Lil 'Kim

Lil 'Kim (2014)

Lil 'Kim (born July 11, 1974 or 1975 in New York City ; real name Kimberly Denise Jones ) is an American rapper , singer and actress .

life and career

Lil 'Kim (2008)

Lil 'Kim was in Bedford-Stuyvesant (District Brooklyn born, New York City) and grew up in a children's home after the divorce of their parents. Through her acquaintance with her future mentor and lover, The Notorious BIG , she discovered her musical talent. In 1996 her debut album Hard Core was released . Their breakthrough in Europe managed Lil 'Kim in 2001 with the Phil Collins - Cover In the Air Tonight . Together with Mýa , Pink and Christina Aguilera , she had her greatest success with the cover version of Lady Marmalade , as the song topped the charts in Germany as well as in the United States and Great Britain . For this song, the singers won a Grammy in 2002 , the highest award in the music business.

She received special attention in Germany in 2002 for her song Kimnotyze , which is a cover of Notorious BIG's song Hypnotize . After the rapper's death, she recorded Kimnotyze with the rapper Trooper Da Don and the producer DJ Tomekk , sometimes rapping in German (“Gib's mir right, no matter where”).

In July 2005, Lil 'Kim was sentenced to one year and one day imprisonment and a fine of $ 50,000 for perjury . In 2003, she testified under oath that she would not have been present at a shooting in front of the studio of the radio station Hot 97 . With this, she wanted to protect two friends involved, including her manager. She was later convicted with the help of video recordings. On September 19, 2005, Lil 'Kim began serving the prison term. One week before her 32nd birthday, on July 4, 2006, she was released early for good conduct.

In South Korea she became known in 2009 with the song Girls in a featuring with the successful singer Se7en . Lil 'Kim released her third mixtape on September 11th, 2014. It's called "Hard Core 2k14". She performed with P. Diddy at the BET Awards on June 28, 2015 with a medley.

In 2014, Lil Kim gave birth to a daughter. On November 2, 2017, she released her comeback single Took Us A Break .

On October 11, 2019, Lil Kim released her fifth studio album "9" after 14 years.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	Hard core	-	-	-	-	US11 × 2 Double platinum (47 weeks)US	First published: November 12, 1996 Sales: +2,000,000
2000	The Notorious KIM	DE76 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH100 (1 week) CH	UK67 (1 week) UK	US4th platinum (37 weeks)US	First published: June 27, 2000 Sales: + 3,200,000
2003	La Bella Mafia	DE82 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH81 (3 weeks) CH	UK80 (1 week) UK	US5 platinum (29 weeks)US	First published: March 4, 2003 Sales: +2,000,000
2005	The Naked Truth	-	-	-	-	US6 (9 weeks) US	First published: September 27, 2005
2019	9	-	-	-	-	-	First published: October 11, 2019

Collaborations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1995	Conspiracy	-	-	-	-	US8th gold (31 weeks)US	First published: August 29, 1995 with Junior MAFIA ; Sales: + 500,000

More albums

• 2006: The Dance Remixes (remix album)
• 2008: Ms. GOAT (Mixtape)
• 2011: Black Friday (Mixtape)
• 2014: Hard Core 2K14 (Mixtape)
• 2016: Lil 'Kim Season (Mixtape)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1996	No time hard core	-	-	-	UK45 (2 weeks) UK	US18th gold (20 weeks)US	feat. Puff daddy
1997	Crush on you hard core	-	-	-	UK23 (5 weeks) UK	-
	Not tonight hard core	DE99 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK11 (5 weeks) UK	US6th platinum (21 weeks)US	feat. Left Eye , Missy Elliott , Da Brat & Angie Martínez
2000	No Matter What They Say The Notorious KIM	-	-	-	UK35 (2 weeks) UK	US60 (10 weeks) US
	How Many Licks The Notorious KIM	DE58 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US75 (9 weeks) US	feat. Sisqó
2001	Lady Marmalade Moulin Rouge (Soundtrack)	DE1 (19 weeks) DE	AT3 gold (28 weeks)AT	CH1 gold (30 weeks)CH	UK1 platinum (19 weeks)UK	US1 (20 weeks) US	feat. Mýa , P! Nk , Christina Aguilera & Missy Elliott
2003	The Jump Off La Bella Mafia	DE78 (5 weeks) DE	-	-	UK16 (8 weeks) UK	US17 (20 weeks) US	feat. Mr. Cheeks
	Magic Stick La Bella Mafia	-	-	-	-	US2 (24 weeks) US	feat. 50 cents
2005	Lighters Up The Naked Truth	DE67 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK12 (12 weeks) UK	US31 (13 weeks) US
2006	Whoa The Naked Truth	-	-	-	UK43 (3 weeks) UK	-
2009	Download vintage	-	-	-	-	-	feat. Charlie Wilson & T-Pain
2016	#Mine Lil 'Kim Season	-	-	-	-	-	feat. Kevin Gates

