Rap diva Lil’ Kim allegedly bailed on a series of London gigs after pocketing her GBP 12,000 fee – all because she had a nosebleed.

The hip-hop star travelled to London for a string of appearances at nightclubs across the capital between November 7-14.

Abstrakt Visions Entertainment (AVE), which organised the gigs, had handed over the $20,000 fee upfront and promised a further $20,000 later on.

But they say the 34-year-old New Yorker pulled out of the first gig – at Den & Centro club – at the last minute, claiming to have suffered a nosebleed in her room at the plush Millennium London Mayfair hotel.

Lil’ Kim and her entourage then reportedly jetted back to the US the next day.

AVE says it is now considering suing the star.

“After this, no promoter in London will book her again,” said a spokesman for the promoters.

“We had hundreds of Lil’ Kim’s fans packed in the club and waiting to see her. They weren’t happy after paying up to GBP 20 per ticket.

“We got her the make-up people that she’d requested and everyone was waiting for her.”

However, Lil’ Kim’s rep has defended her client’s actions, alleging the real reason she pulled out of the appearances was because of the promoters’ poor planning – insisting they failed to give her a proper schedule.

Raunchy rapper Lil’ Kim has admitted she almost broke out of a skimpy prison warden’s uniform on Dancing with the Stars.

The curvy star needed host Tom Bergeron to step in to spare her blushes by blocking the cameras as she suffered a wardrobe malfunction on the hit show.

She told OK! magazine’s website: “Oh, the girls were trying to come out again!

“I hate it when they do that, they’re so nosy!”

Lil’ Kim was lapping up the judges’ praise for her sexy performance of the jive to Jailhouse Rock when she almost upstaged her impressive dancefloor performance.

Her costume seemed to slip as she hugged judge Carrie Ann Inaba, with dance partner Derek Hough alerting her to the problem moments later.

Host Tom Bergeron stepped in to shield her from the cameras and prevent viewers from seeing too much.

He helped the rap beauty adjust her low-cut top and cover up while blocking the camera shot.

Lil’ Kim looked to be guarding against another costume boob as she was interviewed in the green room afterwards, covering her right breast with her hand.

She had reason to celebrate though as her sexy performance earned her the top score of the night with an impressive 28 out of 30.

The NYPD made a major breakthrough as they have arrested an employee of the karaoke club, Spotlight Live, that hosted Lil Kim’s birthday bash in connection to the death of a young woman whose body was found in a utility closet of the establishment. The victim’s mother sobbed to the media “My only daughter. I have no more daughter. I was a single mother for all my life. I work hard for her.” My condolences go out to the victim’s family and friends. As for Lil Kim’s involvement, a spokesman for the rapper said in an emailed statement that she had no idea on the matter until it broke the news.

It’s a fallacy that only poor people get their stuff repossessed – just ask Lil Kim. New York’s CW11 news visited the rapper’s house along with a repo crew for a report focusing on the rising number of car repossessions. Apparently, Lil Kim hasn’t paid for her silver Bentley in months. When she was confronted by one of the repo men, she told them that her accountant would take care of it but her car still had to be taken away. The repo guy said that “She didn’t wanna cooperate. Basically, she told us to get off the property. We were hoping that she’d give us the keys, being that it’d be the right thing to do. It’s not her vehicle.” Too bad they weren’t there to negotiate. Cooperate or not, they’re going to take your car away.