JumpinJack AJ Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 I think Lil' Kim is wack. She has no voice and now flow. Her lyics are awful. And her music in general isn't any good. However, i guess i feel bad that she got jail time. However, when u do stupid stuff...this kinda stuff is most likely gonna come your way. Here's the article... --- Rapper Lil' Kim Gets a Year for Perjury By TOM HAYS, AP NEW YORK (July 6) - Grammy-winning rapper Lil' Kim 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. It was far less than the 20-year maximum she could have gotten and the nearly three-year sentence prosecutors had sought. U.S. District Judge Gerard Lynch said he had considered the public perception of sending a young black entertainer to prison far longer than Martha Stewart, who spent five months in prison and remains under house arrest. While many rappers have served time in prison, Lil' Kim, who was convicted in March, is the first big-name female artist to do so. Before the sentence was handed down, Lil' Kim spoke briefly, her voice breaking. She admitted to lying to the grand jury and at her trial. "At the time I thought it was the right thing to do but I now know it was wrong," she said. She also asked the judge to weigh more than just this one event. "I have worked hard my entire life for everything I have, everything I have accomplished," Lil' Kim said. "I ask you to consider my entire life's work and not just the days in the grand jury and on the witness stand in the courtroom. I'm a God-fearing, good person." The rapper has to report to prison by Sept. 19. Her lawyers are hoping she will be sent to the facility in Danbury, Conn., so that she can be closer to her mother. She didn't say anything as she left the courthouse. Lil' Kim, who turns 30 next week, was the sidekick and mistress of the late Notorious B.I.G. As a solo artist, she has become known for her revealing outfits and raunchy lyrics. She won a Grammy in 2001 for her part in the hit remake of "Lady Marmalade." The rapper 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, when Lil' Kim's entourage crossed paths with a rival rap group, Capone-N-Noreaga. Lil' Kim's group confronted the others about the Capone-N-Noreaga song "Bang, Bang" that contained an insult to Lil' Kim from rival Foxy Brown. One man was hurt in the shootout that followed. Hot 97 is the same station where the posses of 50 Cent and The Game traded bullets in February. At the 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 career began with an impromptu street performance for Notorious B.I.G. in their Brooklyn neighborhood. She became "Queen Bee," the only woman 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 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 the 2003 album "La Bella Mafia," which sold more than 1 million copies. When she arrived at the courthouse Wednesday, some fans were there to proclaim their support. One man's T-shirt read "Free Lil' Kim" and "Real Men Don't Snitch." 07/06/05 15:20 EDT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 I actualy happy she only get one year! I hope when she comes out she wil bring an album like Hardcore..Here only god one :1-say-yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfuqua23 Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 I was gettin' ready to question "What did Lil Kim get a Grammy for?!?" Then I saw it in the article. Well, I don't really know what to make of it. She did what she did I guess. I got caught or whatever. Stay tuff and keep ya head up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3cookies Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 yea, thats gonna be a tough 'one year' for her... and the other inmates are just gonna love having her around for that one year. hha I wander what inmate she's gonna become good friends with, and what kind of mentality shes gonna have when she gets out? peace, cookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Brakes Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 One things for sure if she releases an album when she gets out its gonna be a big seller! Things like this usually are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3cookies Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 yea...shes gonna talk abt her experience being locked down... or how she was "holdin it down"... That sux how sum ppl get in trouble or act stupid like the runaway bride then get a book and movie deal out of it... lol peace, cookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted July 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 Even tho' i think her skillz will never improve, hopefully something like this will fix her as a person and make some of her music actually mean something instead of telling the world how big a slut she is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerkot Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 This means she gonna sell tons of records when she's out. Thats kind of sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Definition Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 im glad she only got one year, now the new album will have to be dope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted July 7, 2005 Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 im glad she only got one year, now the new album will have to be dope! ← Word! Why are you al so negative about here? I know here albums arent that great but she got sklils!! What she showed in the years of Junior Mafia and on Hardocore is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bracesup Posted July 7, 2005 Members Report Share Posted July 7, 2005 A year in prison is really sad. I feel sorry for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFly Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 A year in prison is really sad. I feel sorry for her. ← I don't really have too much sympathy for her. When she gets out, she's just going to have even more streed cred and her subsequent albums will sell even better, unfortunately. It's funny to hear people talk on other forums about how she is the one being persecuted and how this is unfair when she admitted to her crime at the sentencing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpinJack AJ Posted July 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 I've lied 2 cover 4 somebody...but not for something like shooting a gun...or while in court. Lil' Kim waz just stupid 4 all of this. And i don't see how this gives her much street cred. Here sales have been slumping so this is no guarentee that her career will rejuvinate at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3cookies Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 I think alot of things are reciprocated in life, according to what we put out in the universe. I can't see anyone doing jail tyme for something minor, but I guess the court took serious offense to a "celeb" outright lying to them, with a strait face,...(thinkin shes gonna get off)...then pleading for sympathy cuz she thought it was the "right' thing to do. The RIGHT thing to do is be truthful and respectful of the judge and jury (if any were present) Because of ppl 'lying' in court...thats why we have so many innocent ppl serving someone else's tyme...and even on death row... Just do the one year..and get it over with. HOpefully she will come out with a much clearer view on how she can become a positive figure in young women's eyes after alla this... peace, cookie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turntable Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 That is easy to say.. But i`m pretty shure i would do the same thing for a someone i realy care about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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