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Lil Kim prison photo 2005: **Federal Detention Center, Philadelphia in Center City, Philadelphia**

Back in 2005, rap legend Kimberly “Lil Kim” Jones was convicted of three counts of perjuring herself and one count of conspiracy of perjury for allegedly lying to a Grand Jury regarding a shootout that went down in 2001. The shootout happened outside New York radio station HOT 97 between Lil Kim’s Junior Mafia entourage and her rap rival rap Foxy Brown’s entourage over insults traded over wax.

Reportedly, Lil Kim was trying to protect her crew from prison time and ended up doing time herself.

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Lil Kim / Victoria Gotti “I Came Back 4 U” video shoot

When the Queen of rap’s Junior Mafia Lil Kim the Queen Bee linked up with the Real Life Gambino Mafia Queen Bee daughter Victoria Gotti, hip hop history was made and a friendship we didn’t know we needed was born.

As a Lil Kim fanatic back in the day, I always felt labels didn’t know what to do with Kim or her music. She was such an iconic talent who transcended the hood and streets but still managed to embody that hood girl persona. When Junior Mafia’s “Player’s Anthem” hit the streets in 95, every hood girl in my hood wanted to be Kim. Her style and delivery was something so unique and she definitely held her own alongside the biggest boys in the game.

After Biggie’s death and issues with her label, Kim’s music slowed up but every now and then she would release a gem just for the streets.

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Check out this throwback interview of Foxy Brown talking about her previous friendship with the “Queen Bee” Lil Kim.

At some point when both their careers were taking off the two fell out and the fight for the rap crown became extremely competitive. The two traded shots both literally and on wax.

Eventually the tension got so high that violence erupted between the two camps in the form of a gunfight outside New York’s Hot 97 headquarters. Kim ended up going to prison for perjury. She claimed to hear or see nothing – mafia style.

In the interview Foxy says that Biggie initially wanted her to be the female voice in Junior Mafia. According to her Jay Z wasn’t willing to let her go and wanted to keep her on the roster. She later ended up in the group The Firm alongside rap legends AZ & Nas.

Check out the interview. Skip to 16:30 mark where she discusses her old friendship with Kim.

https://youtu.be/g2gML6MTLY4?si=88m3HXv_EP-pqehG