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Fugees (Musical group)

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Corporate name headingFugees (Musical group)
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Variant(s)Refugee Camp (Musical group)
Tranzlator Crew (Musical group)
See alsoMember: Hill, Lauryn
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Member: Jean, Wyclef
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Member: Michel, Pras, 1972-
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Found inThe score [SR] p1996: label (Fugees) container spine (Fugees (Refugee Camp))
Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (Fugees; New York rap group, name shortened from Refugees [i.e. derived from the word refugees?] because 2 of 3 members are expatriate Haitians; rappers Wyclef "Jef" Jean (b. Haiti), Lauryn Hill (b. USA) and Prakazrel "Pras" Michel (b. Haiti))
Contemporary musicians: v. 17, (Fugees; rap group; formed ca. 1991 in South Orange, NJ, as Tranzlator Crew [no pubs. in OCLC]; Lauryn "L" Hill; Wyclef "Clef" Jean, born c. 1971 in Haiti; Prakazrel "Pras" Michel, born c. 1973 in Haiti)
OCLC database, Dec. 4, 1997 (hdgs.: Fugees (Musical group); Fugees (Refugee Camp) (Musical group))