Lauryn Hill Performs Classic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Songs with Son YG Marley at 2024 BET Awards
Hill’s Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean also joined the duo onstage for a rendition of their 1995 rap track “Fu-Gee-La”
On Sunday, June 30, the mother-son duo performed alongside each other at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, as Hill, 49, began their performance with a heartfelt rendition of “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill” — the title track of her iconic 1998 album.
Wearing billowing black dress, yellow cape, sunglasses and a shimming head covering, the Grammy-winner performed her first song before she transitioned into her single “Lost Ones” to the cheering crowd, who were happy to sing along to the track from her classic R&B, reggae-influenced record. Hill also seemed to freestyle with a rousing verse about activism and equality — similar to her performance in May on The Tonight Show, which also featured her son Marley.
Soon after, the artist’s son — who is also the grandson of reggae icon Bob Marley — arrived onstage to perform his recently-released single “Survival.” The song, which features songwriting credits from Hill and uses an interpolation of his grandfather’s 1979 song “Ambush in the Night,” then transitioned into a performance of his 2023 track “Praise Jah in the Moonlight.”
Hill’s Fugees bandmate Wyclef Jean then joined the duo onstage to sing their 1995 rap track “Fu-Gee-La” to close out the award ceremony in style.
