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The 48-year-old hip hop artist is currently on her 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' 25th anniversary tour alongside the Fugees.

Lauryn Hill fans fear for her health after singer is forced to postpone tour date to prevent 'serious strain or damage' to her vocal chords By Eleanor Dye For Mailonline Published: 09:35, 24 October 2023 | Updated: 13:36, 24 October 2023 e-mail 215 shares 5 View comments Lauryn Hill fans are fearing for the singer's health after she was forced to postpone a concert to prevent 'serious strain or damage' to her vocal cords. The 48-year-old hip hop artist is currently on her 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' 25th anniversary tour alongside the Fugees. But she was forced to re-arrange her gig in Philadelphia on Monday night after she was ordered by a doctor to rest her voice. The Killing Me Softly songstress wrote on Instagram: 'Dear Philadelphia, It is with disappointment that I am writing this note to you. 'On the advice of my physicians, I have no choice but to postpone the show. I need to rest my voice to prevent any more serious strain or damage to my vocal cords. Disappointment: Lauryn Hill fans are fearing for the singer's health after she was forced to postpone a concert to prevent 'serious strain or damage' to her vocal cords (pictured in 2017) Sad: Fans were left disappointed by the news, as many had travelled hundreds of miles to see the Hip Hop artist perform (pictured at Glastonbury in 2019) 'The start of this tour has been incredible. What an amazing experience to celebrate this anniversary with all of my family, my friends and all of you. 'I look forward to giving you the show you deserve with a fully recovered and healthy voice.' Lauryn has rescheduled her Philadelphia show for November 25, and reassured fans that her next planned gig, in Toronto on Thursday, will still be going ahead. She wrote: 'The new date for Philadelphia will be Nove 25. It will be a special one. 'Toronto, I'll see you next. Resting for a few days then heading your way.' Fans expressed their well-wishes for Lauryn's health - but others were left disappointed after flying a long way to see her perform. One wrote on Instagram: 'Just wish I hadn't flown up here just to see the show for my wife's birthday'. Another said: 'Finished 7+ hours of travel from Vegas then got the email. Can’t afford to come back in November. Are refunds available?' Disappointment: The gutted star took to Instagram to announce the sad decision A third mourned: 'What?? Noooooo!!! I came from Spain only for this concert. I still can't believe it.' After her Toronto show, Lauryn will head to Chicago on Saturday, and she has gigs in Fort Worth, Denver, and Los Angeles scheduled for next week. Lauryn announced the North American tour in August, revealing she would perform the seminal 1998 record in full alongside her former band. In a statement, she reflected on the Grammy-winning LP, saying: 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is and was a love song to my parents, my family, my people, my musical and cultural forebears, my teachers, my loves, my Creator. 'I wrote love songs and protest songs - (still love songs) about the subjects and interests that inspired and moved me. I was confident that what inspired me would resonate with an audience that had been led to believe that songs of that kind could only live in the past. 'I loved music, I loved people, I truly felt grateful to God for my life, and genuinely blessed to have a platform where I could share wisdom and perspective through music. 'I felt a charge to challenge the idea that certain kinds of expression and/or certain kinds of people didn't belong in certain places. 'I loved showing what could work or happen provided there was imagination, creativity and LOVE leading the way.' The cost of success: The New jersey native talked about an array of pitfalls and strains that followed after the massive success of The Miseducation; the album has sold 12 million copies Thrust into the spotlight! Hill burst out into the popular music landscape as a member of the successful hip hop trio Fugees in the mid 1990s Her debut studio album sold 12 million copies following its release in August 1998. But fans never received another solo studio album from Hill - and in 2021 she finally revealed the reason why . 'The wild thing is no one from my label has ever called me and asked how can we help you make another album, ever. Ever. Did I say ever? Ever!' she confessed during Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums podcast on Amazon Music. Dissatisfied with the music industry and the toll that began to mount on herself and her family, Hill withdrew from public life about a year after the record dropped. 'With the Miseducation, there was no precedent. I was, for the most part, free to explore, experiment and express,' the star shared. 'After the Miseducation there were scores of tentacled obstructionists, politics, repressing agendas, unrealistic expectations, and saboteurs everywhere. People had included me in their own narratives of their successes as it pertained to my album, and if this contradicted my experience, I was con Read more