Lil' Kim: The 9 Reasons!

Lil Kim released 9 after a long hiatus.

Kimberly Denise Jones, known as Lil' Kim releases her fifth album after a 15 year hiatus. This album title 9 is being released on Queen Bee Entertainment and eOne Music.

Her album features Rick Ross, Musiq Soulchild, O.T. Genesis, City Girls and Rich the Kid. No production credits on the album as of yet.

Once dubbed the "Queen of Rap," Lil' Kim has been a controversial figure during her rise to fame.

She was one of the many alleged mistresses of Christopher Wallace (aka The Notorious B.I.G./Biggie Smalls).

She began as a part of the rap collective Junior M.A.F.I.A. and struck out on her own with her debut album Hardcore. The album was considered a classic and sold 5 million copies.

She is a rapper, songwriter, model and occasional actress. Born in Brooklyn, New York, she lived most of her life on the streets after being expelled from home. A victim of sexual abuse and homeliness, Kim found music was her key to survival.

She was discovered by Biggie Smalls and found her calling.

She was known for her outrageous outfits. In the late 1990s, she donned a cup over her right breast and had Diana Ross playfully grope her.

In 2005, Kim got caught up in a federal case. She refused to snitch on a guy who shot at a group of people when she was openly feuding with Foxy Brown.

She appeared on Dancing with The Stars as a contender.

She also got into financial trouble. She was forced to sell her $3 million home after years of failing to pay for mortgage. She briefly dated struggling producer Scott Storch and he purchased her a Bentley.

Lil Kim wants the throne back.

When they broke up, Storch decided to leave Kim with the bill. The junk food media followed a tow company to her home in New Jersey and watched the tow man try to pick up her vehicle because she struggled to pay up for it.

Kim also gave birth to her daughter, Royal Reign. She dated Mr. Papers, a rapper who is 10 years her junior. Apparently they wed and later separated. Kim claims that he was abusive. Papers claims she is a cheater and used money to fix her face.

Mr. Papers has been fighting the rapper in family court over the custody of the child.

She also had a notorious history with plastic surgery.

About four years ago, we have talked about Lil' Kim's plastic surgery was raising concerns about her mental health.

Well it's 2019.

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And Kim is doing 9.

On Thursday night, Queen Bee released 9—her first full-length release since 2016's Lil Kim Season mixtape and first proper album since 2005's The Naked Truth. The Brooklyn-bred rapper teased the project during the recent reunion special for her VH1 reality series Girl’s Cruise.



Lil' Kim announced that the album would be released in May 2019.

Kim describes the meaning behind her fifth album in a interview with BET on the red carpet at the 2019 BET Awards, "[I]t's a spiritual awakening number for me. Also, when I started out in Junior M.A.F.I.A. it was 9 members, my daughter was born June 9th, Biggie died March 9th, it is 2019. It's a powerful number for me. One day, you know, I'm very spiritual and one day God was talking to me and I was like '7 is my favorite number' and He was like 'yes but 9 is your favored number' and I said thank you Jesus, I love you. I'm going with 9.