Li'l Kim outside of courthouse


Lil' Kim Gets Year and Day in Prison
Wednesday, July 06, 2005

NEW YORK — Grammy-winning rapper Lil' Kim (search) was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in prison and fined $50,000 for lying to a federal grand jury to protect friends involved in a 2001 shootout outside a Manhattan radio station.
While many rappers have served time in prison, Lil' Kim is the first big-name female to do so.

Lil' Kim (real name: Kimberly Jones) could have gotten up to 20 years — five years each on three counts of perjury and one count of conspiracy — at her sentencing before U.S. District Judge Gerard Lynch. She was convicted of the charges in March.

The rapper, who turns 30 next week, was the sidekick and mistress of the late Notorious B.I.G. (search) As a solo artist, she has become known for her revealing outfits and raunchy lyrics, and won a Grammy in 2001 for her part in the hit remake of "Lady Marmalade."

She told the grand jury she did not notice two of her close friends at the scene of the shootout — her manager, Damion Butler, and Suif Jackson, known as "Gutta." Both have pleaded guilty to gun charges.

Jurors at Lil' Kim's trial saw radio station security photos that depicted Butler opening a door for the rap star, and two witnesses who once made records with Lil' Kim said they saw her at the station with Butler and Jackson.
The gun battle happened outside WQHT-FM, known as Hot 97 (search), when Lil' Kim's entourage crossed paths with a rival rap group, Capone-N-Noreaga (search).

Lil' Kim's group confronted the others about a Capone-N-Noreaga song, "Bang, Bang," that contained an insult to Lil' Kim from rival Foxy Brown (search). One man was hurt in the shootout that followed.

Hot 97 is the same station where the posses of 50 Cent (search) and The Game (search) traded bullets in February.

At trial, Lil' Kim testified that she had a falling out after the shooting with Butler and with Antoine "Banger" Spain and James "Lil' Cease" Lloyd, the two witnesses who said they saw her with Butler and Jackson.

She said they were freeloading at her New Jersey townhouse.

"I was just fed up," she told jurors. "They were taking advantage of me."
Her superstar career began with an impromptu performance for Notorious B.I.G. on the street in their Brooklyn neighborhood. She became "Queen Bee," the only girl in his otherwise all-male clique.

Her 1996 debut album, "Hard Core," was laced with sexually explicit lyrics and became a big hit, thanks to songs like "Crush On You" and others with unmentionable titles.

In the years that followed, plastic surgery helped transform her into a glam fashionista.

In other legal problems, Lil' Kim was sued earlier this year by two men who say she failed to pay them for songwriting and performing services for an album released in 2003.

The album, "La Bella Mafia," sold more than 1 million copies.

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Lil' Kim To Be Sentenced Today

(New York-WABC, July 6, 2005) — Rapper Lil' Kim can expect more than a rap on the knuckles when she's sentenced today for perjury.

Prosecutors want the judge to sentence Lil' Kim to 33 months in prison.

She was convicted of lying to a grand jury about a wild shootout at a radio station in Lower Manhattan.

Prosecutors say she lied to protect her manager and one of her assistants.

Her attorney says lil' kim will make a personal appeal today for leniency.

Source: http://abclocal.go.com/wa...ilkim.html
[Edited 7/6/05 12:06pm]

.. she actually looks good in that pic.

I think it's fucked up that because Lil' Kim doesn't have as much clout as a Kobe or R.Kelly that she gets charged with somthing as minor as purgery when these KNOWN sex offenders get off easy -- fucked up!

Ah, a year goes by so flippin' fast.

She'll just chill out and veg for 366 days. Plus, she'll have a plush set up.

Consider it a break between albums. If M.Diddy (a.ka. Martha Stewart) can do it and joke with the guards, so can Li'l Kim.

She'll pull through it.

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[Edited 7/6/05 12:10pm]

article said:

and:

Worst ads for a radio station EVER.

JANFAN4L said:

It will probably elevate her to hero status to some people!

squiddyren said:

I, on the other hand, think she should do a year for that face

squiddyren said:

Good? Well she's looked alot worse I guess.

JANFAN4L said:

you think she'll go to the same place m.diddy did? ha!

CalhounSq said:

SweetKreme said:

no, not really. it could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt that kobe committed the crime. apparantly, it was proven that lil' kim lied therefore she goes to jail.

maybe it will give her some time to think about what she's done...to her face!

CalhounSq said:

oh s**t!!!

Ya know, if so, she would be getting off easy.

I feel bad that Kim was so dumb to pretty much take the fall for these guys. It's her own fault, but I feel for her. They really pursued her with a vengeance, but in the end she brought it all on herself by lying. Of all the days to fess up to lying, why the day you're being sentenced? She should have done so a long time ago. She won't end up serving a full year, but she'll do her time and get on with her life. I pray that prison isn't too awful for her.

Not fair at all

hey...somebody must be dressing kim of late..another good pic:

Wow, I was hoping she'd get probation and a big fine.

Perhaps with good behavior she'll be out in six months.


I like Kimmy's bravado and hope she doesn't get beat up.
You know there are some jealous hard-core chicks just waiting for her to come in so they can get at her: whether by fighting or making her a love slave..




I know she thinks she can do whatever she wants and is above rules, but I wish she would have known better than to lie to the Feds.

Does anyone know if she was taken into custody today ... or will she get to turn herself in later?

SynthiaRose said:

She doesn't go to prison until September.

the aol boards are full of racism

SynthiaRose said:

Lucky for Kim she's a celeb. I doubt they'll house her with hardened criminals. She'll probably get some kind of Camp Cupcake-styled set up.

She looks better without all the drag.

its racial....

dreamfactory313 said:

She looks gorgeous

SynthiaRose said:

Naw, she'll just play "How Many Licks" and her fellow inmates'll be fightin' over her autographed Lil' Kim poster...

I dont think kobe even raped her she made up the story to make money
Its not hard for kobe to get laid why would he risk raping

on the other hand MJ did do it. Its quite obvious

SassyBritches said:

SynthiaRose said:

She's never looked better!! what was her reaction? any pics?

kisscamille said:

...but only because she isn't a rat!