Who was Lauryn Hill’s inspiration?

Afterward, Lauryn told me how when she was six, she found boxes of soul records in her parent’s basement, and it was those discs from Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations and Roberta Flack that were her true inspiration when making her album.”

Is Ex-Factor about Wyclef?

“When [The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill] came out, y’all was mad at me,” he said, referencing songs like “Ex-Factor,” which were written about him and their relationship.

Did Lauryn Hill sleep with Wyclef?

I was married and Lauryn and I were having an affair, but she led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn’t forgive that,” the Haitian-born artist writes in Purpose, according to an excerpt from the New York Post. He said that the betrayal led to The Fugees’ breakup.

Why is it called Ex-Factor?

“Ex Factor” was recorded partially in New York City and partially in Kingston, Jamaica. According to Vada Nobles, one of the producers of “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”, this song is entitled “Ex-Factor” because it was originally conceptualized to be used by a female group who were known as Ex Factor.