Lil' Kim tawg mus rau qhov chaw hip hop thaum ntxov nineties. Brooklyn 19-xyoo-laus haiv neeg tam sim ntawd tau txais kev tsis zoo rau nws cov duab nraaj thiab kev sib deev style. Nws debut studio album, Hard Core (1996) tau lees paub ob lub platinum thiab txij li tau muag ntau tshaj li rau lab luam thoob ntiaj teb. Nws cov nkauj "Tsis Muaj Sijhawm", "Tsis Tonight (Ladies Night)", thiab "Crush on You" ua rau cov kab kos.
Nws cov nkauj nram qab no, Tus Nom Tswv K. I. M. (2000) thiab La Bella Mafia (2003) kuj tau ntawv pov thawj platinum. Xyoo 2001, Lil Kim yeej Grammy tom qab ua yeeb yam ntawm ib leeg "Lady Marmalade" nrog rau Mýa, Pink, thiab Christina Aguilera, uas tau ua rau US Billboard Kub 100.
Tab sis Lil Kim - lub npe tag nrho Kimberly Denise Jones - txoj kev mus rau lub hnub qub tsis yooj yim. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 9 xyoos, nws niam nws txiv sib cais, thiab Jones tau tsa los ntawm nws txiv. Cov khub muaj kev sib raug zoo nyuaj, thiab nws raug ncaws tawm ntawm nws lub tsev. Jones tau tawm ntawm tsev kawm ntawv theem siab thiab pib nyob ntawm txoj kev.
Lil Kim raug thab plaub rau nws saib
Raws li Washington Post, Lil Kim tau loj hlob ib puag ncig dawb. Neeg Asmeskas-Asmeskas Kim hais tias nws tau ua phem rau "cov ntxhais hluas nkauj" uas thuam nws.
"Qhov kev thab plaub ntawd yuav rhuav tshem kev ntseeg siab ntawm ib tug hluas," Kim tu siab qhia. "Hnub no thaum ib tug neeg hais tias kuv ntxim hlub, kuv tsis pom nws," nws hais rau Newsweek. "Kuv tsis pom nws txawm hais tias leej twg hais."
Tus qub hluas nraug Lil Kim tsoo nws lub qhov ntswg
Nws yog qhov ncaj ncees hais tias Lil Kim zoo li niaj hnub no txawv dua li nws tau ua thaum nws tso nws cov nkauj tawm tshiab xyoo 1996. Lil' Kim tau lees paub tias muaj cov txheej txheem tshuaj pleev ib ce xyoo dhau los - thuam qhov laj thawj ntawm nws cov hluas nraug dag rau nws nrog cov poj niam "European-saib". Nws ua rau "Lighters Up" rapper zoo li ua "tus ntxhais Dub" "tsis zoo txaus." Lil Kim tau hais tawm txog kev ua phem kev sib raug zoo - ib qho uas ua rau tus ex ua phem rau nws lub qhov ntswg.
Tus yeej Grammy tom qab ntawd hais rau Newsweek tias kev saib tsis taus kuj tau ua ib feem ntawm nws mus hauv qab riam. "Kuv xav tias kuv tau ua nws vim kuv tsis muaj dab tsi nyob rau lub sijhawm ntawd. Kuv tabtom sim ua kom zoo tag nrho. Kuv yog ib tus neeg zoo tshaj plaws." Nws defiantly xaus: "Nws yog ua kom kuv saib qhov kuv xav saib. Nws yog kuv lub cev."
Lil Kim Muaj kev sib cav sib ceg nrog tus lig Biggie
Raws li ib tug hluas, Lil Kim ntsib Christopher Wallace, lub npe hu ua The Notorious B. I. G. los yog Biggie Smalls. Nws lub hwj chim yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv kev tshaj tawm Lil Kim ua tus poj niam rap lub hnub qub thiab ua rau nws pab pawg Junior MAF. IA. Raws li kev koom tes ua lag luam, khub niam txiv tau koom nrog kev sib raug zoo. Ob leeg txuas ntxiv muaj kev sib hlub txawm tias tom qab Smalls tau sib yuav tus neeg hu nkauj Faith Evans hauv 1994. Hauv 2017, tus tsim suab paj nruag Jermaine Dupri liam ntawm Drink Champs podcast tias Biggie rub rab phom Kim thaum lub sijhawm kaw rau Usher zaj nkauj "Ib yam li kuv."
