Who founded the Fugees?

The Fugees hip-hop band was founded by American rapper and actor, Pras Michel. In 1988 when he introduced Lauren Hill to Wyclef Jean. The three of them formed the music group, The Fugees in 1994, and released their first album dubbed Blunted on Reality. The album was under the supervision of Ronald Khalis Bell.

In 1996, the group achieved its first milestone after releasing The Score which went multi-platinum. They made their debut television appearance at BET’s 2005 Music Awards on June 28 with an amazing 12-minute open performance of the show.

Pras also had a very successful solo career in 1999 when he released his first full-length playlist titled Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are). His song Ghetto Superstar debuted in the top ten singles in the 1999 charts. It spent eight weeks in the UK Top 5, peaked at No. 2 in July ’98, and US No. 15 in August ’98.

He made his acting debut as a cameo in the 1999 film Mystery Men. He starred, in Turn, It Up (2000), Go for Broke (2002), The Mutant Chronicles (2007), Skid Row, Los Angeles (2006), Sweet Micky For President (2015), The Bay (2017), and more.