Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder led the tributes to Roberta Flack at the legendary singer’s memorial service at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church on Monday (March 10).
Hill, who famously reworked “Killing Me Softly With His Song” as part of the Fugees, appeared incredibly emotional at the ceremony and said to those in attendance: “Her existence was a form of resistance. I adore Ms. Roberta Flack. Roberta Flack is legend.”
The oft-elusive star then performed Flack’s “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” before following up with a rendition of “Killing Me Softly” alongside Wyclef Jean and Stevie Wonder on harmonica.
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