Birth name Kimberly Denise Jones  Date of Birth July 11, 1974 Origin Brooklyn, New York,United States Genre(s) Hip hop Occupation(s) Rapper, songwriter, actress, model Years active 1996–present (solo)    Lil' Kim, is an American Grammy Award-winning female rapper who rose to fame in the mid 1990s. Lil' Kim is known for her hardcore, raunchy style of rapping and her controversial sexual image and lyrics.

Lil Kim US top rapper professionally known Lil' Kim also refered as 'Kimberly Ann Jones', Queen Bee, The Lieutenant etc. Lil was born on July 11, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York. Lil' Kim got her career start with the help of Notorious B.I.G..

In 1996 She went solo with Hard Core, which included the rap hit 'No Time,' a duet with Sean 'Puffy' Combs, and became famous for her explicitly different lyrics and outfits.

In 1990 as a member of the East Coast hip hop group, Lil was first appeared in the music industry, Junior Lil Kim's songs have a reputation for being graphically sexual and explicit. Lil Kim made her film debut in She's 'All That' in 1999.

Lil' Kim has appeared in the Rachael Leigh Cook film She's All That As an actress in 1999 as well as in Ben Stiller's 2001 comedy Zoolander. In 2005 she was convicted of perjury and conspiracy in the matter of connection with a shooting incident outside a Manhattan radio station. For that not only Lil' was fined $50,000 but also sentenced to a year in prison.

Lil' Kim's Trivia :

• Lil' sometimes compared with fellow female rapper Foxy Brown.
• Her Zodiac sign is Cancer.
• She is the only female in Junior M.A.F.I.A.
• She is constantly being criticised by the media because of her music, style, attitude and image.
• Role was cut from Scary Movie (2000).
• Remade the LaBelle hit "Lady Marmalade" along with Mya, Christina Aguilera and Pink for the Moulin Rouge! (2001) soundtrack.
• She is frequently spoken of negatively by the media because of her music, style, attitude, and image.
• Use to work at a Bloomingdale's store in New York.
• When "Lady Marmalade" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2001, she became the first solo female rapper to claim that feat.
• Ranked #34 on VH1's 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists.
• In 2001 she collaborated with Phil Collins on a re-recording of his classic song "In the Air Tonight".
• Wears a variety of colored contact lenses.
• There's an accredited Syracuse University course titled "The Life and Times of Lil' Kim."
• She now lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.
• According to Spike Lee, she turned down the role of "Evelyn" in his film. She Hate Me (2004), because she thought it would ruin her image.