Lil’ Kim has been getting her flowers while she can still smell them — and has been performing some of her classics in several places as of late.
On Sunday (October 15), the Queen Bee performed for her hometown crowd at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, during Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. The New York Liberty were playing against The Las Vegas Aces, and the guests of honor in the crowd included Robin Roberts, Jason Sudeikis, Swizz Beatz, and former WNBA star Sue Bird, according to The Washington Post.
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Lil’ Kim’s performance helped the Liberty secure a win after a two-game loss.
Check out her performance below.
While Lil’ Kim has been getting a lot of love from a lot of places, she’s not exactly a fan of Ebony magazine as of late, given that she recently accused the esteemed Black publication of of trying to “sabotage” her.
On September 18, the famed magazine debuted multiple covers for their Hip Hop 50 issue. In addition to Kim, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and Swizz Beatz all have their own covers as well.
The celebratory moment turned sour, though, as the former’s cover was heavily scrutinized for its seemingly extreme airbrushing, with many social media users taking issue with the image.
The controversy prompted a response from Ebony’s photography director, Keith Major, who in an Instagram comment claimed that Lil Kim “wanted to be in control of the retouching so this is what we got.”
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According to the former Junior M.A.F.I.A. rapper, however, the cover she approved wasn’t the one that Ebony published — and she isn’t happy about it.
“Who is this?” Queen Bee wrote on her IG Stories. “Cuz that’s not the photo I approved or any other content they’ve put out. I always told Ebony it looked like a painting but they didn’t wanna listen. They said they loved it.
“It’s the sabatoge for me. The funny shit about this, is that this is THEIR retoucher [crying laughing emoji, sighing face emoji, face-palm emoji].”
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Kim also reshared the cover photo that she did approve from a member of her team, who wrote: “Me & @lilkimthequeenbee stayed up for hours wit the team & chose this .. we have the receipts fool! For the record we definitely didn’t choose that other flick.”
A side-by-side comparison of the two photos shows a difference in skin tone, contrast and brightness.
