Lauryn Hill’s debt that cost her millions, homes

Lauryn Hill was at the absolute peak of the music world in the late 1990s, raking in tens of millions of dollars from multi-platinum albums. The 51-year-old singer catapulted to fame as a teenager in the Fugees before her groundbreaking 1998 solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill sold 12 million copies and swept five Grammy Awards. At the height of her success, the musician paid $US430,000 ($A645,000) for a home in South Orange, New Jersey. MORE: Zeta-Jones’ Douglas ‘ordeal’ led to shock split Unrecognisable Boyz II Men were torn apart Vanished 80s star’s shock life at 57 Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean & Prakazrel Michel, members of Rap trio band The Fugees. But behind the fame and fortune, a series of costly legal battles and massive property and tax debts stripped away the rapper’s millions. In 2018, it was revealed Hill was facing foreclosure on her New Jersey property after failing to pay nearly $US1 million ($A1.5 million) in property taxes dating back to 2003. Years earlier in 2013, the Grammy winner voluntarily moved out of a mansion she was renting in the same area while facing eviction over unpaid monthly rent of $US7000 ($A10,500). The Sister Act 2 actress reportedly ow...