Kim Jones

Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper and actress who was a member of the group Junior M.A.F.I.A..
 
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==Biography==
==Early years==
At the age of 9, her parents separated, 
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 leaving her and her older brother Christopher at home with her father. While struggling through her personal life, Kim met , who was a key figure in both her personal and artistic life, particularly when Wallace had gained popularity and influence through his relationship with .
In 1994, Wallace was instrumental in introducing and promoting the based group , which included Jones (aka "Big Momma" or "The Lieutenant"). The group's first and only album was titled . The group released their first single, "Playas Anthem", which went on to top the rap charts. The album's second single, "I Need You Tonight" (featuring ), was the only single released from the album that did not feature The Notorious B.I.G. The music video, directed by David Paolini, featured the members and Aaliyah holding a house party at Kim's house while she was away. The single reached #12 on the US chart. The album's third single, "Get Money", was certified gold and made the top 20 on the .
==Recording and performing==
===1994–1997===
After a year with , Jones began a solo career by recording her debut album. Hard Core was released on November 12, 1996. The album debuted at #11 on the and #2 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Rap albums chart. The studio effort was certified later on. The album's lead single "", a duet with , reached the #1 spot for nine weeks on the Rap Charts and was certified platinum by the . The album later produced the single "". A remix of the album's track "Not Tonight" saw Lil' Kim team up with , , and of . The song was released as part of the soundtrack to the movie "Nothing To Lose" and went to #6 on the , and also earned Lil' Kim her first Grammy Award nomination. Not Tonight was certified platinum by the . In March 1997, her mentor and secret lover Notorious B.I.G. was shot and killed in Los Angeles. The death took a toll on Kim: she took a brief break from her career.
===1998–2000===
From 1998 to 2000, Kim continued her road to stardom under the management of BIG's best friend, Damion "D-Roc" Butler's "Roc Management", touring and modeling for various fashion and pop culture companies including , , , and . In 1999, she performed 's "No Way Out" tour. In the same year, she launched her own label and even though she hadn't had an album of her own released, she was seen on dozens of remixes and guest appearances on other artist's records. On June 27, 2000, Kim released her second album The Notorious K.I.M. The album marked a new image and revamped look for the rapper. Despite the limited success of its singles, the album surprisingly reached #4 on the , and #1 on the chart selling 160,000 copies in its opening week. It was certified by the RIAA.
===2001–2004===
In 2001, Lil' Kim teamed up with , , and to remake "", which was originally written about a in and performed by the group (which included diva ) 25 years earlier. The song was recorded for the Moulin Rouge! film soundtrack, released in April 2001, and stayed #1 on the 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 (WWE) Women's Champion 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 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 "" featuring , which climbed to number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single "", feat. 50 Cent, hit #2 on the without a video ever being shot.
La Bella Mafia debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200. 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 for the song "", from Aguilera's album Stripped.
Lil' Kim also made an appearance on the multi-platform videogame . Kim provided voice-overs for her part in the storyline, where the player may fight an opponent to have Lil' Kim as his girlfriend. Kim requested to have orange hair, blue colored contacts and a navel ring. Her fighting style is martial art and her finishing move is the "Queen Bee Sting".
===2005–2006===
On March 17, 2005, Kim was found guilty of and for lying to a grand jury about her friends' involvement in a 2001 shooting outside the studios in . She claimed not to have known that her manager (Damion "D-Roc" Butler) and another friend (Suif Jackson) were at the scene, despite video footage showing all three exiting the building. Both men have pleaded guilty to gun charges since. In July 2005, she was sentenced to a one-year-and-a-day in the Philadelphia Detention Center. She had requested to go to a camp center in Connecticut to be closer to her mother, but instead was ordered to report to the Philadelphia Detention Center. Her lawyer stated that, "A year and a day is actually less than a year sentence, because according to federal sentencing guidelines, if there's an extra day, time is credited to you". A parole bill was filed that reduced her sentence. Throughout her entire jail sentence, Kim's representatives declared that she was busy working; she wrote over 200 songs while in prison.
Despite her conviction, Kim released a fourth album, The Naked Truth, during her sentence on September 27, 2005. It earned her a 5 mic rating from The Source, making her the only female rapper to ever accomplish this feat (two 5 mic ratings). The album debuted at #6 on the charts, giving Kim her Third Top 10 debut on the charts. The Naked Truth didn't sell as well as her previous works, selling less than 400,000 copies. Kim has said that her jail sentence left her with no time to promote the project. There have been many rumors about a re-release of Truth but to no avail.
