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Could Someone Buy Lil' Kim's Bergen County Mansion For $100?

Breaking: The rapper's house will go up for auction next month.

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Lil' Kim's Alpine mansion is going up for auction, and the starting bid is $100.

The 6,000-square-foot Alpine mansion will be auctioned off by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office on May 11.

Lil' Kim, whose real name is Kimberly Jones, is a platinum-selling rapper, model, and actor. She purchased the home in 2002 for $2.2 million, online property records show. The 2-acre property was recently assessed at $3 milion. Annual property taxes are more than $23,200.

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HSBC Bank began foreclosing on the house in 2010, NJ.com previously reported. Lil' Kim and HSBC had been mediating since 2015, but a judge ruled in May that she was in default.

The auction will be at 2 p.m. at the Bergen County Justice Center at 2 Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack.

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Photo: Lil' Kim performs onstage during VH1 Hip Hop Honors: The 90s Game Changers at Paramount Studios in September 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Maury Phillips/Getty Images)

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