Lauryn Hill Gets 3 Months in Prison Compares her situation to slavery By Ruth Brown, Newser Staff Posted May 6, 2013 5:21 PM CDT 74 comments Comments Eight-time Grammy winning singer Lauryn Hill, center, walks to federal court. (AP Photo/Mel Evans) (Newser) – Singer Lauryn Hill has been sentenced to three months in prison and three months in home confinement after pleading guilty to failing to pay taxes on almost $1 million in earnings. Hill told the judge that she had intended to pay the taxes ... eventually, but that she "needed to be able to earn so I could pay my taxes, without compromising the health and welfare of my children, and I was being denied that," the AP reports. Additionally, TMZ reports, she told the court her situation was akin to slavery: "I was put into a system I didn't know the nature of. ... I'm a child of former slaves. I got into an economic paradigm and had that imposed on me," Hill said. "I sold 50 million units ... now I'm up here paying a tax debt. If that's not likened to slavery, I don't know what is." My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 13% Hilarious 1% Intriguing 4% Depressing 6% Brilliant 0% Scary 76% Ridiculous