She’s back!
Indeed, ‘How Many Licks’ hitmaker Lil Kim has taken to Twitter to unveil her “12 Days of Christmas” campaign – one that, according to the pint sized rapstress, is set to unveil a surprise each day leading to December 25.
Unwrapping what will hopefully lead to news of her upcoming project, Kim first teased fans today with the snap seen above.
“Sell outs”.
Ask hip hop’s reigning highnesses – Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Nicki Minaj – and they can attest to being titled such at some point in their illustrious careers (the latter more than her rap predecessors).
Indeed, in the heavily male-dominated genre of rap, trying to “hang with the boys” has either constituted hypermasculinization or explicitly detailing bedroom antics. Either way, rap’s estrogenic entities have had to take the extreme route often to little notoriety…
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It was the unexpected news many a Lil Kim fan found themselves rejoicing in last night.
Yes, in what marked the first positive news to come from the Rapper since her critically acclaimed ‘Return Of The Queen’ Tour, Kim found herself showered with ‘congratulations’ upon claiming she was the new ‘First Lady’ of the alcoholic beverage, ‘Ciroc‘.
However, tweets that followed her announcement have seen her alleged deal with the company thrown into disrepute.
Find out why below…
Her chances of a musical come back may be a work of fiction, and her tireless efforts to ‘keep it real’ may have made the butt of many an industry joke, but it seems Lil Kim is still keeping hope alive.
Hope, that comes in the form of the alcoholic beverage, Circoc.
Exciting details below!
With a career spanning almost twenty years, Lil Kim is undoubtedly one of Rap’s more popular living legends.
Yes, while recent years have seen her ‘mainstream’ appeal fall prey to irrelevancy, there is no denying the ‘No Time’ Rapper’s mark on Hip Hop culture and the short but sweet time she enjoyed as Pop’s reigning MC circa 2001.
So now, weeks after confirming the release of new material, That Grape Juice presents…
‘Relighting Lil Kim’
”Give me an inch I’ll take a yard/ Oh lighten up y’all know I was comin’ back real hard.”
Check out the above pic of Rap icon Lil Kim enjoying the company of record producer Verse Simmonds recently, shared with fans via the social networking site Twitter.
Verse, for those who don’t know, is most renown for the contributions his ‘Juggernauts’ played in producing Rihanna‘s provocative number ‘Man Down’, which featured on her 2010 LP ‘Loud’ and remixed by Kim for her polarizing ‘Black Friday‘ mix tape.
Prompting speculation that the pair are to collaborate, the shot was reportedly snapped in a recording studio weeks after the MC promised the release of new material to fans during New York Fashion Week.
Still haven’t heard Kim’s ‘Man Down’ mix?
Enjoy below…
She may receive little to no love at any award ceremony nowadays, but that didn’t stop Lil Kim from hitting Life Nightclub in Atlanta, following the ‘BET Hip Hop Awards’ last night.
Joined by long time friend Floyd Mayweather Jnr and ‘One Wish’ wonder Ray J, the former Rap Queen seemed in good spirits, weeks after promising fans new music during an outing at New York Fashion Week.
More from the ‘Automatic’ Rapper below…
It might just be us, but Lil Kim seems to be a lot more ‘together’ since parting her ways with ex Mr. Papers recently.
Indeed, after a number of unfortunate appearances, the Rap Royal took to New York City’s ‘Bounce Sports Club‘ with Jim Jones and Salt & Pepa‘s Pepa to celebrate its first anniversary.
Undeniably upbeat, Jones also enjoyed the event with a number of fans who turned up to support both she and the upmarket venue.
Peep her in action below…
Much to fan delight, ‘Work It’ rapstress Missy Elliott is definitely back hard at work promoting her latest gems ’9th Inning’ and ‘Triple Threat’.
Already guesting BET’s ’106 & Park’, the Virginian femcee made her way over to MTV to visit ‘RapFix’ to share the good news of her return.
As ever, despite being plagued with questions on the Drake/Aaliyah debacle, Elliott was also greeted with her thoughts on the ever-hyped beef between fellow femcees Nicki Minaj and Lil’ Kim. While one who has career-long evaded beef, the ‘Hot Boys’ hitmaker has always been one to speak her mind.
Read her thoughts below:
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