Lil KimAKA Kimberly Denise Jones Born: 11-Jul-1974 Gender: Female Nationality: American |
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Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), better known by her stage name Lil’ Kim, is an American Grammy award winning rapper. She has seven number one hit singles to date. Her 2005 album, The Naked Truth, was awarded the prestigious 5 mics award from The Source magazine. She is the only female rapper so far to have achieved this distinction. In 2002, she won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for her role in “Lady Marmalade”. In 2001, Lil’ Kim teamed up with Christina Aguilera, Pink, and Mýa to remake “Lady Marmalade”, which was originally written about a bordello in New Orleans and performed by the group Labelle (which included diva Patti LaBelle) 25 years earlier. The song was recorded for the Moulin Rouge! film soundtrack, released in April 2001, and stayed #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks. The song also went to #1 in 50 countries around the world. This was a big accomplishment for female rap, as well as for Kim, who scored her first #1 Hot 100 hit and became the first female rapper in history to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Lady Marmalade also garnered Kim her first Grammy Award. In 2003, Lil’ Kim recorded a new entrance theme for then World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Women’s champion Trish Stratus entitled, “Time to Rock ‘n Roll”, which was used during broadcasts, until Stratus’ retirement. The single was released on WWE Anthology, a compilation of entrance theme music to various Professional Wrestling superstars. On March 4, 2003, Kim released her third critically acclaimed album, La Bella Mafia. Highly rated (4.5 mics) by music magazine The Source, La Bella Mafia spawned the hit “The Jump Off” featuring Mr. Cheeks, which climbed to number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single “Magic Stick”, feat. 50 Cent, hit #2 on the Hot 100 without a video ever being shot. La Bella Mafia debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200. It soon went platinum and sold 1.1 million copies in the U.S. and over 2 million worldwide. Kim was nominated for five Source Awards and won two (“Female Hip-Hop Artist of the Year”, and “Female Single of the Year”). This album also got two Grammy Award nominations: Best Female Rap Solo Performance (“Came Back For You”) and Best Rap Collaboration (“Magic Stick”). She was also nominated for Best Pop Collaboration with singer Christina Aguilera for the song “Can’t Hold Us Down”, from Aguilera’s album Stripped. Lil’ Kim also made her first ever video game appearance on the multi-platform game Def Jam: Fight for NY. Kim also provided voice-overs for her part in the storyline, where the player may fight an opponent to have Lil’ Kim as his girlfriend. Lil’ Kim’s sprite sports a BIG tattoo and orange hair with blue eyes. Kim’s fighting style is that of a martial artist. |
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