(The Root) — Lauryn Hill was sentenced to three months in prison for tax evasion on Monday, to be followed by another three months of home incarceration. The Grammy Award-winning artist was charged and pleaded guilty last year; she has since paid more than $970,000 to satisfy her debt.
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Though there were plenty of serious tweets in Hill's defense, black folks on Twitter found a way to inspire a few chuckles. After all, nobody is better at laughing to keep from crying than black people, right? Here are some of the funniest tweets.
We need to open Lauren Hill’s cell and send her to Africa!
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) May 6, 2013
Tracy Clayton is a writer, humorist and blogger from Louisville, Ky.
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