Singer Lauryn Hill is still sore about her once unique style being copied by young black women - because she never signed up to become a fashion icon.

The READY OR NOT singer hates seeing clones of herself because she feels fans are stealing her spirit.

She says, "Fashion is something I breathe... It's something I did very naturally, but I've seen my style, my look, everywhere. I wasn't really trying to share my style.

"I've seen my concepts, my ideas, my creative birthright be exploited, appropriated, copied and reproduced. And that was painful."