Sometimes the only thing separating a Fif from a Ja is one smart move.

Pesky decisions swarm us daily in life, like a troop of blind killer bees. Most of us just swat them with the slipshod petulance of a dog’s tail. But our hip-hop heroes know better, because when it comes to running a career into the ground or digging a hole bigger than the U.S. deficit, no one knows better than rappers. Here are 13 hip-hop artists to meditate on next time you run into an occupational obstacle, for they are the ones who made modern rap’s worst career moves. (– Rizoh)

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Former Fugees frontwoman and notorious recluse Lauryn Hill has been tapped to headline the 2009 Stockholm Jazz Festival. Hill’s performance will be the second time she has performed during the five-day event and is part of a 10-stop European tour, running from July 15-19.

Good to see Lauryn back in the relative spotlight. Odds of her doing a similar tour in the US? Probably just as likely as her bringing Clef and Pras out to do a track off of The Score with her.

Lauryn Hill – “World is a Hustle”
This previously unreleased song from Ms. Lauryn Hill had the Internet going nuts last night. I didn’t post it earlier because I was too busy yawning.

Lauryn is one of the many reasons I fell in love with H.E.R., so it hurts my soul to hear that she’s completely lost it. Sources at Fox News are dishing that Miss Hill is assed out and now lives with her mom.

“Insiders say, Hill is living in New Jersey with her mother — and the four kids — and may be in significant debt. Her only big solo hit album, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill,” was released 10 years ago, if you can believe it.”

On top of that, an afrofusion music group that signed up to collaborate with L’Boogie (she swore of rap music awhile ago) also says that she had a psychological breakdown in the middle of the project.

A side project with mega star Lauryn Hill has stalled after Hill suffered a psychological breakdown, forcing a halt to the recording plans.

“We had rehearsed three songs with her, including a version of the Fugees hit Fugula. All that hangs in the balance, but we hope she recovers to proceed with the project,” said Asikoye.

Damn.