, and included the underground Salaam Remi-remixed hits ' Nappy Heads' and ' Vocab'. In 1993, the trio signed to Ruffhouse, distributed through Columbia Records. The group is often cited as being one of the most significant alternative hip hop groups of the 1990s. The group rose to fame with its second album, The Score (1996), one of the best-selling albums of all time. Deriving its name from a shortening of the word 'refugees', the group consists of Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel, and Lauryn Hill. It was also their last album as a group.Fugees ( / ˈ f uː dʒ iː z/ sometimes The Fugees) is an American hip hop group formed in the early 1990s. The album, featuring hit singles 'Ready or Not' and 'Killing Me Softly,' was also a commercial smash, selling over 22m copies worldwide. THE SCORE, released in 1996, earned two GRAMMY awards and made FUGEES the first hip-hop group to be nominated for album of the year. Thank you for all of your love and support throughout the years.' If opportunity, public safety, and scheduling allow, we hope to be able to revisit this again sometime soon. It went on to say, 'We're grateful for the special night we did get to share with some of you in NEW YORK, with that rare live moment. An idea sparked to honor and celebrate this 25th anniversary of THE SCORE but we see now it may not currently be our time for revisiting this past work.' The continued COVID pandemic has made touring conditions difficult, and we want to make sure we keep our fans and ourselves healthy and safe. Their statement said, 'We anticipate and understand disappointment but our anniversary tour will not be able to happen. LAURYN HILL, WYCLEF JEAN and PRAS MICHEL announced the cancellation on social media. The rest of the tour was supposed to commence in NOVEMBER at UNITED CENTER in CHICAGO, with planned stops in LOS ANGELES, MIAMI, NEWARK, PARIS, LONDON and more before it was postponed until 2022. The tour was originally announced in SEPTEMBER and kicked off with a small pop-up show held in NEW YORK CITY. Both CNN and THE GUARDIAN are reporting that Hip Hop Group the FUGEES are cancelling their 25th Anniversary Reunion Tour celebrating their album THE SCORE due to ongoing challenges caused by the pandemic.

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