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Lauryn Hill Dedicates New Single “Guarding The Gates” to Ferguson

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Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill recently released her first solo single in over five years. “Guarding The Gates,” which is featured Queen & Slim, follows 2014’s “Black Rage.”

Queen & Slim follows the lives of Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Slim (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya) after a standard traffic stop goes horribly wrong. The duo are harassed by a police officer, and when the situation escalates, Slim pulls the officer’s gun and shoots him.

Queen & Slim‘s official release date is November 27, 2019.

Hill dedicated “Guarding The Gates” to Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in 2014.

Hill is currently on tour promoting the 20th anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. If “Guarding The Gates” develops into a solo project, it will be Hill’s first in 20 years.

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Jason graduated from Albright College in 2016 with a dual-degree in philosophy and music business. Since then, he graduated from West Chester University with an MA in philosophy, started writing for various online publications, and continues to dabble in the music industry.