The for The Naked Truth's first single, "" was number one on 's 106 & Park for two weeks. "Lighters Up", was a Top Ten hit on the Billboard chart. The single also reached #76 on the German Single Chart, #12 on the UK Top 75 and #4 on the Finland Single Chart. The second single, "Whoa" was released on February 17, 2006. It reached No. 22 on Airplay. On March 9, BET premiered the show , which was filmed before Kim headed to jail. The show became the highest rated premiere in BET history, with 1.7 million viewers.
In May 2006, released a Lil' Kim tribute song called "Dirty and Deep" in protest of her conviction. The song is available free from the .
On June 6, 2006, Lil' Kim The Dance Remixes was released.
===2007-2008===
Lil' Kim Released Her Second Mixtape "Ms. G.O.A.T.".
===2008-present===
She is currently working her 5th studio album, Vintage, which is expected to be released in the coming months. Kim is also currently planning to create her own autobiographical film.
===2011-present===
Lil' Kim Released Her third Mixtape "Black Friday".
===2011-2012===
Lil' Kim Released Her First EP Mixtape "The Beestyles".
===2012-present===
Lil' Kim Released Two New Mixtapes "Kimmie Blanco Reloaded" & "The Re-Up" & An EP Named "The Beehive EP".
===2014-present===
Lil' Kim Released A New Mixtape That Was Pushed Back In 2013 Named "Hardcore 2k14".
===2015-present===
Lil' Kim Released Her Seventh Mixtape Named "No Toys Allowed".
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==Albums==
===Studio===
Year	Album	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Sales & certifications
Year	Album	U.S. 	U.S. R&B 	UK 	GER 	SWI 	FRA 	Sales & certifications
1996	Hard Core
* First studio album
* Released: November 12, 1996
* Formats: CD	11 	3 	116 	- 	- 	- 	
RIAA: 2x Platinum
2000	The Notorious K.I.M.
* Second studio album
* Released: June 7, 2000
* Formats: CD'	4 	 	67 	76 	100 	 	
RIAA: Platinum
2003	La Bella Mafia
* Third studio album
* Released: March 4, 2003
* Formats: CD	5 	4 	- 	82 	81 	 	
RIAA: Platinum
2005	The Naked Truth
* Fourth studio album
* Released: September 27, 2005
* Formats: CD, digital download	6 	3 	- 	- 	- 	- 	U.S. Sales: 394,000
2009	Vintage
* Fifth studio album
* Released: TBA, 2009
* Formats: CD, digital download	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	
 
===Compilations===
Year	Album	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Chart positions	Sales & certifications
Year	Album	US 	UK 	CAN 	GER 	SWI 	FRA 	Sales & certifications
2006	The Dance Remixes
* First remix album
* Released: June 6, 2006
* Formats: CD	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	
RIAA: --
==EPs==
Year	Album
2011	The Beestyles
* First EP
* Released: December 2011
* Formats: Free Download
Year	Album
2012	The Beehive
* Second EP
* Released: 2012
* Formats: Free Download
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===Mixtapes===
Year	Album
2000	The Notorious K.I.M: The Lost Tapes
* First Mixtape
* Released: July 2000
* Formats: Free Download
-
Year	Album
2007	Ms. G.O.A.T.
* Second Mixtape
* Released: December 2007
* Formats: CD, digital download
-
Year	Album
2011	Black Friday
* Third Mixtape
* Released: February 2011
* Formats: digital download
-
Year	Album
2012	Black Friday: Kimmie Blanco Reloaded
* Fourth Mixtape
* Released: June 2012
* Formats: Free Download
-
Year	Album
2012	Black Friday: Kimmie Blanco Reloaded - The Re-Up
* Fifth Mixtape
* Released: December 2012
* Formats: Free Download
-
Year	Album
2014	Hardcore 2k14
* Sixth Mixtape
* Released: September 2014
* Formats: Free Download
-
Year	Album
2015	No Toys Allowed
* Seventh Mixtape
* Released: May 2015
* Formats: Free Download
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==Singles==
Year	Title 	Chartpositions	Chartpositions	Chartpositions	Chartpositions	Chartpositions	Album 	 	 	
Year	Title 	U.S. 	U.S. R&B 	U.S. Rap 	UK 	GER 	Album 	 	 	
1996	"No Time"(featuring Puff Daddy) 	18 	9 	1 	45 	- 	Hard Core 	 	 	
1997	"Crush On You" 	3 	5 	1 	23 	- 	Hard Core 	 	 	
1997	"Ladies Night (Not Tonight Remix)(with Left Eye, Da Brat, Missy Elliott & Angie Martinez)	6 	3 	1 	11 	99 	Hard Core 	 	 	
2000	"No Matter What They Say" 	60 	15 	6 	35 	- 	The Notorious K.I.M.	 	 	
