Naked Truth

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Kim’s next album, The Notorious K.I.M., wasn’t released until 2000 — nearly four years after her debut. She worked with Puff Daddy on the album after collaborating with him during her hiatus in an attempt to stay connected to Biggie’s legacy. Guests included Grace Jones, Redman, Cee-Lo Green and Mary J. Blige. The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart, was certified platinum and generally well received by audiences and critics alike. As a teenager, Jones met Christopher Wallace, known professionally as the Notorious B.I.G., who was a key figure in both her personal and artistic life, particularly after Wallace gained popularity and influence through his relationship with Bad Boy Records, founded by Sean "Puffy" Combs. [15] Jones attended Sarah J. Hale Vocational High School for two-and-a-half years. Many of her friends also went there, and they would all often skip school together. Since she was not completing her schoolwork, the decision was made for her to transfer to Brooklyn College Academy to finish her remaining year and a half of high school. [16] This was the same school that fellow rappers Nas and Foxy Brown attended. [17] Career

Lil Kim Inspiration Behind Cardi B's Next Project | WWETV". November 6, 2019. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019 . Retrieved December 27, 2021. Best Known For: Lil' Kim found success as a female rapper starting in the mid '90s, with her explicit lyrics and sexy persona under the guidance of hip-hop icon Biggie Smalls. Reiss, Randy (July 10, 1998). "Cops Investigate ODB, Foxy Brown Armed Break-Ins". MTV News . Retrieved February 13, 2013. On February 16, 2010, the Ludacris song "Hey Ho," which featured Lil' Kim and Lil Fate, was released as a promo single for his seventh studio album Battle of the Sexes. [56] In June 2010, Lil' Kim started her 2010 Tour, her first headlining tour since 2000. It took her across the US, as well as Canada and Europe. a b Fields, Kiah. "HONORING LIL KIM ON HER BIRTHDAY" . Retrieved June 9, 2017. Naked Truth was released on the first day of her sentence. This album received the coveted 5 Mics from The Source in 2006 and is to date the only female rap album to receive this honor. The album was certified platinum in the year of its release and ranked in at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart. As of 2015 this album has sold 2.7 million albums worldwide.During this time, Jones met Christopher Wallace (The Notorious B.I.G.). She focused on starting her rap career and called off the engagement with Powell. [145] In 1996, during the recording of her debut album, Jones became pregnant with Wallace's child. [146] She did not make it public until 1999 during an interview with The Source. Jones decided to terminate the pregnancy. "I already knew the kind of relationship that Biggie and I had, and I knew that [having a child] was something that couldn't take place..." [147]

a b "Faces of Def Jam: Lil' Kim – Xbox Feature at IGN". Xbox.ign.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2009 . Retrieved July 27, 2012. Chandler, D.L. (August 18, 2011). "Foxy Brown Disses Lil' Kim... Again". RapFix. MTV. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013 . Retrieved February 13, 2013. Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race Field Announced: Top Stars from Film, TV, Music and Sports to Participate". BusinessWire. March 18, 2004 . Retrieved March 21, 2013.Ms. G.O.A.T. | Lil' Kim with Mister Cee & Whoo Kid". Mix Unit: The Hip Hop Shop. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010 . Retrieved September 12, 2010. Slated for release in 2024, The Queen Bee will doubtless prove as unpredictable, tense, wrought with struggle and creatively brilliant as the woman herself. Lil’ Kim’s astonishing rap skills, her ability to create and inhabit characters, her traumatic life experiences, her skill at combining high fantasy with street rawness, her ferocity in the face of opposition: all of these make Lil’ Kim unique in the history of hip-hop.

Lipshutz, Jason (July 2, 2013). "Gimme Five: Miley Cyrus' Favorite Female Singers (Video)". Billboard . Retrieved March 29, 2023. Jones was born in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, the second child of Linwood Jones, a former U.S. Marine. [11] She has an older brother, Christopher. [12] As a child, Jones attended Queen of All Saints Elementary School in Brooklyn. [13] When she was nine years old, her parents separated, and Jones was raised by her father, with whom she had a tumultuous relationship. [13] At fourteen, she left home, began living on the streets, and ended up dropping out of high school. [14]

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Think about it,” she told the writer Kristal Brent Zook. “The girls that [men] dated when I was younger were light-skinned and tall. I’m short and brown-skinned. I’ve always wondered… how do I fit in? I think being Lil' Kim the rapper helped me deal with it better. I think doing photo shoots and seeing all the people respond to me has helped. [But] I still don’t see what they see.” What I was like in High School – Lil' Kim: Always a style diva and trend setter". YM: 128. July 2003.

In 2002, Jones started dating Damion "World" Hardy. The couple split in 2003, and she stated she was a victim of physical abuse leading to multiple nose jobs as a result of being punched. [155] [156] According to BBC News, Hard Core (1996) was the most successful debut album by a female hip hop artist at the time; the album saw her "inhabit the territory of sexual edginess and hardcore rap, traditionally the preserve inhabited by male artists." [220] In 2000, Los Angeles Times writer Isaac Guzman wrote that her debut solo album created a path for a new wave of female rappers, with her at the forefront of her generation, and established her as "the raunchiest, hardest, sexiest, most glamorous woman in all of hip-hop." [224] Third Eye Blind, Lil' Kim, Nikka Costa, Sugar Ray Do Breathe For Breast Cancer". MTV. October 29, 2001 . Retrieved March 24, 2014.

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a b c d e f g h Gale, Alex. "It Was All So Simple Then... > Lil' Kim vs. Foxy Brown: A Brief History". BET . Retrieved February 13, 2013. Mar, Alex (October 5, 2005). "Gretchen Wilson, Sheryl Crow Are Tops on the Chart | Music News". Rolling Stone . Retrieved March 16, 2012. a b c Smith, Danyel (December 1998), "Foxy Brown Is the Illest", Vibe, vol.6, no.7, pp.113–114, ISSN 1070-4701 Lil' Kim And DaBaby Wear Custom Dapper Dan x Gucci Looks To The 2019 Hip Hop Awards". BET. from the Queen of Rap at the 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards. Wallace, Riley (October 26, 2017). "Jermaine Dupri Recalls Biggie Pulling A Gun On Lil Kim At The Studio". HipHopDX.com . Retrieved December 13, 2019.