Grammy-winning artist Lauryn Hill started her three-month prison sentence on Monday for skipping out on around $1 million in taxes over the last 10 years.
Hill arrived at a federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, according to spokesperson for the federal Bureau of Prisons, Ed Ross. Inmates serving time at this low-security jailhouse live in open, dorm-style rooms, while they working during the day doing maintenance jobs, food service, or landscaping, ABC News reported.
Hill began her career singing and rapping with the Fugees in the 1990s before she went platinum in 1998 with her album, "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill," which won five Grammy Awards and shuttled her to the musical forefront as a prolific artist.
But the tides quickly turned, after Hill ditched music and apparently began working the system.
Last year, she pled guilty in New Jersey for tax evasion on payments of at least $1.8 million that she got from 2005 to 2007. She also reportedly had unpaid state and federal taxes in 2008 and 2009 that shot her gross earnings up to around $2.3 million.
The musician's attorney stated that Hill paid back all the taxes that she owed, and due to her work in charity, her family situation-she has six children, five of whom are fathered by Rohan Marley-she should be granted probation.
During the initial sentencing in May, Hill delved into how she didn't pay taxes at a time when she had stopped working in the entertainment business to protect herself and her kids, according to ABC News. She claimed she was treated harshly while working in biz, causing her to end her career on stage.
Sandra Moser, the Assistant U.S. Attorney on the case, recognized Hill's musical talent and the charity she did while working with poverty-stricken children, but in the end, deemed Hill's account for her moves, "a parade of excuses centering around her feeling put upon."
Moser then sentenced Hill to do time for tax evasion.
After serving three months in prison, Hill will be released on parole, and will spend three more months under home confinement.
