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Lil' Kim is an American female artist who began her professional career in 1994. She is associated with genres including hip-hop, rap, R&B, dirty rap, east coast hip hop, gangsta rap, and hardcore hip hop. Her musical output includes the works "The Queen Bee" and "Hard core."
The artist has been referenced by 1,295 other encyclopedia articles. Her official website is lilkimfanclub.com.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- The Queen Bee
- Hard core
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1974-07-11
Discography
- No More Games1996
- No Time1996
- Hard Core1996
- Not Tonight1997
- Crush On You1997
- Not Tonight1997
- Money, Power & Respect1998
- Hit ’em Wit da Hee1998
- Notorious B.I.G.1999
- How Many Licks?2000
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 754,006
- Total plays
- 9,343,823
Tags
Kimberly Denise Jones, better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and reality television personality. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, she lived much of her adolescent life on the streets after being expelled from home. In her teens, Jones would freestyle rap, influenced by fellow female hip hop artists like MC Lyte and The Lady of Rage. In 1994, she was discovered by fellow rapper the Notorious B.I.G., who invited her to join his group Junior M. <a href="https://w
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements
· 2015 · cited 22,043x
- General atomic and molecular electronic structure system
· 1993 · cited 19,135x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,622x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,984x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Kimberly Denise Jones , ( 1974-07-11 ) July 11, 1974 (age 51) , Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn , New York City, U.S.
- Other names
- Queen Bee, Kimmy Blanco
- Occupations
- Rapper Singer Songwriter Actress Model Television Personality
- Years active
- 1994–Present
- Partners
- The Notorious B.I.G (1993-1997), Jeremy "Mr. Papers" Neil (2012–2014, 2020–2021) , Tayy Brown (2024–2025)
- Awards
- Full list
- Genres
- East Coast hip-hop
- Labels
- eOne Atlantic Queen Bee Big Beat Undeas
- Formerly of
- Junior M.A.F.I.A.
- Website
- lilkim .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and model. Referred to as the "Queen of Rap", Lil' Kim is known for her sexually charged lyrics and presence, which influenced women in contemporary hip-hop. She is the second best-selling female rapper of all time with 45 million records sold, and is also a fashion icon for her risk-taking and luxurious approach to fashion.
Lil' Kim was born and raised in New York City and lived much of her adolescent life on the streets after being expelled from home. In her teens, she would freestyle rap, influenced by fellow female hip-hop artists like MC Lyte and the Lady of Rage. In 1994, she was discovered by fellow rapper the Notorious B.I.G., who invited her to join his group Junior M.A.F.I.A.; their debut album, Conspiracy, generated two top 20 singles in the United States and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lil' Kim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.