Lauryn is a 20th-century American variant of Laurel — from the Latin *laurus*, the bay-laurel crown awarded to Roman victors. **Lauryn Hill (born 1975)** — **American singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer; her solo debut *The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill* (1998) won five Grammys at the 1999 ceremony — including Album of the Year, the first hip-hop album ever to win the top Grammy and the first time a woman had won five Grammys in a single night**. **"Doo Wop (That Thing)" was the first song by a female solo rapper to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100**. **The Fugees' *The Score* (1996), with Hill, Pras, and Wyclef Jean, has sold over 22 million copies worldwide**. **NAACP Image Hall of Fame Award (2008)**. **Largely retreated from public life after 1998; her infrequent appearances draw extraordinary attention — *Time* listed her as one of the 100 most influential people**. **A top-1000 US baby name since 1998**. **Lauryn Williams** — American Olympic sprinter and bobsledder.
Subject of countless 1990s hip-hop and R&B retrospectives.
Lauryn reduces to six — the number of hip-hop Album of the Year.