Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean will continue their celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Fugees’ landmark album The Score with a special performance during Art Basel Miami Beach. The duo is set to take the stage on December 5 at the Faena Forum as part of the launch of Saint & Citizen’s new cultural platform, The Fourth Space.
The event combines live music with an immersive art exhibition and conversations exploring the intersections of art, migration, storytelling and the enduring themes of The Score. The exhibition opens at noon, with Hill and Jean performing from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. An afterparty featuring DJs will follow, extending the night’s festivities.
Released in February 1996, The Score remains one of the most influential hip-hop albums of all time. Blending rap, reggae, soul and R&B, the record produced enduring hits including “Killing Me Softly,” “Ready or Not” and “Fu-Gee-La.” It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, sold more than 22 million copies worldwide, and earned the Fugees two Grammy Awards, including Best Rap Album.
The album’s sophisticated production, sharp lyricism and cross-cultural sensibility helped redefine what mainstream hip-hop could sound like.
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Hill and Jean have spent much of 2026 marking the anniversary with a series of performances. They reunited for shows earlier this year, including a U.S. run that began at Berkeley’s Greek Theatre in early November and continued through Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Seattle. Their joint appearances have been framed as both a musical reunion and a moment of creative reconnection after years of limited collaboration.
The Art Basel performance places the anniversary in a different context. Rather than a traditional concert venue, the Faena Forum setting situates the music within Miami’s high-profile art week, linking the album’s themes of displacement, identity and resilience to broader cultural conversations.
Saint & Citizen organizers have described the evening as an opportunity to create shared space between those who shape culture and those whose lives are shaped by it-particularly fitting in a city shaped by successive waves of migration.
The December appearance also connects to a related art project. Hill and Jean recently launched the Fugees Hopeline in partnership with the public art platform CIRCA. The interactive initiative invites people around the world to call in, listen to messages from the artists (including a new medley), and record their own reflections on hope.
Selected contributions are scheduled to form part of an exhibition at the Faena Forum during the same dates, placing fan voices alongside the music that inspired them.
Relevance of the Anniversary
For many fans, the ongoing anniversary activities represent more than nostalgia. The Score arrived at a moment when hip-hop was expanding its commercial reach while still carrying strong social and political undercurrents. Tracks addressed everything from police violence and consumer culture to personal vulnerability and Caribbean identity. Three decades later, those themes continue to resonate.
Hill, whose solo masterpiece The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill followed shortly after The Score, has maintained a reputation for artistic independence and occasional unpredictability. Jean has built a multifaceted career as a solo artist, producer and global advocate. Their willingness to share the stage again has been welcomed by audiences who grew up with the album and by a younger generation discovering it through streaming and sampling.
The Miami performance is expected to draw a mix of longtime Fugees devotees, Art Basel attendees and cultural figures. Early access registration for tickets is already open through the Saint & Citizen website.
While full setlist details have not been released, previous anniversary shows have mixed deep cuts from The Score with the group’s biggest hits and occasional solo material.
As the 30th anniversary year draws toward its close, the Art Basel date offers a distinctive chapter. By pairing live performance with visual art and public participation, Hill and Jean are treating The Score not simply as a classic album to be revisited, but as a living cultural document still capable of generating new conversations.
For an album that always operated at the crossroads of music, politics and identity, the setting feels entirely appropriate.
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