# Outkast vs. Lauryn Hill

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outkast-vs-lauryn-hill/228308>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 9, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outkast-vs-lauryn-hill/228308 "2004-02-09T19:13:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![summerjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@summerjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/summerjack)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outkast-vs-lauryn-hill/228308/1 "2004-02-09T19:13:00Z")

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OK, I just read in the paper that Outkast (who I have long considered one of my favorite RAP acts) became the first “pure Hip-Hop act” to receive the Album of the Year grammy.  
Lauryn Hill won it in 1999. What gives? Do they mean to say Outkast was the first hip-hop GROUP to win it? Or are they saying that Lauryn Hill wasn’t “hip-hop”? I am confused.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outkast-vs-lauryn-hill/228308/2 "2004-02-09T23:49:54Z")

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Maybe they consider her “R&B”. Given that Fountains of Wayne has been nominated as “Best new act” this year, I’d say reality is at a premium when it comes to award shows.