Kim tau hais txog nws txoj kev sib raug zoo nrog Biggie ntawm Pob Zeb Diamond K Qhia. Nws qhia Smalls ib zaug choke nws mus txog thaum nws tsis nco qab. Ib xyoos ua ntej Smalls raug tua nyob rau hauv kev tsav tsheb los ntawm kev tua nyob rau hauv Los Angeles, Kim tau txiav txim siab nyuaj rau kev txiav cev xeeb tub thaum nws pom tias nws xav tau nws tus menyuam. "Kuv twb paub qhov kev sib raug zoo uas Biggie thiab kuv muaj," thiab kuv paub tias [muaj ib tug me nyuam] yog ib yam dab tsi uas tsis tuaj yeem tshwm sim."
Txawm li cas los xij, Lil Kim tom qab ntawd hais rau Rolling Stone nws tseem ua tsaug rau lub sijhawm nws siv nrog nws ua suab paj nruag.
"Biggie yooj yim suav rau 85% ntawm kuv txoj haujlwm," nws hais.
Lil Kim Tau Pom Kev Txhaum Cai Hauv 2013
Lub Ob Hlis 26, 2001, nyob ib ncig ntawm 3 teev tsaus ntuj Lil' Kim tawm ntawm New York xov tooj cua Hot 97. Peb tus txiv neej tau tua mos txwv - liam tias yog los ntawm nqaij nyuj ntawm Lil Kim thiab nws tus phooj ywg thaum yau - phooj ywg rapper Foxy Brown. Plaub xyoos tom qab qhov xwm txheej, Kim hais rau pawg neeg txiav txim loj tias Damion Butler, ib tus ntawm nws tus thawj coj thaum lub sijhawm tua tsis tuaj.
Tab sis kev ruaj ntseg-lub koob yees duab footage tom qab ua pov thawj tias nws yog. Kim kuj tau hais rau lub tsev hais plaub tias nws tsis tuaj yeem txheeb xyuas daim duab ntawm lwm tus txiv neej uas ntseeg tias koom nrog hauv kev tua. Cov txiv neej - Suif "Gutta" Jackson, ib tug tswv cuab ntawm nws pawg qub Junior MAF. I. A. - thiab Butler tom qab lees txim rau unloading ib hail ntawm mos txwv ntawm rap pab pawg Capone-N-Noreaga.
Rau sim tiv thaiv nws cov phooj ywg los ntawm kev txiav txim siab, Kim tau raug txim ntawm kev hais lus dag thiab kev koom tes rau kev dag rau tsoomfwv pawg neeg txiav txim siab loj. Nws thawj zaug raug kaw hauv tsev lojcuj 20 xyoo, tab sis tom qab ntawd raug kaw rau ib xyoos thiab ib hnub hauv tsev lojcuj thiab raug nplua $50,000.
Kim lees txim rau nws qhov kev ua txhaum thiab thov txim rau lub tsev hais plaub. "Kuv muaj lub luag haujlwm tag nrho rau kuv qhov kev ua," nws hais. "Kuv ua tim khawv tsis tseeb rau lub rooj txiav txim loj thiab thaum lub sij hawm mus sib hais. Kuv paub tias tsis yog lawm. Kuv yog ib tug neeg ntshai Vajtswv, tus neeg zoo, thiab qhov no yog qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws uas kuv tau dhau los."
Kim hais txog nws txoj kev raug kaw hauv tsev loj cuj ntawm MTV's RapFix Live. Nws tau qhia tias nws tau "zoo siab nrog qhib caj npab los ntawm ntau tus ntxhais zoo nkauj" thaum nws nyob tom qab tuav. "Kuv tau ntsib ntau tus neeg zoo nyob hauv qhov ntawd uas tseem yog kuv cov phooj ywg txog niaj hnub no," nws hais.
