Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim
Kimberly Denise Jones, known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, model, and actress. She was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, living much of her adolescent life on the streets after being expelled from home. In her teens, Jones would freestyle rap, heavily influenced by actress/singer Diana Ross, and fellow female hip-hop artists like MC Lyte and The Lady of Rage. Performing a freestyle rap for The Notorious B.I.G. got her music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth11 July 1974
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It was a very emotional dinner, ... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive.
I am blessed to have so many great things in my life - family, friends and God, ... All will be in my thoughts daily.
How can a man have beef with a woman? Whatever, that's just not cool.
I can't front. I don't have a lot of respect for 50 Cent because his music is hardcore ... violent. And I love his music sometimes, but I feel like in his personal life, his real life, he carries that on, and that's not a great message, you know what I mean? I think he promotes it.
has learned through rap images to identify black male culture with a culture of violence.
I absolutely love the T-shirts and hope that people will feel good wearing them while giving back to such an amazing organization,
You know, she's about to go to the big house, for lying, ... I'd like to place a call to the warden and upgrade your situation.
Marc and Robert are both very dear friends of mine, and when I was told that they would be designing a T-shirt in honor of me and donating the proceeds to a charity that was very dear to my heart, I was completely blown away by their generosity and thoughtfulness.
A lot of people let me down, ... A lot of people I thought were my friends turned on me.
My record company (Atlantic Records) was like, 'We're going to give you a week, ... I was like, 'What? I want to go into the studio tomorrow.' That's my passion, and that was the one thing that popped right into my brain, like studio, I need to go. It was more a release, not much really a relief, but a release, definitely.
It's been nonstop since the day I found out, ... I knew when the verdict came down and then the sentencing, that I didn't have any time to play around. I had to get the album done, and all the other things in my life settled quickly. I'd never done an album so fast before, and in a way it was a good thing. The music just kind of rolled out.
The reason why I chose the The Door ... was because I was a former Door member as a young girl while living in Brooklyn,
I have low self-esteem and I always have. Guys always cheated on me with women who were European-looking. You know, the long-hair type. Really beautiful women that left me thinking, 'How I can I compete with that?' Being a regular black girl wasn't good enough.
These devils find a way to get at'cha. All it takes is some green and your face on the screen.