2000	"How Many Licks?" (featuring Sisqó) 	75 	36 	11 	- 	38 	The Notorious K.I.M.	 	 	
2000	"Notorious K.I.M." 	54 	32 	1 	- 	- 	The Notorious K.I.M.	 	 	
2000	"Hold On" (featuring Mary J. Blige) 	48 	9 	1 	- 	- 	The Notorious K.I.M.	 	 	
2001	"Lady Marmalade" (with Christina Aguilera, Missy Elliott, P!nk & Mýa) 	1 	43 	- 	1 	1 	Moulin Rouge! 	 	 	
2001	"In the Air Tonite" (featuring Phil Collins) 	- 	- 	- 	26 	3 	Urban Renewal 	 	 	
2003	"Came Back For You" (Promo) 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	La Bella Mafia 	 	 	
2003	"The Jump Off" (featuring Mr. Cheeks) 	16 	2 	1 	16 	78 	La Bella Mafia 	 	 	
2003	"Magic Stick" (featuring 50 Cent) 	2 	1 	1 	23 	- 	La Bella Mafia 	 	 	
2003	"Thug Luv" (featuring Twista) 	- 	60 	14 	- 	- 	La Bella Mafia 	 	 	
2003	"(When Kim Say) Can You Hear Me Now" (featuring Missy Elliott) (Promo) 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	La Bella Mafia 	 	 	
2005	"Shut Up, Bitch" (Promo) 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	The Naked Truth 	 	 	
2005	"Lighters Up" 	31 	9 	8 	12 	67 	The Naked Truth 	 	 	
2006	"Whoa" 	104 	30 	- 	43 	- 	The Naked Truth 	 	 	
2007	"Let It Go" 	N/A 	N/A 	- 	N/A 	- 	Ms. G.O.A.T. 	 	 	
2009	"Download" 	N/A 	N/A 	- 	N/A 	- 	Ms. G.O.A.T. 	Vintage	 	
2010	"Buy You Music" 	N/A 	N/A 	- 	N/A 	- 	Ms. G.O.A.T. 	Vintage	Black Friday	
2011	"Pissin' On 'Em" 	N/A 	N/A 	- 	N/A 	- 	Ms. G.O.A.T. 	Vintage	Black Friday	Black Friday
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Vintage	Black Friday	Black Friday
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Black Friday	Black Friday
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Black Friday
Note: The singles No Time and Not Tonight have been certified Gold and Platinum respectively by the RIAA.
==Guest/soundtrack appearances==
* 1994: "Intro" w/ The Notorious B.I.G. from Ready To Die - uncredited
* 1994: "F*** Me" w/ The Notorious B.I.G. from Ready To Die - uncredited
* 1994: "Friend Of Mine" w/ The Notorious B.I.G. from Ready To Die - uncredited
* 1995: "Conspiracy" w/ Junior M.A.F.I.A. from Conspiracy
* 1995: "Player's Anthem" w/ Junior M.A.F.I.A. from Conspiracy
* 1995: "Get Money" w/ Junior M.A.F.I.A. from Conspiracy
* 1995: "I Need You Tonight" w/ Junior M.A.F.I.A. & Aaliyah from Conspiracy
* 1995: "White Chalk Part 2" w/ Junior M.A.F.I.A.
* 1995: "Realms Of Junior M.A.F.I.A. Part 2" w/ Junior M.A.F.I.A.
