<Tr> <Th> Past members </Th> <Td> Lauryn Hill Wyclef Jean Pras Michel </Td> </Tr> <P> Fugees / ˈfuːdʒiːz / (sometimes The Fugees; formerly Tranzlator Crew) were an American hip hop group who rose to fame in the early - 1990s . Their repertoire included elements of hip hop, soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae . The members of the group were rapper / singer / producer Wyclef Jean, rapper / singer / producer Lauryn Hill, and rapper / producer Pras Michel . Deriving their name from the term refugee, Jean and Michel are Haitian, while Hill is American . </P> <P> The group recorded two albums--one of which, The Score (1996), was a multi-Platinum and Grammy - winning success and contains their hit single "Killing Me Softly"--before disbanding in 1997 . Hill and Jean each went on to successful solo recording careers; Michel focused on soundtrack recordings and acting, though he found commercial success with his song "Ghetto Supastar". In 2007, MTV ranked them the 9th greatest Hip - hop group of all time . </P> <P> Lauryn Hill and Pras first met at Columbia High School, in South Orange, New Jersey . Pras, Lauryn, and a mutual friend named Marcy formed a musical trio called Tyme; Pras' cousin, Wyclef Jean, joined the trio and Marcy left soon after in 1990 . The moniker Tranzlator Crew refers to the name of their band at the time, which included Johnny Wise on drums, T Boss (Jerry) on bass guitar, and Leon (DJ). In 1993, after some gigs and recorded demos, the trio signed to Ruffhouse, distributed through Columbia Records . The trio's name was later changed to Fugees, which was purposely taken from a word often used derogatorily to refer to Haitian - Americans (refugee). Refugee Camp, while a name sometimes credited to the trio, also refers to a number of artists affiliated with them, and particularly Jean . </P>

When did the fugees sing killing me softly