via Wikimedia CommonsMusic / NewsWatch Lauryn Hill live in Los AngelesThe former Fugees singer has also released an updated version of her 2002 anti-police brutality song ‘I Find It Hard To Say (Rebel)’ShareLink copied ✔️October 18, 2016MusicNewsTextSelim Bulut Lauryn Hill has released “Rebel”, a new version of her 2002 anti-police brutality anthem “I Find It Hard to Say (Rebel)”. The former Fugees singer dropped the track following her performance at TIDAL X: 1015 in New York on Saturday (October 15). “Old tune, new version, same context, even more relevant now,” she tweeted, “sick and tired of being sick and tired.” The original version of the song appeared on MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 and was inspired by the death of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed west African immigrant murdered by police in 1999. Hill has also announced that she’ll be performing at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre for TIDAL X: THE MLH CARAVAN, A Diaspora Calling! concert that will be livestreaming on TIDAL. The show takes place on Thursday October 20 at 9pm PT (4am in the UK). WATCH HERE. The new version of “Rebel” is streaming via TIDAL below. Hill’s performance at TIDAL X: 1015 saw her share a bill with Beyoncé, Blood Orange, Nicki Minaj and more. It was notably the first time that Minaj and Hill had met – to which Minaj promptly bowed down and declared her love for Hill’s music. “Excuse me while I have an outer body experience,” she wrote on Instagram, “Shaking, crying, a MESS!!!! this lady is the reason. Omg. The QUEEN. Goddess! The epitome! The bar! The *faints*. Ms Lauryn Hill told me to keep ‘spittin dat fire’. Is this real life!????” Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThis new event series aims to bring spirituality back to live musicMargo XS on the sound of transness: ‘Malleable, synthetic and glossy’AdanolaLila Moss fronts Adanola’s latest spring 2026 campaignThe Boy who cried Terrified: Ranking all the tracks on fakemink’s new EPA massive exhibition on Black British music is coming to V&A EastJim BeamWhat went down at Jim Beam’s NYC bashAtmospheric dream-pop artist Maria Somerville shares her offline favouritesA 24-hour London will save the city’s nightlife, says new report‘It’s a revolution’: Nigeria’s new-gen rappers are hitting the mainstreamWhy are we so nostalgic for the music of 2016?Listen to Oskie’s ‘perennially joyful’ Dazed mixCorridos tumbados: A guide to Mexico’s most controversial music genreEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy