Lil’ Kim, who is preparing the release of Hard Core 2K13, recently spoke about her place in Hip Hop history.
When asked about where she sees herself stand in Hip Hop, Lil’ Kim explained her position.
“I am definitely the queen,” Kim said in an interview with xxlmag.com. “I definitely see myself as the queen. I am the one who made it possible for females to be sexy. That’s just the bottom line. And [I] still rap hard with the fellas.
“There’s nothing that’s gonna take away from my legacy,” Kim added later. “I’m sorry. It is what it is. I’m dying this way. With the crown on my head. Nobody can take nothing away from me.”
During the interview, Kim also talks about why she thinks she was able to succeed.
“The one thing that made me so great before is I just did what the fuck I do,” she said. “I didn’t care how I did it. I did it for my fans at the same time, but I also did it for me. That’s what my fans love because I did me. I told them the story about me and my life. I made sexual music that was fun and just people loved to sing to.”
Lil’ Kim has often referred to herself as a queen. In her 1996 debut album Hard Core, Kim had a track titled “Queen Bitch.” Kim’s 2002 project The Notorious K.I.M. also featured a selection titled “Queen Bitch Pt. 2.”
Lil’ Kim has also often called herself the Queen Bee or Queen B.
Queen Latifah recently said that women in Hip Hop have not topped the era where Lil’ Kim, Foxy Brown and other women were at the top of the Rap sphere.
“I still think some of the best ones that have done it have yet to be topped. I still don’t think anybody has topped the whole era of Foxy, Kim, Missy, Eve, me on the tail end kinda things,” Latifah said in September on “The Rickey Smiley Show.” “I’m still looking forward to it not just being a one-at-a-time female rapper thing. I mean, I think Nicki Minaj is great, but I think we definitely need to blow up some of the other females that are out there.”
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There are 2 queens in hiphop. Lil Kim isn’t on that list. The 2 queens are NIcki Minaj and Miley Cyrus. Both have big asses and are talented.
miley don’t got a big ass .. and nicki got a butt implant..
Billboard top 100 with Wrecking ball being no.1 says hi.
Millions are disagreeing with your statement.
So you find skinny flat short-haired bitch sexy? lmao
Better toned and fit than some cottage-cheese ass, Dorito dust in the cleavage fart box.
What does Miley Cyrus (Pop singer) having a number 1 song on the Billboard charts have anyrthing to do with her being the queen of HipHop
Both Nicki and Miley are shitty pop artists. They ain’t hip-hop at all. Also, what big ass? Miley looks like Bieber and has the same physique. You prefer a chick who looks like a little boy over a real woman? HA, GAAAY!!
“What does Miley Cyrus (Pop singer) having a number 1 song on the Billboard charts have anyrthing to do with her being the queen of HipHop”
She’s leading the charts. She is hiphop material. She just doesn’t rap a lot. Remember Lauryn Hill? SHe’s the same way yet you praise her.
“Both Nicki and Miley are shitty pop artists. They ain’t hip-hop at all. Also, what big ass? Miley looks like Bieber and has the same physique. You prefer a chick who looks like a little boy over a real woman? HA, GAAAY!!”
Miley Cyrus has a huge ass indeed.
“She’s leading the charts. She is hiphop material. She just doesn’t rap a lot. Remember Lauryn Hill? SHe’s the same way yet you praise her.”
Wrong. Miley’s 100% pop and 0% hip-hop. Lauryn Hill is and will always be a hip-hop artist.
“Miley Cyrus has a huge ass indeed.”
No, she doesn’t. Her ass is small and flat. You are blind.
Lauryn Hill is nothing like Miley. Lauryn’s a hip-hop/R&B artist while Miley’s a pop artist. Learn the differences.
DO YOU DUMB MOTHERFUCKAS HAVE NO LIFE THAT YA TRYING TO REASON WITH A FUCKING KNOWN TROLL
Yet she has French Montana and Miley Cyrus on her mixtape. She’s still dope by smh.
*but smh.
MC Lyte has been the Queen of Hip-Hop since 1988. Sorry, Lil Kim.
Thank you
shes the queen of fucking ruining her face
she also said that she was asian at some point.
she dont even look human no more, id still hit it tho.
her face tho..
I wonder why Eminem raps on her new album, that track is fire
thats probably why mayne
Queen of…… fucked up plastic surgery
LMAOO! U rite cause she looks beyond tored up. Queen??? Naah. . .Eve, yea I can see that.
How she the queen, when she didn’t write any of her songs? Foxy can’t get any credit neither, because she didn’t write her own rhymes. Missy was fat, ugly and gay. Eve is the only one I give credit to.
What can I say, she’s right. Only other female MC that could make that claim is EVE. MC Lyte and Latifah are more like the God Mothers, the founding Mothers of Hip Hop than the Queens. There like the equivalent of the LL Cool Js, Ice Cubes, KRS-Ones, Rakims of Hip Hop.