* 1995: "Funny How Time Flies (Remix)" w/ Intro from Funny How Time Flies single
* 1996: "Gettin Money (The Get Money Remix)" w/ Junior M.A.F.I.A. from Get Money single
* 1996: "Floatin On Your Love" ('Float On' Bad Boy Remix) w/ Isley Brothers
* 1996: "No More Games" w/ Skin Deep & Keith Murray from Skin Deep
* 1996: "Time To Shine" w/ Mona Lisa from Don't Be A Menace soundtrack
* 1996: "No One Else" (Puff Daddy Remix) w/ Total, Foxy Brown & Da Brat from Total
* 1997: "Don't Stop What You're Doing" w/ Puff Daddy from No Way Out
* 1997: "It's All About The Benjamins" (remix) w/ Puff Daddy, The LOX & The Notorious B.I.G. from No Way Out
* 1997: "Will They Die 4 You" w/ Mase from Harlem World
* 1997: "Call Me" w/ Too Short from Booty Call soundtrack
* 1997: "Hit Em Wit Da Hee" w/ Missy Elliott from Supa Dupa Fly
* 1997: "I Can Love You" w/ Mary J. Blige from Share My World
* 1997: "Just Like Me" w/ Usher from My Way
* 1997: "Money Talks" w/ Andrea Martin, Lil' Cease from Money Talks soundtrack
* 1997: "Give It Up" w/ SWV from Release Some Tension
* 1997: "I Know What Girls Like" w/ Jay-Z from In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
* 1997: "Another" w/ The Notorious B.I.G. from Life After Death
* 1998: "Money, Power & Respect" w/ The Lox from Money, Power & Respect
* 1998: "The Only One" w/ 112 from Room 112
* 1998: "You Get Dealt Wit" w/ Jermaine Dupri from Life In 1472
* 1999: "Checkin' for You (Interlude)" w/ Missy Elliott from Da Real World
* 1999: "Throw Your Hands Up (Interlude)" w/ Missy Elliott from Da Real World
* 1999: "Play Around" w/ Lil' Cease from The Wonderful World Of Cease-a Leo
* 1999: "Quiet Storm" (Remix) w/ Mobb Deep from Murda Muzik
* 1999: "Da Butta" w/ Will Smith from Willennium
* 1999: "Get Naked" w/ Methods of Mayhem, Fred Durst & George Clinton from Methods of Mayhem
* 1999: "Would You Die For Me?" w/ The Notorious B.I.G. from Born Again
* 1999: "Biggie" w/ The Notorious B.I.G. from Born Again
* 1999: "Notorious B.I.G." w/ The Notorious B.I.G. from Born Again
* 1999: "What You Want" w/ Puff Daddy from Forever - uncredited
* 1999: "Gangsta Shit" w/ Puff Daddy from Forever
* 1999: "Journey Through The Life" w/ Puff Daddy from Forever
* 1999: "Real Ni**as" w/ Puff Daddy from Forever
* 2000: "Satisfy You" (Remix) w/ Puff Daddy from Satisfy You CD single
* 2000: "Touch Me Tease Me" w/ Sauce Money
* 2001: "Espacio" w/ Black Rob from Life Story
* 2001: "Get Crunked Up" (Remix) w/ Iconz from Street Money Vol 1.
* 2001: "Wait A Minute" w/ Ray J from This Ain't a Game
* 2001: "Lady Marmalade" w/ Christina Aguilera, Pink, Mýa from Moulin Rouge soundtrack
* 2001: "Freak Freak" w/ Product G&B from Ghetto Blues
* 2001: "Do You Wanna Roll" w/ RL & Beenie Man from Dr. Dolittle 2 soundtrack
* 2001: "In The Air Tonight" w/ Phil Collins from Urban Renewal
* 2001: "What's Going On" (Dupri R&B Mix) w/ Artists Against Aids
* 2002: "Fresh From Yard" w/ Beenie Manfromtropical Storm
* 2002: "Shake Ya Body" w/ Jay-Z & R. Kelly from Best of Both Worlds
* 2002: "Gone Delirious" w/ Swizz Beatz from Ghetto Stories
* 2002: "Kimnotyze" w/ DJ Tomekk from Beat of Life
* 2002: "10 Commandments" w/ Lil' Mo from Meet The Girl Next Door
* 2002: "Time To Rock & Roll" w/ Trish Stratus from WWE Anthology & RAW Greatest Hits: The Music
* 2002: "I Need That (I Want That)" w/ 3LW from A Girl Can Mack
* 2002: "Can't Hold Us Down" w/ Christina Aguilera from Stripped
* 2002: "Rock The Party" (Youg Heff Remix) w/ Benzino & Petey Pablo from Redemption
* 2002: "Impatient" w/ Blu Cantrell & Fat Joe from bittersweet
* 2003: "Old Navy Theme" (Attached with purchase)