Contributions as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1995	Player's Anthem Conspiracy	-	-	-	-	US13 gold (20 weeks)US	with Junior MAFIA
	I need you tonight conspiracy	-	-	-	UK77 (2 weeks) UK	-	with Junior MAFIA feat. Aaliyah
	Get Money Conspiracy	-	-	-	UK63 (2 weeks) UK	US17th platinum (20 weeks)US	with Junior MAFIA
1997	Hit Them Wit Tha Hee Supa Dupa Fly	-	-	-	UK25 (3 weeks) UK	-	Missy Elliott feat. Lil 'Kim
1998	It's All About The Benjamin's No Way Out	-	-	-	UK18 (3 weeks) UK	US42 (1 week) US	Puff Daddy feat. The LOX , Lil 'Kim & The Notorious BIG
	Money, Power & Respect Money, Power & Respect	-	-	-	-	US17th gold (20 weeks)US	The LOX & DMX feat. Lil 'Kim
1999	Notorious BIG Born Again	DE56 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH68 (8 weeks) CH	UK16 (7 weeks) UK	US82 (7 weeks) US	The Notorious BIG feat. Lil 'Kim & Puff Daddy
	Quiet Strom Murda Muzik	-	-	-	-	-	Mobb Deep feat. Lil 'Kim
	Get Naked Methods of Mayhem	-	-	-	-	-	Methods of Mayhem feat. Lil 'Kim
2001	In the Air Tonite Urban Renewal	DE3 gold (15 weeks)DE	AT8 (16 weeks) AT	CH11 (15 weeks) CH	UK26 (2 weeks) UK	-	Phil Collins feat. Lil 'Kim
	Kimnotyze Beat Of Life Vol. 1	DE6 (17 weeks) DE	AT31 (16 weeks) AT	CH43 (12 weeks) CH	-	-	DJ Tomekk feat. Lil 'Kim & Trooper Da Don
	Wait a Minute This Ain't a Game	DE76 (5 weeks) DE	-	CH80 (4 weeks) CH	UK54 (2 weeks) UK	US30 (17 weeks) US	Ray J feat. Lil 'Kim
2003	Can't Hold Us Down Stripped	DE9 (15 weeks) DE	AT13 (17 weeks) AT	CH11 (26 weeks) CH	UK6th silver (10 weeks)UK	US12 (20 weeks) US	Christina Aguilera feat. Lil 'Kim
2004	Get Down on It The Best of Blue / The Hits: Reloaded	DE29 (9 weeks) DE	AT41 (5 weeks) AT	CH35 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	Blue & Kool & The Gang feat. Lil 'Kim
2005	Sugar (Gimme Some) Thug Matrimony	-	-	-	UK61 (1 week) UK	US20th gold (26 weeks)US	Trick Daddy feat. Lil 'Kim, Ludacris & Cee-Lo
2007	Let It Go Just Like You	DE72 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US7th platinum (23 weeks)US	Keyshia Cole feat. Lil 'Kim & Missy Elliott
2017	Wake Me Up single track	-	-	-	-	-	Remy Ma feat. Lil 'Kim
	Number one singles	DE1DE	AT-AT	CH1CH	UK1UK	US1US
	Top 10 singles	DE4thDE	AT2AT	CH1CH	UK2UK	US4thUS
	Singles in the charts	DE12DE	AT5AT	CH7thCH	UK17thUK	US18thUS

Filmography

• 1999: She's All That (She's all that)
• 2001: Zoolander ( cameo )
• 2002: Juwanna Mann
• 2003: Those Who Walk in Darkness (Animated)
• 2003: Gang of Roses
• 2004: Nora's Hair Salon
• 2004: Street Style
• 2005: Lil 'Pimp (voice)
• 2005: There's a God on the Mic (documentary)
• 2008: Superhero Movie

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Canada
  • 2001: for the album The Notorious KIM

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	250,000	musikindustrie.de
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	-	50,000	musiccanada.com
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	ifpi.at
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	20,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	5 × gold5	7 × platinum7th	9,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	platinum1	800,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	9 × gold9	8 × platinum8th

swell

1. ↑ IMDB: Lil 'Kim
2. ^ Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Touchstone. P. 566. ISBN 978-0-7432-0120-9
3. ↑ Interview band portrait of Lil 'Kim at musik-base.de
4. ↑ http://m.gala.de/stars/news/lil-kim-ihre-t Nahrungsmittel-ist- da_1102985.html
5. ↑ https://www.nme.com/reviews/lil-kim-9-review-2556342
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
7. ↑ Chart history Junior Mafia

Web links

Commons : Lil 'Kim  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Lil 'Kim at laut.de
• Lil 'Kim at Allmusic (English)
• Lil 'Kim in the Internet Movie Database (English)