As for now Minaj is pretty wack based on her albums. Rah Digga is still getting busy though, I’d crown her the current number 1 female MC of today. Jean Grae too…
eve. seriously? how many tracks have kim made that screams real hip hp
shes the queef of hiphop
HAHAHAHAH
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Her Face Is Janky !!
Sorry, Kim. Lauryn Hill is the queen of hip-hop
Whites will say that Miley Cyrus is the Queen and children will say Nicki Minaj is the Queen.
We all know that the two Queens of HipHop will always be MC Lyte and Lauryn Hill.
….sadly the industry wants Iggy Azelia to be Queen since they have crowned their hero Eminem as the King. LOL, they are so pathetic.
When was the last time lyte and hill had a hit? Nicki and Miley has them every day.
Wrong, dentalbitch. We’re talking about HIP-HOP. Nicki and Miley are pop.
Get straight biggit eminem is the rap god not king. So suck a dick you racist fuck
GOing off subject here. Miley and Nicki are HIPHOP. Lyte and hill are wack ass pop.
You got it backwards. MC Lyte and Lauryn are hip-hop while Miley and Nicki are wack ass pop.
wait. buggy wrote your shits. a reference track of buggy spitting your whole debut is online. queen latifah, mc lyte, are all more influential than u.
“I definitely see myself as the queen. I am the one who made it possible for females to be sexy. Thats just the bottom line.
So u are the queen of hip hop because of sexy not because of ur 16s. lil kim ain’t better than foxy, lyrically. so u should shut up.
She’s more like the drag queen of hip hop.
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but was good and by far the best album of 2012. So far Kendrick got 2 classics with S.80 being one of the greatest pieces of music of this decade.
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This just in: Lil Kim out of touch with reality, thinks she’s still relevant.
Errrm nah sorry Kim Roxanne Shante and MC Lyte birthed all you hoes that came on the scene later one…
QUEEN LATIFAH
THE LADY OF RAGE AFRO PUFF ALL THE b!tCHE$, ONE QUEEN THATS QUEEN LATIFAH AND THE KING IS KING MAGNETIC
Lil Kim got a pitbull face
Everyone can mess with lil kims surgeries but you bitches cant deny she is still the QUEEN…
From ECuador !!
sexy? looking like she ate jannet jackson…
I’m da Queen Bee!!
id give to it Jean Grea
Jean Grae is great, but her longevity is not very good. In that case, you can also mention Rah Digga, Lauryn Hill, Heather B or MC Lyte,
Left Eye, or Aliyah or Mary J Blige… hip hop aint all rap its a contribution to the culture
What the fuck did Left Eye ever do? She had like 3 verses in the history of her career, and they were all terrible. The fact that she’s even in the conversation, along with Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown who never wrote one verse in their life, just shows you that there has never really been a GREAT female hip-hop artist.
Ehh….it’s debatable….i’ll leave it at that…lol
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No, fuck you. And she looks awful all the time.
everybody knows drake is the queen of hip-hop
ctfu
That picture tho
Lil Kim – The Queen of face op.
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no disrespect but Kim is the Queen of Hip Hop. cant wait for the album to drop.
I want to fuck kim in the ass
if were talking about legacy i would give it to kim but if were talking about this relevance in this era i would definitely have to say rihanna. no other female including nicki minaj has made an impact like her in hiphop for the last decade
Rhianna is not a hip hop artist! Rhianna is like pop/r&b/
iiiiilllllll….that’s Lil’ Kim?! What the fuck?! She looks like a doll that was left by the heater for too long. Yo…she looks fucked up son. I wouldn’t even hit that, and I’d fuck T.I.’s wife. Whassup with all these black female celebrities trying to get rid of their black features? then they turn around and try to tell little black girls to be proud of themselves. These hoes ain’t shit..
Queen of Plastic People
she is the queen she been the queen
I’m the queen of rap! Bow down bitches!
I see no lies here. Whatsoever.
Kim is a GAME CHANGER. Foxy Brown as well. They debuted and laid out an entire new blueprint for a female rapper, and every female rapper after them has followed the trail that they have blazed, walked thru the doors that they’ve opened and thru the barriers that they have broken down.
Bar for bar, Kim and Foxy are 2 of the greatest rappers EVER. Not just female rappers, they have stood toe to toe with the Greats (BIG, Pac, Jay, Nas, X, LL, 50, etc.) and outshined them. They have some of the greatest verses and songs in the history of rap/hip-hop. However, Kim was always 10 steps ahead of Foxy. Although they kept each other on their toes, Kim had that “it” factor that Foxy sorta lacked.
So personally, I do view Kim as the Queen, for the simple fact that she came in, changed the game, and to have someone come in the game nearly 15 years later and completely copy your style (outfits, wigs, photoshoots) that you made original, speaks VOLUMES.