* 2003: "Cell Block Tango (He Had It Comin')" w/ Queen Latifah, Macy Gray from Chicago soundtrack
* 2003: "Naughty Girl" (Remix) w/ Beyoncé Knowles from Naughty Girl single
* 2003: "Body Kiss" w/ Isley Brothers from Body Kiss
* 2003: "Do That Thing" w/ B2K from You Got Served soundtrack
* 2003: "The Clapping Song" from American Dreams TV Series
* 2004: "Get Down On It" w/ Blue from Best Of Blue
* 2004: "1 2 3" w/ Reeks aka Money Cash
* 2004: "Get Ya Shit Together" w/ T.I. from Urban Legend
* 2004: "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" from Growing Up Gotti TV Series
* 2005: "Sugar (Gimme Some)" (Remix) w/ Trick Daddy from Sugar (Gimme Some) single
* 2005: "Do The Damn Thing" (Remix) w/ Rupee from Do The Damn Thing single
* 2005: "Do Wrong" w/ Twista from The Day After
* 2005: "Stomp" w/ Maino
* 2006: "Get Touched" from the Clinton Sparks & Kanye West Touch The Sky mixtape
* 2006: "The Games In Trouble" w/ Maino (mixtape track)
* 2006: "Brooklyn 4 Life" w/ Maino & Papoose
* 2007: "Real Chicks" w/ Naturi Naughton
* 2007: "Last Night" (Remix) w/ Diddy, Keyshia Cole & Busta Rhymes
* 2007: "We Takin' Over" (Remix) w/ DJ Khaled, R Kelly, T-Pain & Young Jeezy
* 2007: "Let It Go" w/ Keyshia Cole & Missy Elliott
* 2007: "Freaky Gurl" (Remix) w/ Gucci Mane & Ludacris
* 2007: "Wanna Lick" w/ 50 Cent & G-Unit
* 2007: "Gimme More" (Remix) w/ Britney Spears
* 2007: "No One" (Remix) w/ Alicia Keys
* 2008: "Tek Weh Yuhself Again" (Remix) w/ Mr Vegas & Kat DeLuna
* 2008: "Sexual Eruption" (Remix) w/ Snoop Dogg
* 2008: "Dey Know" (NY Remix) w/ Maino & Busta Rhymes
* 2008: "Where You At" w/ Ray J & THE Game from All I Feel - uncredited
* 2008: "I Like To Trick" (Remix) w/ Ray J from All I See
* 2008: "The 5 Boroughs Are Back" w/ LL Cool J, Method Man, KRS-One, & Jim Jones
* 2008: "Rider (Freestyle)"
* 2008: "Put On (Remix)" - w/ Young Jeezy & Kanye West
* 2008: Respirator
* 2008: "She Got It" (Remix) w/ 2 Pistols, T-Pain & Twista
* 2008: "Caribbean Connection" w/ Wyclef Jean & Movado
* 2008: "Lookin Boy (Freestyle)"
* 2008: "Get Up On It" w/ Mams Taylor & The Game
* 2008: "Pop Champagne (Remix)" - w/ Ron Browz, Swizz Beatz & Ludacris
* 2008: "Shook Hands"
* 2008: "New Jack City Bitch" w/ Uncle Murda
* 2008: "Get Money" w/ Shawty Lo
* 2008: "Cover Girl" w/ Jamie Foxx from Intuition
* 2009: "Girls" w/ Se7en
* 2009: "Download" w/ DJ Envy, T-Pain & Charlie Wilson
* 2009: "Kiss & Tell w/ Ray J
* 2009: "Beep (Remix) w/ Bobby Valentino, Yung Joc & Lil' Wayne
==DVD/video releases==
* 2000: Best of Lil' Kim
* 2006: The Brooklyn Queen
* 2007: Life After Death: The Movie - Ten Years Later" (Documentary)
==Films==
* 1997: Gangstresses (As herself)
* 1999: She's All That (As Alex)
* 2000: Longshot (Film) (As Herself)
* 2001: Zoolander (cameo) (As herself)
* 2002: Juwanna Mann (As Tina Parker)
* 2003: Those Who Walk in Darkness (As Soledad)
* 2003: Gang of Roses (As herself)
* 2004: Nora's Hair Salon (As herself)
* 2004: You Got Served (As herself)
* 2005: Lil' Pimp (Voice of Sweet Chiffon)
* 2005: There's a God on the Mic (documentary)
* 2008: Superhero movie (As Xavier's daughter)
==Television==
* Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (2008)
* Lil Kim: Countdown to Lockdown (2006)
* Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll (2007)
* Moesha (as Diamond)
* The Parkers (as herself)
* The Game (US TV series) (as herself)
* Mind of Mencia (Carlos Mencia as Lil Kim in Bow Down sketch)
* American Dreams as Shirely Ellis
* V.I.P (1999)
* DAG (2001 As Gina Mari)
* Dancing with the stars (2009)
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