The Fugees translated an intriguing
blend of azz-rap, &B, and eggae into huge success
during the mid-'90s, when the trio's sophomore album
The Score hit number one on the op charts and sold
over five million copies. The trio formed in the
late '80s in the New Jersey area, where Lauryn Hill
and Prakazrel Michel ("Pras") attended a local high
school and began working together. Michel's cousin
Wyclef Jean ("Clef") joined the group (then called
the Tranzlator Crew), and the trio signed to
Ruffhouse/Columbia in 1993.
