We just heard that singer Lauryn Hill was sentenced today Monday to three months in prison and an additional three months in home confinement for failing to pay taxes on about $1 million in earnings.
ABC news reports that Hill, a 37-year-old South Orange resident, pleaded guilty last year in the case.
During a forceful statement to the judge Monday, Hill explained she had always meant to eventually pay the taxes but was unable to during a period of time when she dropped out of the music business, echoing a defense she wrote last year in a long post online. READ MORE
Jim Jones is having a rather rough finish to the month of February. TMZ.com says the rap star was arrested in New York City on Monday for driving on a suspended license. Jones was taken into custody, but has since been released. 
