Did the Fugees album go diamond?

It is the best-selling album by an American hip-hop act in France, where the album has been certified Diamond.

Why are they called the Fugees?

Fugees (/ˈfuːdʒiːz/; sometimes The Fugees) was a Haitian-American hip hop group formed in the early 1990s. Deriving its name from a shortening of the word “refugees”, the group consisted of Haitian Wyclef Jean, Haitian-American Pras Michel, and American Lauryn Hill.

Who made up the Fugees?

Lauryn Hill
PrasWyclef Jean
Fugees/Members
Tranzlator Crew (later known as the Fugees), a rap group founded by Prakazrel (“Pras”) Michel and Michel’s friend Lauryn Hill, in the late 1980s.

What was the Fugees first album?

Blunted on Reality
Fugees/First album

Blunted on Reality is the debut studio album released by the American hip-hop group Fugees. The album was released in February 1994 through the Ruffhouse Records label.

What is the discography of the Fugees?

Fugees discography. Jump to navigation Jump to search. The discography of the Fugees, an American hip hop trio consisting of rapper/singer Lauryn Hill and rappers Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean, consists of two studio albums, one compilation album, one remix album and nine singles (including one as featured artists) and nine music videos.

When did Blunted on reality by Fugees come out?

The album achieved limited commercial success, only peaking at number 62 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart: however, it peaked at number 122 on the UK Albums Chart in 1997, and was certified gold by the Syndicat National de l’Édition Phonographique (SNEP). Blunted on Reality spawned three singles: “Boof Baf”,…

Why did the group Fugees change their name?

After the group formed in the 1980s under the name Tranzlator Crew, they signed to Ruffhouse Records and Columbia Records in 1993; they then changed their name to Fugees – an abbreviation of “refugees”, also a reference to Haitian immigrants.

When did the Fugees release Rumble in the jungle?

Fugees collaborated with singer Bounty Killer on the single “Hip-Hopera” and recorded the single “Rumble in the Jungle” for the soundtrack to the film When We Were Kings in 1997: although they have not released any studio albums since The Score, a compilation album, Greatest Hits, was released in 2003, and spawned the single “Take It Easy”.