Lauryn Hill Leaves New Jersey Mansion After Eviction Lawsuit: Ex-Fugee Responds To Anti-Gay Claims, Starts Prison Sentence On July 8

Lauryn Hill, after getting hit with an eviction lawsuit from her New Jersey landlord last month for failing to pay rent, has left her property.

TMZ reported that Grammy-winner Lauryn Hill has agreed to pay $7,000 in rent and leave her South Orange home. Hill refused to pay her rent in March, so the landlord filed an eviction lawsuit against her.

Since Hill has agreed to leave and pay the owed money, the landlord is reportedly dropping the lawsuit.

Hill hasn't commented on where she will be staying this month, but come July 8 she will be residing in prison for three months, due to a tax evasion conviction.

Hill requested that the judge take mercy on her and requested that she be placed under house arrest so she could still make music and pay off her tax debts. The judge instead sentenced the former "Fugees" singer to prison.

Despite her coming prison time, Hill released a new song last month called "Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)." Adding to the media attention, controversy erupted over what appear to be homophobic lyrics in the single.

The anti-gay verse addresses why the world is deteriorating. Hill compares "girl men," "drag queens," and "social transvestism" to "pimps," "pushers" and "serial criminals," according to Philly Magazine.

Hill responded to the allegations of homophobia, and claimed that the lyrics aren't meant to target the LGBTQ community, but rather "everyone in our society who hides behind neurotic behavior."

Hill wrote on her Tumblr page, "'Neurotic Society' is a song about people not being, or not being able to be, who and what they truly are, due to the current social construct... Everyone has a right to their own beliefs. Although I do not necessarily agree with what everyone says or does, I do believe in everyone's right to protest. ...The overarching message of my music is to get up and stop compromising! And hopefully it will stimulate and motivate the changes that our society needs."

Sony and Hill have ignored requests for comment thus far.

Listen to Lauryn Hill's controversial song below:

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